| Post: | Minister of Statistics |
| Flag: | Flag of New Zealand.svg |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of New Zealand |
| Insigniacaption: | Coat of arms of New Zealand |
| Incumbent: | Andrew Bayly |
| Incumbentsince: | 127 November 2023 |
| Department: | Statistics 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: | February 1922 |
| First: | William Downie Stewart Jr as Minister in charge of the Department of Statistics |
| Salary: | $288,900[1] |
| Website: | www.beehive.govt.nz |
The Minister of Statistics is a minister in the New Zealand Government appointed by the Prime Minister to be charged with the responsibility of Statistics New Zealand.
The current minister is Andrew Bayly.
The following ministers have held the office of Minister of Statistics.
| No. | Name | Portrait | Term of Office | Prime Minister | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Downie Stewart Jr | February 1922 | 27 June 1923 | Massey | ||||
| 2 | Richard Bollard | 27 June 1923 | 25 August 1927 | height=40 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:" | ||||
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| 3 | Māui Pōmare | 25 August 1927 | 10 December 1928 | |||||
| height=50 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:" | 4 | Philip De La Perrelle | 10 December 1928 | 22 September 1931 | Ward | |||
| height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:" | Forbes | |||||||
| 5 | Adam Hamilton | 22 September 1931 | 6 December 1935 | |||||
| 6 | Walter Nash | 6 December 1935 | 11 October 1936 | Savage | ||||
| - | Dan Sullivan | 11 October 1936 | 16 August 1937 | |||||
| height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:" | (6) | Walter Nash | 16 August 1937 | 13 December 1949 | ||||
| height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:" | Fraser | |||||||
| 7 | Jack Marshall | 13 December 1949 | 26 November 1954 | Holland | ||||
| 8 | Jack Watts | 26 November 1954 | 12 December 1957 | height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:" | ||||
| height=15 style="color:inherit;background:" | Holyoake | |||||||
| (6) | Walter Nash | 12 December 1957 | 12 December 1960 | Nash | ||||
| 9 | Harry Lake | 12 December 1960 | 21 February 1967 | Holyoake | ||||
| 10 | Robert Muldoon | 4 March 1967 | 8 December 1972 | |||||
| height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:" | ||||||||
| height=15 style="color:inherit;background:" | Marshall | |||||||
| 11 | Bill Rowling | 8 December 1972 | 10 September 1974 | width=1 style="color:inherit;background:;" | Kirk | |||
| 12 | Mick Connelly | 10 September 1974 | 12 December 1975 | width=1 style="color:inherit;background:;" | Rowling | |||
| 13 | Peter Wilkinson | 12 December 1975 | 8 March 1977 | Muldoon | ||||
| 14 | Hugh Templeton | 8 March 1977 | 11 December 1981 | |||||
| 15 | John Falloon | 11 December 1981 | 26 July 1984 | |||||
| 16 | Bob Tizard | 26 July 1984 | 24 August 1987 | Lange | ||||
| height=30 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:" | 17 | Margaret Shields | 24 August 1987 | 2 November 1990 | ||||
| height=30 style="color:inherit;background:" | Palmer | |||||||
| height=30 style="color:inherit;background:" | Moore | |||||||
| 18 | Rob Storey | 2 November 1990 | 1 July 1993 | Bolger | ||||
| height=30 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:" | 19 | Maurice Williamson | 1 July 1993 | 10 December 1999 | ||||
| height=30 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:" | Shipley | |||||||
| 20 | Paul Swain | 10 December 1999 | 13 November 2000 | Clark | ||||
| 21 | Laila Harré | 13 November 2000 | 15 August 2002 | |||||
| 22 | John Tamihere | 15 August 2002 | 15 October 2004 | |||||
| - | Michael Cullen | 15 October 2004 | 21 December 2004 | |||||
| 23 | Pete Hodgson | 21 December 2004 | 19 October 2005 | |||||
| 24 | Clayton Cosgrove | 19 October 2005 | 5 November 2007 | |||||
| 25 | Darren Hughes | 5 November 2007 | 19 November 2008 | |||||
| (19) | Maurice Williamson | 19 November 2008 | 1 May 2014 | Key | ||||
| 26 | Nicky Wagner | 7 May 2014 | 8 October 2014 | |||||
| 27 | Craig Foss | 16 October 2014 | 20 December 2016 | |||||
| 28 | Mark Mitchell | 20 December 2016 | 2 May 2017 | English | ||||
| 29 | Scott Simpson | 2 May 2017 | 26 October 2017 | |||||
| 30 | James Shaw | 26 October 2017 | 6 November 2020 | Ardern | ||||
| height=40 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:" | 31 | David Clark | 6 November 2020 | 1 February 2023 | ||||
| height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:" | Hipkins | |||||||
| 32 | Deborah Russell | 1 February 2023 | 27 November 2023 | |||||
| 33 | Andrew Bayly | 27 November 2023 | present | Luxon | ||||