The minister of Finance is the minister and the head of the New Zealand Treasury, responsible for producing an annual New Zealand Budget outlining the government's proposed expenditure. The position i
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Grant Murray Robertson is a retired New Zealand politician and member of the Labour Party who served as the Minister of Finance from 2017 to 2023, as Minister of Foreign Affairs in November 2023, and
Minister of Finance (New Zealand)
…by doing so. It is more common, however, for a Deputy Prime Minister to serve as Minister of Finance. Bob Tizard, Michael Cullen, Bill English and Grant Robertson served as Deputy Prime Minister when in the position as Minister of Finance. Traditionally Ministers of Finance rank second or third in seniority lists…
Robertson in 2023
Robertson at post-budget meeting in 2011.
Robertson speaking to a rally opposing the National Government's changes to University Councils, at the University of Otago, October 2013
Robertson at Government House, Wellington, in 2015