Prime ministers of New Zealand*

name party term

Henry Sewell (Sewell, Henry) 1856

William Fox (Fox, Sir William) 1856

Edward William Stafford (Stafford, Sir Edward William) 1856-61

William Fox (Fox, Sir William) 1861-62

Alfred Domett (Domett, Alfred) 1862-63

Frederick Whitaker (Whitaker, Sir Frederick) 1863-64

Frederick Aloysius Weld (Weld, Sir Frederick Aloysius) 1864-65

Edward William Stafford (Stafford, Sir Edward William) 1865-69

William Fox (Fox, Sir William) 1869-72

Edward William Stafford (Stafford, Sir Edward William) 1872

George Marsden Waterhouse (Waterhouse, George Marsden) 1872-73

William Fox (Fox, Sir William) 1873

Julius Vogel (Vogel, Sir Julius) (from 1875, Sir Julius Vogel) 1873-75

Daniel Pollen (Pollen, Daniel) 1875-76

Sir Julius Vogel (Vogel, Sir Julius) 1876

Harry Atkinson (Atkinson, Sir Harry) 1876-77

Sir George Grey (Grey, Sir George) 1877-79

John Hall (Hall, Sir John) 1879-82

Frederick Whitaker (Whitaker, Sir Frederick) 1882-83

Harry Atkinson (Atkinson, Sir Harry) 1883-84

Robert Stout (Stout, Sir Robert) (from 1886, Sir Robert Stout) 1884-87

Harry Atkinson (Atkinson, Sir Harry) (from 1888, Sir Harry Atkinson) 1887-91

John Ballance (Ballance, John) Liberal 1891-93

Richard John Seddon (Seddon, Richard John) Liberal 1893-1906

Joseph Ward (Ward, Sir Joseph) (from 1911, Sir Joseph Ward) Liberal 1906-12

William Ferguson Massey (Massey, William Ferguson) Reform 1912-25

Joseph Gordon Coates (Coates, Joseph Gordon) Reform 1925-28

Sir Joseph Ward (Ward, Sir Joseph) United 1928-30

George William Forbes (Forbes, George William) Reform-United 1930-35

Michael Joseph Savage (Savage, Michael Joseph) Labour 1935-40

Peter Fraser (Fraser, Peter) Labour 1940-49

Sidney Holland (Holland, Sir Sidney) National 1949-57

Walter Nash (Nash, Sir Walter) Labour 1957-60

Keith Jacka Holyoake (Holyoake, Sir Keith Jacka) (from 1970, Sir Keith Jacka Holyoake) National 1960-72

John Marshall (Marshall, Sir John Ross) National 1972

Norman E. Kirk (Kirk, Norman Eric) Labour 1972-74

Wallace Edward Rowling (Rowling, Sir Wallace Edward) Labour 1974-75

Robert Muldoon (Muldoon, Robert) National 1975-84

David Lange (Lange, David) Labour 1984-89

Geoffrey Palmer (Palmer, Sir Geoffrey) Labour 1989-90

Mike Moore (Moore, Mike) Labour 1990

James Bolger (Bolger, James Brendan) National 1990-97

Jennifer Shipley (Shipley, Jennifer) National 1997-99

Helen Clark (Clark, Helen) Labour 1999-2008

John Key (Key, John) National 2008-

*The titles premier and first minister were variously applied to each of the principal ministers until 1869, when premier became customary. Although the title prime minister was first used formally in the Schedule of the Civil List Act of 1873, no one used the title officially until Richard John Seddon, beginning in 1893.