| Post: | Minister of Transport |
| Body: | New Zealand |
| Flag: | Flag of New Zealand.svg |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of New Zealand |
| Insigniacaption: | Coat of Arms of New Zealand |
| Incumbent: | Simeon Brown |
| Incumbentsince: | 27 November 2023 |
| Department: | Ministry of Transport |
| 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: | 10 December 1928 |
| First: | Bill Veitch |
The Minister of Transport is a minister in the New Zealand Government responsible for investment in transport infrastructure and services, regulation, and developing the transport system to maximise economic and social benefits while minimising harm.[1]
The following ministers have held the office of Minister of Transport.[2]
| No. | Name | Portrait | Term of Office | Prime Minister | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bill Veitch | 10 December 1928 | 28 May 1930 | width=1 style="color:inherit;background:" | Ward | |||
| 2 | William Taverner | 28 May 1930 | 22 September 1931 | Forbes | ||||
| 3 | Gordon Coates | 22 September 1931 | 6 December 1935 | |||||
| height=50 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:" | 4 | Bob Semple | 6 December 1935 | 9 December 1942 | Savage | |||
| height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:" | Fraser | |||||||
| 5 | James O'Brien | 9 December 1942 | 28 September 1947† | |||||
| 6 | Fred Hackett | 18 October 1947 | 13 December 1949 | |||||
| 7 | Stan Goosman | 13 December 1949 | 12 December 1957 | Holland | ||||
| Holyoake | ||||||||
| 8 | John Mathison | 12 December 1957 | 12 December 1960 | Nash | ||||
| 9 | John McAlpine | 12 December 1960 | 12 December 1966 | Holyoake | ||||
| height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:" | 10 | Peter Gordon | 12 December 1966 | 8 December 1972 | ||||
| height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:" | Marshall | |||||||
| 11 | Sir Basil Arthur | 8 December 1972 | 12 December 1975 | Kirk | ||||
| Rowling | ||||||||
| 12 | Colin McLachlan | 12 December 1975 | 11 December 1981 | Muldoon | ||||
| 13 | George Gair | 11 December 1981 | 26 July 1984 | |||||
| 14 | Richard Prebble | 26 July 1984 | 24 August 1987 | Lange | ||||
| 15 | Bill Jeffries | 24 August 1987 | 2 November 1990 | height=36 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:" | ||||
| Palmer | ||||||||
| Moore | ||||||||
| 16 | Rob Storey | 2 November 1990 | 29 November 1993 | Bolger | ||||
| 17 | Maurice Williamson | 29 November 1993 | 16 December 1996 | |||||
| 18 | Jenny Shipley | 16 December 1996 | 8 December 1997 | |||||
| (17) | Maurice Williamson | 8 December 1997 | 10 December 1999 | Shipley | ||||
| 19 | Mark Gosche | 10 December 1999 | 27 July 2002 | Clark | ||||
| 20 | Paul Swain | 27 July 2002 | 26 February 2004 | |||||
| 21 | Pete Hodgson | 26 February 2004 | 19 October 2005 | |||||
| 22 | David Parker | 19 October 2005 | 21 March 2006 | |||||
| 23 | Annette King | 21 March 2006 | 19 November 2008 | |||||
| 24 | Steven Joyce | 19 November 2008 | 12 December 2011 | Key | ||||
| 25 | Gerry Brownlee | 12 December 2011 | 6 October 2014 | |||||
| height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:" | 26 | Simon Bridges | 6 October 2014 | 26 October 2017 | ||||
| height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:" | English | |||||||
| 27 | Phil Twyford | 26 October 2017 | 6 November 2020 | Ardern | ||||
| height=50 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:" | 28 | Michael Wood | 6 November 2020 | 21 June 2023 | ||||
| height=50 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:" | Hipkins | |||||||
| (22) | David Parker | 21 June 2023 | 27 November 2023 | |||||
| 29 | Simeon Brown | 27 November 2023 | present | Luxon | ||||