Ministry for Primary Industries (New Zealand)
| Māori: Manatū Ahu Matua | |
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| Formed | 30 April 2012 |
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| Jurisdiction | New Zealand |
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| Annual budget | Total budgets for 2019/20[1] Vote Agriculture, Biosecurity, Fisheries and Food Safety  $848,779,000Vote Forestry  $277,099,000 |
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| Website | www |
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) (Māori: Manatū Ahu Matua) is the public service department of New Zealand charged with overseeing, managing and regulating the farming, fishing, food, animal welfare, biosecurity, and forestry sectors of New Zealand's primary industries. In December 2017, Agriculture, Food Safety and Biosecurity Minister Damien O'Connor announced that the Ministry of Primary Industries would be reorganised into four entities: Fisheries New Zealand, Forestry New Zealand, Biosecurity New Zealand and New Zealand Food Safety, existing within the one ministry.[2]
History[]
Formed in April 2012, MPI is a merger of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF), the Ministry of Fisheries (MFish), and the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA).[3]
Ministers[]
The Ministry serves 6 portfolios, 4 ministers, an associate minister and a parliamentary under-secretary.
| OFFICEHOLDER | PORTFOLIO(S) | OTHER RESPONSIBILITY(IES) |
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| Hon Damien O'Connor | Lead Minister (Ministry for Primary Industries) Minister of Agriculture Minister for Biosecurity Minister for Rural Communities |
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| Hon Stuart Nash | Minister of Forestry | |
| Hon David Parker | Minister for Oceans and Fisheries | |
| Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall | Minister for Food Safety | |
| Hon Meka Whaitiri | Associate Minister of Agriculture (Animal Welfare) | |
| Rino Tirikatene | Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries |
List of Ministers for Primary Industries[]
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| No. | Name | Portrait | Term of office | Party | |||
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| 1 | David Carter | 
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14 December 2011 | 28 January 2013 | Key | ||
| 2 | Nathan Guy | 
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28 January 2013 | 26 October 2017 | |||
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See also[]
- Biosecurity in New Zealand
- Public sector organisations in New Zealand
- Regulation of animal research in New Zealand
References[]
- ^ "Summary Tables for the Estimates of Appropriations 2019/20 - Total Appropriations for Each Vote". Budget 2019. The Treasury.
- ^ https://pro.newsroom.co.nz/articles/2333-o-connor-keeps-mpi-as-one-ministry-but-with-4-entities
- ^ Carter, David (6 March 2012). "MAF to become Ministry for Primary Industries" (Press release). New Zealand Government.
External links[]
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- New Zealand Public Service departments
- Agricultural organisations based in New Zealand
- 2012 establishments in New Zealand
- Forestry ministries
- Forestry in New Zealand
- Forestry agency stubs