Minister of Finance (New Zealand)

The minister of Finance (Template:Langx), originally known as colonial treasurer, is a minister and the head of the New Zealand Treasury, responsible for producing an annual New Zealand budget outlining the government's proposed expenditure. The position is often considered to be the most important cabinet post after that of the prime minister.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

The current Minister of Finance is Nicola Willis. There are currently three associate minister roles held by Chris Bishop, David Seymour, and Shane Jones.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Responsibilities and powers

Template:More citations needed section One of the Minister of Finance's key roles involves the framing of the annual year budget. According to Parliament's Standing Orders, the Minister of Finance may veto any parliamentary bill which would have a significant impact on the government's budget plans. The Minister of Finance supervises the Treasury, which is the government's primary advisor on matters of economic and financial policy.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> As such, the Minister of Finance has broad control of the government's spending, making the position quite powerful.

Some analysts, such as Jonathan Boston, claim that the Minister of Finance can sometimes hold more influence than the Prime Minister, if the conditions are right. Gordon Coates, Finance Minister in the early 1930s, was sometimes such a figure. Some political scientists, such as Boston, believe that in the government of David Lange, Minister of Finance Roger Douglas held more power than was proper, and that the Treasury was using its control of government finances to take a supervisory role across the whole administration. It was probably for this reason that Lange's successor, Geoffrey Palmer, established the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, which could offer the Prime Minister advice independent of that given by individual ministers.

History

The office of Minister of Finance has existed since 1841.<ref name="NZETC Cooper2">Template:Cite book</ref> Apart from the office of Prime Minister itself, the only other cabinet posts to have existed since the first cabinet are those of Attorney-General and Minister of Internal Affairs. Originally, the holder of the post was designated "Colonial Treasurer", but this term was replaced with "Minister of Finance" shortly after New Zealand ceased to be a Colony and became a Dominion. This occurred in 1907, during the cabinet of Joseph Ward.

In the past, several Prime Ministers took on the post of Minister of Finance themselves, though in recent times this practice has declined. Robert Muldoon, the last Prime Minister to also serve as his own Minister of Finance, created considerable controversy by doing so. It is more common, however, for a Deputy Prime Minister to serve as Minister of Finance. Bob Tizard, Michael Cullen, Bill English and Grant Robertson served as Deputy Prime Minister when in the position as Minister of Finance.

Traditionally Ministers of Finance rank second or third in seniority lists within Westminster-style Cabinets, although initially Harry Lake was ranked at sixth and his successor Robert Muldoon was ranked at eighth; both because of their short service to date in Parliament, and because Keith Holyoake saw Muldoon as too arrogant and ambitious for his own good. In the Hipkins Cabinet, Grant Robertson was ranked fourth, although he was the most senior minister who was not the prime minister, deputy prime minister, or deputy leader of the Labour Party.

Junior ministerial appointments in the finance portfolio

The convention of making a second, more junior appointment in the Finance portfolio began with Holyoake, who appointed Muldoon as an Assistant Minister to Lake shortly before the latter's death in 1967.<ref name=":02">Template:Cite book</ref> Some successive Prime Ministers made similar appointments of an Associate Minister of Finance (for example, Marshall and Kirk) but this was not always done (Rowling, for example, who had Mick Connelly as his associate while serving as Finance Minister did not appoint an associate Minister after succeeding to the premiership in 1974).<ref name=":02" /> Associate appointments became standard when Muldoon served concurrently as both Prime Minister and Finance Minister.<ref name=":12">Template:Cite book</ref> In his second term, Muldoon appointed both a Deputy Minister of Finance (Hugh Templeton) as well as an associate Minister (Derek Quigley). Muldoon's successors Lange and Palmer continued to have a three-strong Finance team, each appointing two associate Ministers to support their respective Ministers of Finance.<ref name=":02" /><ref name=":12" /> At times, the appointment of associate ministers was intended to temper the reform ambitions of Roger Douglas.<ref name=":12" />

