| Post: | Minister of Courts |
| Body: | New Zealand |
| Flag: | Flag of New Zealand.svg |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of New Zealand |
| Insigniacaption: | Coat of arms of New Zealand |
| Incumbent: | Nicole McKee |
| Incumbentsince: | 27 November 2023 |
| Department: | Ministry of Justice |
| Style: | The Honourable |
| Member Of: | |
| Reports To: | Prime Minister of New Zealand |
| Appointer: | Governor-General of New Zealand |
| Termlength: | At His Majesty's pleasure |
| Formation: | 1 July 1995 |
| First: | Doug Graham |
| Salary: | $288,900[1] |
| Website: | www.beehive.govt.nz |
The Minister for Courts (or Minister of Courts) is a minister in the New Zealand Government with responsibility for the support and administration of the courts system. It was split from the Justice portfolio in 1995.[2]
| No. | Name | Portrait | Term of office | Prime Minister | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doug Graham | 1 July 1995 | 8 December 1997 | width=1 style="color:inherit;background:;" | Bolger | |||
| 2 | Wyatt Creech | 8 December 1997 | 31 August 1998 | Shipley | ||||
| 3 | Georgina te Heuheu | 31 August 1998 | 10 December 1999 | |||||
| 4 | Matt Robson | 10 December 1999 | 15 August 2002 | Clark | ||||
| 5 | Margaret Wilson | 15 August 2002 | 19 May 2003 | |||||
| 6 | Rick Barker | 19 May 2003 | 19 November 2008 | |||||
| (3) | Georgina te Heuheu | 19 November 2008 | 14 December 2011 | Key | ||||
| 7 | Chester Borrows | 14 December 2011 | 8 October 2014 | |||||
| 8 | Amy Adams | 8 October 2014 | 26 October 2017 | |||||
| height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:" | English | |||||||
| 9 | Andrew Little | 26 October 2017 | 6 November 2020 | Ardern | ||||
| height=70 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:" | 10 | William Sio | 6 November 2020 | 1 February 2023 | ||||
| height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:" | Hipkins | |||||||
| 11 | Rino Tirikatene | 1 February 2023 | 27 November 2023 | |||||
| 12 | Nicole McKee | 27 November 2023 | present | Luxon | ||||