Steve Maharey

Steve Maharey
Maharey in 2008
42nd Minister of Education
In office
19 October 2005 – 31 October 2007
Prime MinisterHelen Clark
Preceded byTrevor Mallard
Succeeded byChris Carter
22nd Minister for Research, Science and Technology
In office
21 December 2004 – 31 October 2007
Prime MinisterHelen Clark
Preceded byPete Hodgson
Succeeded byPete Hodgson
22nd Minister for Social Development
In office
10 December 1999 – 19 October 2005
Prime MinisterHelen Clark
Preceded byRoger Sowry
Succeeded byDavid Benson-Pope
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Palmerston North
In office
27 October 1990 – 8 November 2008
Preceded byTrevor de Cleene
Succeeded byIain Lees-Galloway
5th Vice-Chancellor of Massey University
In office
October 2008 – December 2016
Preceded byJudith Kinnear
Succeeded byJan Thomas
Personal details
Born (1953-02-03) 3 February 1953 (age 71)
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Political partyLabour
ProfessionSociologist

Steven Maharey CNZM (born 3 February 1953) is a New Zealand academic and former politician of the Labour Party. Elected to Parliament for the first time in 1990, he was Minister of Social Development and Employment from 1999 to 2005 and Minister of Education from 2005 to 2007. He retired from Parliament at the 2008 general election to become the Vice-Chancellor at Massey University.[1]

  1. ^ Claire Trevett (19 October 2007). "Maharey quitting Cabinet to join University". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 19 October 2007.