Attorney-General (New Zealand)

Attorney-General of New Zealand
Te Rōia Matua o Aotearoa (Māori)
since 27 November 2023
Crown Law Office
Parliamentary Counsel Office
Serious Fraud Office
StyleThe Honourable
Member of
Reports toPrime Minister of New Zealand
SeatWellington
NominatorPrime Minister
AppointerGovernor-General of New Zealand
on the advice of the prime minister
Term lengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
Formation7 May 1856
First holderFrederick Whitaker
Salary$288,900[1]
Websitewww.beehive.govt.nz

The Attorney-General (Māori: Rōia Matua)[2] is a political and legal officer in New Zealand. The Attorney-General is simultaneously a ministerial position and the chief law officer of the Crown, and has responsibility for supervising New Zealand law and advising the government on legal matters. The Attorney-General serves both a political and apolitical function.[3] The current Attorney-General is Judith Collins.

  1. ^ "Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Determination 2016" (PDF). www.parliament.nz.
  2. ^ "Rōia Matua - te Aka Māori Dictionary".
  3. ^ Clayton, CW (1995). Government Lawyers: The Federal Legal Bureaucracy and Presidential Politics. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press. p. 13.