| Post: | Minister for Sport and Recreation of New Zealand |
| Flag: | Flag of New Zealand.svg |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of New Zealand |
| Insigniacaption: | Coat of arms of New Zealand |
| Incumbent: | Chris Bishop |
| Incumbentsince: | 27 November 2023 |
| Department: | Sport New Zealand |
| 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: | 8 December 1972 |
| First: | Joe Walding |
| Salary: | $288,900[1] |
| Website: | www.beehive.govt.nz |
The Minister for Sport and Recreation is a minister in the New Zealand Government appointed by the Prime Minister to be in charge of the Sport New Zealand. The current Minister for Sport and Recreation is Chris Bishop.[2]
The following ministers have held the office of Minister for Sport and Recreation.
| No. | Name | Portrait | Term of Office | Prime Minister | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Walding | 8 December 1972 | 12 December 1975 | width=1 style="color:inherit;background:" | Kirk | |||
| Rowling | ||||||||
| 2 | Allan Highet | 12 December 1975 | 26 July 1984 | Muldoon | ||||
| 3 | Mike Moore | 26 July 1984 | 24 July 1987 | Lange | ||||
| height=50 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:" | 4 | Peter Tapsell | 24 July 1987 | 10 July 1990 | ||||
| height=50 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:" | Palmer | |||||||
| height=50 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:" | 5 | Noel Scott | 10 July 1990 | 2 November 1990 | ||||
| height=50 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:" | Moore | |||||||
| 6 | John Banks | 2 November 1990 | 16 December 1996 | Bolger | ||||
| height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:" | 7 | Murray McCully | 16 December 1996 | 10 December 1999 | ||||
| height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:" | Shipley | |||||||
| 8 | Trevor Mallard | 10 December 1999 | 31 October 2007 | Clark | ||||
| 9 | Clayton Cosgrove | 31 October 2007 | 19 November 2008 | |||||
| (7) | Murray McCully | 19 November 2008 | 6 October 2014 | Key | ||||
| height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:" | 10 | Jonathan Coleman | 6 October 2014 | 26 October 2017 | ||||
| height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:" | English | |||||||
| height=70 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:" | 11 | Grant Robertson | 26 October 2017 | 27 November 2023 | Ardern | |||
| height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:" | Hipkins | |||||||
| 12 | Chris Bishop | 27 November 2023 | present | Luxon | ||||