Ministry for Primary Industries (New Zealand)
The Ministry for Primary Industries is the public service department of New Zealand charged with overseeing, managing and regulating the farming, fishing, food, animal welfare, biosecurity, and forestry sectors of New Zealand's primary industries. In December 2017, Agriculture, Food Safety and Biosecurity Minister Damien O'Connor announced that the Ministry of Primary Industries would be reorganised into four entities: Fisheries New Zealand, Forestry New Zealand, Biosecurity New Zealand and New Zealand Food Safety, existing within the one ministry.
History
Formed in April 2012, MPI is a merger of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the Ministry of Fisheries, and the New Zealand Food Safety Authority.Ministers
The Ministry serves 6 portfolios and 3 ministers.| OFFICEHOLDER | PORTFOLIO | OTHER RESPONSIBILITY |
| Hon Damien O'Connor | Lead Minister Minister of Agriculture Minister for Biosecurity Minister for Food Safety Minister for Rural Communities | |
| Hon Stuart Nash | Minister of Fisheries | |
| Hon Shane Jones | Minister of Forestry |
List of Ministers for Primary Industries
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