Postmaster-General_of_New_Zealand

Postmaster-General (New Zealand)

Postmaster-General (New Zealand)

New Zealand political office

The Postmaster-General in New Zealand was the government minister responsible for the New Zealand Post Office (NZPO) from 1858 to 1989, when the NZPO (formerly the Post and Telegraph Department) was split into three State Owned Enterprises, responsible to the Minister of State Owned Enterprises: New Zealand Post Limited, Telecom New Zealand Limited, and Post Office Bank Limited.

Foundation stone on the former Akaroa Post Office, commemorating Heaton Rhodes as Postmaster-General

History

From 1841 to 1853 the Postmaster-General was a civil servant, responsible to the Postmaster-General of New South Wales (1841–42) then the Postmaster-General of Great Britain (1842–53).[1]

Governor Sir George Grey appointed Henry William Petre to be Postmaster-General on 13 August 1853, but his appointment was not accepted by the First Parliament that met in 1854, and he left for England early in the new year.[1]

Office holders

The following MPs have held the office of Postmaster-General:[2][3][4]

Key

  Independent   Liberal   Reform   United   Labour   National

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Notes

  1. [1]
    Robinson 1964, p. 258.
  2. [2]
    Wilson 1985, pp. 61–74.
  3. [3]
    Wood 1996, pp. 3–5, 8, 15–6, 20–3, 26, 28, 34, 37, 40, 43, 46, 49, 51–2, 54–6, 58, 60–6, 68, 71–2.
  4. [4]
    Robinson 1964, pp. 258–9.

References

  • Robinson, Howard (1964). A History of the Post Office in New Zealand. Wellington: Government Printer.
  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V R Ward, Government Printer. OCLC 154283103.
  • Wood, G. A. (1996) [1987]. Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament (2 ed.). Dunedin: University of Otago Press. ISBN 1-877133-00-0.
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