In the coalition governments formed in 1996, 2017 and 2023, responsibility for Finance was shared between the parties. After the 1996 elections, the role of the Minister of Finance was formally split between two portfolios – that of Minister of Finance and that of Treasurer. The position of Treasurer was senior to that of the Minister of Finance, and was created as part of the coalition agreement between the National Party and New Zealand First. It was established especially for Winston Peters, leader of New Zealand First, who demanded it as part of the deal. When Peters ended the coalition, the position reverted to the National Party. After the change of government in 1999, both positions were held concurrently by Michael Cullen before they were combined into the old Minister of Finance portfolio in 2002.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Associate Finance roles were won in coalition negotiations by New Zealand First, the Green Party and ACT New Zealand in the formation of both the Sixth Labour Government and the Sixth National Government.

List of finance ministers

Key

No.		Name	Portrait	Term of office		Prime Minister
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	1	George Cooper	George Cooper NZ	5 January 1840	9 May 1842	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	none
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	2	Alexander Shepherd	File:No image.png	9 May 1842	7 May 1856
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	3	Dillon Bell	File:Francis Dillon Bell 1881.jpg	7 May 1856	20 May 1856	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Sewell
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	4	Charles Brown	File:No image.png	20 May 1856	2 June 1856	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Fox
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	5	Henry Sewell	File:Henry Sewell, ca 1872.jpg	2 June 1856	4 November 1856	rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Stafford
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	6	William Richmond	File:C William Richmond 1888.jpg	4 November 1856	25 February 1859
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	(5)	Henry Sewell	File:Henry Sewell, ca 1872.jpg	25 February 1859	26 April 1859
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	(6)	William Richmond	File:C William Richmond 1888.jpg	26 April 1859	12 July 1861
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	7	Reader Wood	File:Reader Wood.jpg	12 July 1861	6 August 1862	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Fox
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	(3)	Dillon Bell	File:Francis Dillon Bell 1881.jpg	6 August 1862	21 August 1862	style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Party color" |	Domett
height="15" style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Party color" |	(7)	Reader Wood	File:Reader Wood.jpg	21 August 1862	24 November 1864	style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Party color" |
height="15" style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Party color" |						style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Whitaker
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	8	William Fitzherbert	File:William Fitzherbert.jpg	24 November 1864	16 October 1865	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Weld
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	9	Edward Stafford	File:Edward William Stafford.jpg	31 October 1865	12 June 1866	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Stafford
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	10	Francis Jollie	File:Francis Jollie - Crop.jpg	12 June 1866	24 August 1866
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	(8)	William Fitzherbert	File:William Fitzherbert.jpg	24 August 1866	28 June 1869
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	11	Julius Vogel	File:Julius Vogel, ca 1870s.jpg	28 June 1869	10 September 1872	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Fox
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	12	Thomas Gillies	File:Thomas Gillies.jpg	10 September 1872	11 October 1872	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Stafford
rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	(11)	Julius Vogel	File:Julius Vogel, ca 1870s.jpg	11 October 1872	6 July 1875	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Waterhouse
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |						Fox
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |						Vogel
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	13	Harry Atkinson	File:Sir Harry Albert Atkinson, ca 1885.jpg	6 July 1875	15 February 1876	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Pollen
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	(11)	Julius Vogel	File:Julius Vogel, ca 1870s.jpg	15 February 1876	1 September 1876	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Vogel
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	(13)	Harry Atkinson	File:Sir Harry Albert Atkinson, ca 1885.jpg	1 September 1876	13 October 1877	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Atkinson
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	14	William Larnach	File:William Larnach, 1890.jpg	15 October 1877	5 March 1878	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Grey
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	15	John Ballance	File:John Ballance 1880.jpg	12 March 1878	1 July 1879
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	16	George Grey	File:GeorgeEdwardGrey01.jpg	10 July 1879	8 October 1879
rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	(13)	Harry Atkinson	File:Sir Harry Albert Atkinson, ca 1885.jpg	8 October 1879	16 August 1884	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Hall
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |						Whitaker
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |						Atkinson
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	(11)	Julius Vogel	File:Julius Vogel, ca 1870s.jpg	16 August 1884 3 September 1884	28 August 1884 8 October 1887	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Stout
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	(13)	Harry Atkinson	File:Sir Harry Albert Atkinson, ca 1885.jpg	8 October 1887	24 January 1891	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Atkinson
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	(15)	John Ballance	File:John Ballance 1880.jpg	24 January 1891	27 April 1893	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Ballance
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	17	Joseph Ward	File:Joseph Ward c. 1906.jpg	1 May 1893	16 June 1896	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Seddon
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	18	Richard Seddon	File:Richard Seddon, 1906.jpg	16 June 1896	10 June 1906
