Minister for Pacific Peoples

Minister for Pacific Peoples of New Zealand
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Incumbent Shane Reti since 27 November 2023
Ministry for Pacific Peoples
Style	The Honourable
Member of	Cabinet of New Zealand Executive Council
Reports to	Prime Minister of New Zealand
Appointer	Governor-General of New Zealand
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Formation	26 July 1984
First holder	Richard Prebble
Salary	$288,900[1]
Website	www.beehive.govt.nz

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The Minister for Pacific Peoples is a minister in the New Zealand Government with responsibility over the Ministry for Pacific Peoples. The role was established in 1984 as Minister of Pacific Island Affairs, prior to which, Pacific Island affairs had been within the purview of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The position was renamed Minister for Pacific Peoples on 22 December 2015.

The current minister is Shane Reti.^[2]

The following ministers have held the office of Minister for Pacific Peoples.^[3]

Key

  Labour   National   Te Tawharau

No.		Name	Portrait	Term of office		Prime Minister
	1	Richard Prebble		1 August 1987	25 August 1988		Lange
	2	Russell Marshall		6 September 1988	12 December 1989
							Palmer
	(1)	Richard Prebble		4 February 1990	2 November 1990
							Moore
	3	Bill Birch		2 November 1990	22 August 1991		Bolger
	4	Don McKinnon		24 September 1991	13 August 1998
							Shipley
	5	Tuariki Delamere		18 August 1998	10 December 1999
	6	Mark Gosche		10 December 1999	12 May 2003		Clark
	7	Phil Goff		19 May 2003	5 November 2007
	8	Winnie Laban		5 November 2007	19 November 2008
	9	Georgina te Heuheu		19 November 2008	14 December 2011		Key
	10	Hekia Parata		14 December 2011	27 January 2014
	11	Sam Lotu-Iiga		28 January 2014	20 December 2016
	12	Alfred Ngaro		20 December 2016	26 October 2017
							English
	13	William Sio		26 October 2017	1 February 2023		Ardern
							Hipkins
	14	Barbara Edmonds		1 February 2023	27 November 2023
	15	Shane Reti		27 November 2023	present		Luxon

• Department of Island Territories

• Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.