List of prime ministers of New Zealand

The prime minister of New Zealand is the head of government of New Zealand, and the leader of the Cabinet of New Zealand.

List
The parties shown are those to which the prime ministers belonged at the time they held office and the electoral districts shown are those they represented while in office. Several prime ministers belonged to parties other than those given and represented other electorates before and after their time in office.

Key

 No. Name Portrait Term of office Elected Party Government Colonial secretaries (1856–1869) 1 Henry Sewell 90px 7 May1856 20 May1856  () Independent Sewell  2 Sir William Fox 90px 20 May1856 2 June1856 — () Independent Fox I  3 Sir Edward Stafford 90px 2 June1856 12 July1861 — () Independent Stafford I   Sir William Fox 90px 12 July1861 6 August1862  () Independent Fox II  4 Alfred Domett 90px 6 August1862 30 October1863 — () Independent Domett  5 Sir Frederick Whitaker 90px 30 October1863 24 November1864 — () Independent Whitaker–Fox  6 Sir Frederick Weld 90px 24 November1864 16 October1865 — () Independent Weld   Sir Edward Stafford 90px 16 October1865 28 June1869 — () () Independent Stafford II  Premiers (1869–1907)  Sir William Fox 90px 28 June1869 10 September1872 — () () Independent Fox III   Sir Edward Stafford 90px 10 September1872 11 October1872 — () Independent Stafford III  7 George Waterhouse 90px 11 October1872 3 March1873 — () Independent Waterhouse   Sir William Fox 90px 3 March1873 8 April1873 — () Independent Fox IV  8 Sir Julius Vogel 90px 8 April1873 6 July1875 — () Independent Vogel I  9 Daniel Pollen 90px 6 July1875 15 February1876 — () Independent Pollen   Sir Julius Vogel 90px 15 February1876 1 September1876  () Independent Vogel II  10 Sir Harry Atkinson 90px 1 September1876 13 October1877 — () Independent Atkinson I • II  11 Sir George Grey 90px 13 October1877 8 October1879 — () Independent Grey  12 Sir John Hall 90px 8 October1879 21 April1882  () () Independent Hall   Sir Frederick Whitaker 90px 21 April1882 25 September1883 — () Independent Whitaker   Sir Harry Atkinson 90px 25 September1883 16 August1884 — () Independent Atkinson III  13 Robert Stout 90px 16 August1884 28 August1884  () Independent Stout–Vogel   Sir Harry Atkinson 90px 28 August1884 3 September1884 — () Independent Atkinson IV   Sir Robert Stout 90px 3 September1884 8 October1887 — () Independent Stout–Vogel   Sir Harry Atkinson 90px 8 October1887 24 January1891  () Independent Atkinson V  14 John Ballance 85px 24 January1891 27 April1893  () Liberal Liberal  15 Richard Seddon 90px 1 May1893 10 June1906 — () () () () () () Liberal  16 William Hall-Jones 90px 21 June1906 6 August1906 — () Liberal  Prime ministers (1907–present) 17 Sir Joseph Ward 85px 6 August1906 12 March1912 — () () () Liberal  18 Thomas Mackenzie 85px 28 March1912 10 July1912 — () Liberal  19 William Massey 90px 10 July1912 10 May1925 — () () () () Reform Reform  20 Francis Bell 90px 14 May1925 30 May1925 — () Reform  21 Gordon Coates 90px 30 May1925 10 December1928 — () () Reform   Sir Joseph Ward 85px 10 December1928 28 May1930  () United United  22 George Forbes 90px 28 May1930 6 December1935 — () United  () United–Reform Coalition  23 Michael Joseph Savage 90px 6 December1935 27 March1940  () () Labour First Labour  24 Peter Fraser 90px 1 April1940 13 December1949 — () () () Labour  25 Sidney Holland 90px 13 December1949 20 September1957  () () () National First National  26 Keith Holyoake 90px 20 September1957 12 December1957 — () National  27 Walter Nash 90px 12 December1957 12 December1960  () Labour Second Labour   Sir Keith Holyoake 90px 12 December1960 7 February1972  () () () () National Second National  28 Jack Marshall 90px 7 February1972 8 December1972 — () National  29 Norman Kirk 90px 8 December1972 31 August1974  () Labour Third Labour  — Hugh WattActing prime minister 90px 31 August1974 6 September1974 — () Labour  30 Bill Rowling 90px 6 September1974 12 December1975 — () Labour  31 Sir Robert Muldoon 90px 12 December1975 26 July1984  () () () National Third National  32 David Langecenter|90px 26 July1984 8 August1989  () () Labour Fourth Labour  33 Geoffrey Palmer 90px 8 August1989 4 September1990 — () Labour  34 Mike Moore 90px 4 September1990 2 November1990 — () Labour  35 Jim Bolger 90px 2 November1990 8 December1997  () () () National Fourth National  36 Jenny Shipley 90px 8 December1997 10 December1999 — () National  37 Helen Clark 90px 10 December1999 19 November2008  () () ()  Labour Fifth Labour  38 John Key 90px 19 November2008 12 December2016  () () () NationalFifth National  39 Bill English 90px 12 December2016 26 October2017 — () National 40Jacinda Ardern90px 26 October2017 25 January2023  () () Labour Sixth Labour  41Chris Hipkins90px 25 January2023 27 November2023 – () Labour  42 Christopher Luxon 138x138px 27 November2023 Incumbent  () NationalSixth National   

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