Public office,
over time.
Recorded terms, public roles and party associations, linked to the official source. Search the dates as recorded without treating election results as a complete career history.
Collection scope
The prime-minister and premier chronology follows the Parliamentary Library’s list from 1856. The historical parliamentary roll, individual MP profiles and directory year summaries are separate source collections; the same person can appear in more than one. Their combined row count is not a count of unique people or unique periods of service.
55 recorded terms
| Officeholder | Office / representation | Start | End | Party in source | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher Luxon | Prime Minister | 27 November 2023 | No end recorded in source | National | |
| Chris Hipkins | Prime Minister | 25 January 2023 | 27 November 2023 | Labour | |
| Jacinda Ardern | Prime Minister | 26 October 2017 | 25 January 2023 | Labour | |
| Bill English | Prime Minister | 12 December 2016 | 26 October 2017 | National | |
| John Key | Prime Minister | 19 November 2008 | 12 December 2016 | National | |
| Helen Clark | Prime Minister | 10 December 1999 | 19 November 2008 | Labour | |
| Jennifer Shipley | Prime Minister | 8 December 1997 | 10 December 1999 | National | |
| James Bolger | Prime Minister | 2 November 1990 | 8 December 1997 | National | |
| Michael Moore | Prime Minister | 4 September 1990 | 2 November 1990 | Labour | |
| Geoffrey Palmer | Prime Minister | 8 August 1989 | 4 September 1990 | Labour | |
| David Lange | Prime Minister | 26 July 1984 | 8 August 1989 | Labour | |
| Robert Muldoon | Prime Minister | 12 December 1975 | 26 July 1984 | National | |
| Wallace Rowling | Prime Minister | 6 September 1974 | 12 December 1975 | Labour | |
| Norman Kirk | Prime Minister | 8 December 1972 | 31 August 1974 | Labour | |
| John Marshall | Prime Minister | 7 February 1972 | 8 December 1972 | National | |
| Keith Holyoake | Prime Minister | 12 December 1960 | 7 February 1972 | National | |
| Walter Nash | Prime Minister | 12 December 1957 | 12 December 1960 | Labour | |
| Keith Holyoake | Prime Minister | 20 September 1957 | 12 December 1957 | National | |
| Sidney Holland | Prime Minister | 13 December 1949 | 20 September 1957 | National | |
| Peter Fraser | Prime Minister | 1 April 1940 | 13 December 1949 | Labour | |
| Michael Savage | Prime Minister | 6 December 1935 | 27 March 1940 | Labour | |
| George Forbes | Prime Minister | 28 May 1930 | 6 December 1935 | United | |
| Joseph Ward | Prime Minister | 10 December 1928 | 28 May 1930 | United | |
| Joseph Coates | Prime Minister | 30 May 1925 | 10 December 1928 | Reform | |
| Francis Dillon Bell | Prime Minister | 14 May 1925 | 30 May 1925 | Reform | |
| William Massey | Prime Minister | 10 July 1912 | 10 May 1925 | Reform | |
| Thomas MacKenzie | Prime Minister | 28 March 1912 | 10 July 1912 | Liberal | |
| Joseph Ward | Prime Minister | 6 August 1906 | 28 March 1912 | Liberal | |
| William Hall-Jones | Prime Minister | 21 June 1906 | 6 August 1906 | Liberal | |
| Richard Seddon | Premier / Prime Minister | 1 May 1893 | 10 June 1906 | Liberal | |
| John Ballance | Premier | 24 January 1891 | 27 April 1893 | Liberal | |
| Harry Atkinson | Premier | 8 October 1887 | 24 January 1891 | Not classified | |
| Robert Stout | Premier | 3 September 1884 | 8 October 1887 | Not classified | |
| Harry Atkinson | Premier | 28 August 1884 | 3 September 1884 | Not classified | |
| Robert Stout | Premier | 16 August 1884 | 28 August 1884 | Not classified | |
| Harry Atkinson | Premier | 25 September 1883 | 16 August 1884 | Not classified | |
| Frederick Whitaker | Premier | 21 April 1882 | 25 September 1883 | Not classified | |
| John Hall | Premier | 8 October 1879 | 21 April 1882 | Not classified | |
| George Grey | Premier | 13 October 1877 | 8 October 1879 | Not classified | |
| Harry Atkinson | Premier | 1 September 1876 | 13 October 1877 | Not classified | |
| Julius Vogel | Premier | 15 February 1876 | 1 September 1876 | Not classified | |
| Daniel Pollen | Premier | 6 July 1875 | 15 February 1876 | Not classified | |
| Julius Vogel | Premier | 8 April 1873 | 6 July 1875 | Not classified | |
| William Fox | Premier | 3 March 1873 | 8 April 1873 | Not classified | |
| George Waterhouse | Premier | 11 October 1872 | 3 March 1873 | Not classified | |
| Edward Stafford | Premier | 10 September 1872 | 11 October 1872 | Not classified | |
| William Fox | Premier | 28 June 1869 | 10 September 1872 | Not classified | |
| Edward Stafford | Premier | 16 October 1865 | 28 June 1869 | Not classified | |
| Frederick Weld | Premier | 24 November 1864 | 16 October 1865 | Not classified | |
| Frederick Whitaker | Premier | 30 October 1863 | 24 November 1864 | Not classified | |
| Alfred Domett | Premier | 6 August 1862 | 30 October 1863 | Not classified | |
| William Fox | Premier | 12 July 1861 | 6 August 1862 | Not classified | |
| Edward Stafford | Premier | 2 June 1856 | 12 July 1861 | Not classified | |
| William Fox | Premier | 20 May 1856 | 2 June 1856 | Not classified | |
| Henry Sewell | Premier | 7 May 1856 | 20 May 1856 | Not classified |
Dates follow the linked source. An open end means the source has not recorded an end date; it does not establish membership up to today. Party names apply to the recorded period. These records are not automatically merged with similarly named election candidates.