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	19	William Hall-Jones	File:William Hall-Jones 2.jpg	21 June 1906	6 August 1906	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Hall-Jones
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	(17)	Joseph Ward	File:Joseph Ward c. 1906.jpg	6 August 1906	28 March 1912	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Ward
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	20	Arthur Myers	File:Arthur Mielziner Myers.jpg	28 March 1912	10 July 1912	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Mackenzie
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	21	James Allen	File:James Allen portrait.jpg	10 July 1912	12 August 1915	rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Massey
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	(17)	Joseph Ward	File:Joseph Ward c. 1906.jpg	12 August 1915	21 August 1919
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	(21)	James Allen	File:James Allen portrait.jpg	4 September 1919	28 April 1920
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	22	William Massey	File:William Ferguson Massey 1919.jpg	12 May 1920	10 May 1925
rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	23	William Nosworthy	File:William Nosworthy.jpg	14 May 1925	24 May 1926	height="40" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Bell
height="50" style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Party color" |						Coates
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	24	William Downie Stewart Jr	File:William Downie Stewart.jpg	24 May 1926	10 December 1928		height="36" style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Party color" |
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	(17)	Joseph Ward	File:Joseph Ward c. 1906.jpg	10 December 1928	28 May 1930	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Ward
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	25	George Forbes	File:George William Forbes.jpg	28 May 1930	22 September 1931	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Forbes
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	(24)	William Downie Stewart Jr	File:William Downie Stewart.jpg	22 September 1931	28 January 1933
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	26	Gordon Coates	File:Joseph Gordon Coates, 1931.jpg	28 January 1933	6 December 1935
rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	27	Walter Nash	File:Walter Nash (ca 1940s).jpg	6 December 1935	13 December 1949	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Savage
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |						Fraser
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	28	Sidney Holland	File:Sidney George Holland (1953) 2.png	13 December 1949	26 November 1954	style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Party color" |	Holland
rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	29	Jack Watts	File:Jack Watts.jpg	26 November 1954	12 December 1957	height="15" style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Party color" |
height="15" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |						Holyoake
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	30	Arnold Nordmeyer	File:Arnold Nordmeyer (1950).jpg	12 December 1957	12 December 1960	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Nash
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	31	Harry Lake	File:Harry Lake.jpg	12 December 1960	21 February 1967	style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Party color" |	Holyoake
rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	32	Robert Muldoon	File:Robert Muldoon 1978.jpg	4 March 1967	8 December 1972	height="15" style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Party color" |
height="15" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |						Marshall
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	33	Bill Rowling	File:Bill Rowling, 1974 (crop).jpg	8 December 1972	6 September 1974	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Kirk
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	34	Bob Tizard	File:Bob Tizard, 1968.jpg	6 September 1974	12 December 1975	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Rowling
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	(32)	Robert Muldoon	File:Robert Muldoon 1978.jpg	12 December 1975	26 July 1984	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Muldoon
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	35	Roger Douglas	File:Roger Douglas, 1996 (cropped).png	26 July 1984	14 December 1988	style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Party color" |	Lange
rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	36	David Caygill	File:David Caygill, 2015.jpg	14 December 1988	2 November 1990	height="36" style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Party color" |
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |						Palmer
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |						Moore
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	37	Ruth Richardson	File:Ruth Richardson (crop).tif	2 November 1990	29 November 1993	style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Party color" |	Bolger
rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	38	Bill Birch	File:Bill Birch.jpg	29 November 1993	1 February 1999	height="50" style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Party color" |
style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Party color" |						Shipley
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	39	Bill English	File:Bill English 3by2.png	1 February 1999	22 June 1999		rowspan="2" style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Party color" |
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	(38)	Bill Birch	File:Bill Birch.jpg	22 June 1999	10 December 1999
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	40	Michael Cullen	File:Michael Cullen, 2008.jpg	10 December 1999	19 November 2008	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Clark
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	(39)	Bill English	File:Bill English September 2016.jpg	19 November 2008	12 December 2016	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Key
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	41	Steven Joyce	File:Steven Joyce crop.jpg	12 December 2016	26 October 2017	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	English
height="70" style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Party color" |	42	Grant Robertson	File:Hon Grant Robertson (cropped).jpg	26 October 2017	27 November 2023	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Ardern
height="15" style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Party color" |						style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Hipkins
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	43	Nicola Willis	File:Nicola Willis 2023 (cropped).png	27 November 2023	Incumbent	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Luxon

