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Prime Minister of New Zealand

head of the New Zealand government

21 dated entries naming Prime Minister of New Zealand, drawn from 20 separate years between 1807 CE and 2023 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Premier of New Zealand in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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19th century

  • 1807September 7 – Henry Sewell, 1st Premier of New Zealand (died 1879)source
  • 1812April 14 – George Grey, Portuguese-born British colonial governor, 11th Premier of New Zealand (died 1898)source
  • 1845June 22 – Richard Seddon, 15th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1906)source
  • 1863November: Shortly after his government loses a vote of no-confidence, former premier Alfred Domett moves a resolution in Parliament that the Capital of New Zealand be moved closer to Cook Strait. This leads to the movement of the Capital to Wellington in 1865.source
  • 1869March 12 – George Forbes, New Zealand Prime Minister, first leader of the New Zealand National Party (died 1947)source
  • 1898September 19 – Sir George Grey, 11th Premier of New Zealand (born 1812)source
  • 189928 September: Prime Minister Richard Seddon asks Parliament to approve the offer to the imperial government of a contingent of mounted rifles and the raising of such a force if the offer were accepted and thus becoming the first British Colony to send troops to the Boer war. The first New Zealand Army contingent leaves for South Africa before the end of the year.source

20th century

  • 1906June 10 – Richard Seddon, 15th Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1845)source
  • 19086 November: The North Island Main Trunk railway linking Wellington and Auckland is completed, with the last spike driven in by Prime Minister Joseph Ward at Manganui-o-te-Ao and commemorated by the Last Spike Monument.source
  • 1921September 25 – Robert Muldoon, 31st Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1992)source
  • 1947May 17 – George Forbes, 22nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1869)source
  • 1950February 26 – Helen Clark, Prime Minister of New Zealandsource
  • 1970July 19 – Christopher Luxon, 42nd Prime Minister of New Zealandsource
  • 1989August 8 – Prime Minister of New Zealand David Lange resigns for health reasons and is replaced by Geoffrey Palmer.source
  • 1992August 5 – Robert Muldoon, 70, New Zealand politician, prime minister (1975–1984).source
  • 1999November 27 – The centre-left Labour Party takes control of the New Zealand Government, with leader Helen Clark becoming the second female Prime Minister in New Zealand's history.source

21st century

  • 201121–22 July – New Zealand Prime Minister John Key visits Washington, D.C. in the United States to meet with U.S. President Barack Obama. During their meeting at the White House, Prime Minister John Key and U.S. President Obama send their condolences to the people of Norway following the tragic terrorist attacks in Oslo, and are a reminder that the entire world must work together to prevent future attacks since World War II.source
  • 2019Prime Minister of New Zealand: Jacinda Ardern (since 2017)source
  • 2020New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden state visit to Fiji.source
  • 2023January 25 – Chris Hipkins succeeds Jacinda Ardern as Prime Minister of New Zealand, six days after she announced her resignation.source
  • 2023November 27 – After forming a coalition Government with the right-wing ACT and New Zealand First parties, Christopher Luxon is sworn in as the 42nd Prime Minister of New Zealand. The new administration opposes policies promoting Māori culture and addressing inequity between Māori and non-Māori, which leads to allegations of inflaming racial tensions.source

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