New Zealand Prime Ministers
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This list is comprised of Prime Ministers (formerly called Premiers) of New Zealand. The position originated in the 1850s, when New Zealand was still a British colony. New Zealand became a dominion in 1907 and gained full independence in 1947.
Name Years Other Names
Henry Sewell1856
William Fox 1856; 1861-1862; 1869-1872; 1873
Edward Stafford 1856-1861; 1865-1869; 1872
Alfred Domett1862-1863
Frederick Whitaker 1863-1864; 1882-1883
Frederick Weld1864-1865 (Aloysius)
George Waterhouse1872-1873 (Marsden)
Julius Vogel 1873-1875; 1876
Daniel Pollen1875-1876
Harry Atkinson 1876-1877; 1883-1884; 1884; 1887-1891 (Albert)
George Grey 1877-1879
John Hall 1879-1882
Robert Stout1884; 1884-1887
John Ballance1891-1893
Richard Seddon1893-1906 (John)
William Hall -Jones 1906
Joseph Ward 1906-1912; 1928-1930 (George)
Thomas Mackenzie 1912
William Massey 1912-1925 (Bill, Ferguson)
Francis Bell 1925 (Henry, Dillon)
Gordon Coates1925-1928 (Joseph)
George Forbes1930-1935 (William)
Michael Joseph Savage 1935-1940
Peter Fraser 1940-1949
Sidney Holland 1949-1957 (George)
Keith Holyoake1957; 1960-1972 (Jacka)
Walter Nash 1957-1960
Jack Marshall 1972 (John, Ross)
Norman Kirk 1972-1974 (Eric)
Bill Rowling1974-1975 (Wallace, Edward)
Robert Muldoon1975-1984 (David)
David Lange 1984-1989 (Russell)
Geoffrey Palmer 1989-1990 (Winston, Russell)
Mike Moore 1990 (Michael, Kenneth)
Jim Bolger1990-1997 (James, Brendan)
Jenny Shipley1997-1999 (Jennifer, Mary)
Helen Clark 1999-2008 (Elizabeth)
John Key 2008-2016 (Phillip)
Bill English 2016-2017 (Simon, William)
Jacinda Ardern2017-2023 (Kate, Laurell)
Chris Hipkins2023 (Christopher, John)
Christopher Luxon2023- (Mark)