List of treasurers

Key

No.		Name	Portrait	Term of office		Prime Minister
rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	1	Winston Peters	File:Winston Peters, 2019.jpg	16 December 1996	14 August 1998	width="1" height="50" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Bolger
height="50" style="border-style: solid solid none solid; background:Template:Party color" |						Shipley
height="36" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	2	Bill Birch	File:Bill Birch.jpg	14 August 1998	22 June 1999		rowspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid solid; background:Template:Party color" |
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	3	Bill English	File:Bill English 3by2.png	22 June 1999	10 December 1999
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	4	Michael Cullen	File:Michael Cullen, 2008.jpg	10 December 1999	15 August 2002	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Clark

List of junior ministerial appointments in the finance portfolio

Key

#		Name	Title	Start	End	Minister of Finance		Prime Minister
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	1	Robert Muldoon	Minister Assistant to the Minister of Finance	15 February 1967	4 March 1967	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Lake	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Holyoake
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	2	Lorrie Pickering	Associate Minister of Finance	22 December 1969	9 February 1972	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Muldoon
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	3	George Gair	Associate Minister of Finance	9 February 1972	8 December 1972	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |		Marshall
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	4	Mick Connelly	Associate Minister of Finance	8 December 1972	10 September 1974	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Rowling	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Kirk
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	(3)	George Gair	Deputy Minister of Finance	12 December 1975	8 March 1977	rowspan="7" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Muldoon	rowspan="7" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Muldoon
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	4	Peter Wilkinson	Associate Minister of Finance	12 December 1975	8 March 1977
rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	5	Hugh Templeton	Associate Minister of Finance	8 March 1977	13 December 1978
Deputy Minister of Finance			13 December 1978	11 December 1981
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	6	Derek Quigley	Associate Minister of Finance	13 December 1978	12 February 1981
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	7	Warren Cooper	Associate Minister of Finance	12 February 1981	11 December 1981
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	8	John Falloon	Associate Minister of Finance	11 December 1981	26 July 1984
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	9	Richard Prebble	Associate Minister of Finance	26 July 1984	24 August 1987	rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Douglas	rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Lange
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	10	David Caygill	Associate Minister of Finance	26 July 1984	24 August 1987
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	11	Michael Cullen	Associate Minister of Finance	24 August 1987	12 September 1988
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	12	David Butcher	Associate Minister of Finance	24 August 1987	12 September 1988
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	13	Peter Neilson	Associate Minister of Finance	24 August 1987	2 November 1990	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Douglas, Caygill	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Lange, Palmer, Moore
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	(10)	David Caygill	Deputy Minister of Finance	12 September 1988	14 December 1988	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Douglas	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Lange
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	14	Mike Moore	Deputy Minister of Finance	12 September 1988	9 February 1990	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Douglas, Caygill	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Lange, Palmer
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	15	Stan Rodger	Deputy Minister of Finance	14 August 1989	9 February 1990	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Caygill	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Palmer
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	16	Doug Kidd	Associate Minister of Finance	2 November 1990	3 October 1991	rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Richardson	rowspan="8" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Bolger
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	17	Maurice McTigue	Associate Minister of Finance	2 November 1990	27 March 1993
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	18	Wyatt Creech	Associate Minister of Finance	3 October 1991	29 November 1993
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	19	Simon Upton	Associate Minister of Finance	27 March 1993	29 November 1993
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	(18)	Wyatt Creech	Deputy Minister of Finance	29 November 1993	1 March 1996	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Birch
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	20	Bruce Cliffe	Associate Minister of Finance	29 November 1993	29 June 1995
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	21	Lockwood Smith	Deputy Minister of Finance	1 March 1996	16 December 1996
rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	22	Tuariki Delamere	Associate Treasurer	16 December 1996	31 August 1998	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Peters (Treasurer)
rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |						Shipley
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |							rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Birch (Treasurer)
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	23	Bill English	Associate Treasurer	31 August 1998	1 February 1999
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	(21)	Lockwood Smith	Associate Minister of Finance	31 August 1998	10 December 1999		rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Birch, English, Birch
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	(22)	Tuariki Delamere	Associate Minister of Finance	31 August 1998	10 December 1999
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	24	Trevor Mallard	Associate Minister of Finance	10 December 1999	19 November 2008	rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Cullen	rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Clark
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	25	Paul Swain	Associate Minister of Finance	13 November 2000	19 May 2003
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	26	David Cunliffe	Associate Minister of Finance	19 May 2003	19 October 2005
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	27	Phil Goff	Associate Minister of Finance	19 October 2005	19 November 2008
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	28	Clayton Cosgrove	Associate Minister of Finance	19 October 2005	19 November 2008
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	29	Simon Power	Associate Minister of Finance	19 November 2008	14 December 2011	rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	English	rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Key
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	30	Steven Joyce	Associate Minister of Finance	19 November 2008	20 December 2016
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	31	Jonathan Coleman	Associate Minister of Finance	14 December 2011	8 October 2014
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	32	Paula Bennett	Associate Minister of Finance	8 October 2014	20 December 2016
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	33	Simon Bridges	Associate Minister of Finance	20 December 2016	26 October 2017	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Joyce	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	English
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	34	Amy Adams	Associate Minister of Finance	20 December 2016	26 October 2017
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	35	David Clark	Associate Minister of Finance	26 October 2017	7 April 2020	rowspan="9" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Robertson	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Ardern
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	36	Shane Jones	Associate Minister of Finance	26 October 2017	6 November 2020
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	37	James Shaw	Associate Minister of Finance	26 October 2017	6 November 2020
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	38	David Parker	Associate Minister of Finance	26 October 2017	27 November 2023	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |		Ardern, Hipkins
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	39	Megan Woods	Associate Minister of Finance	6 November 2020	27 November 2023
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	40	Kiri Allan	Associate Minister of Finance	14 June 2022	1 February 2023
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	41	Michael Wood	Associate Minister of Finance	1 February 2023	21 June 2023	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |		Hipkins
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	(40)	Kiri Allan	Associate Minister of Finance	21 June 2023	24 July 2023
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	42	Barbara Edmonds	Associate Minister of Finance	24 July 2023	27 November 2023
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	43	Chris Bishop	Associate Minister of Finance	27 November 2023	Incumbent	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Willis	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	Luxon
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	44	David Seymour	Associate Minister of Finance	27 November 2023	Incumbent
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |	(36)	Shane Jones	Associate Minister of Finance	27 November 2023	Incumbent

References

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External links

• New Zealand Treasury