Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand

Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand
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Incumbent Winston Peters since 27 November 2023
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Style	Mr Deputy Prime Minister (informal) The Honourable (formal) His Excellency (diplomatic)
Member of	Cabinet of New Zealand Executive Council
Reports to	Prime Minister of New Zealand
Appointer	Governor-General of New Zealand
Term length	No fixed term
Formation	13 December 1949; 74 years ago (1949-12-13)
First holder	Keith Holyoake
Salary	NZ$334,734 annually[1]

The deputy prime minister of New Zealand (Māori: Te pirimia tuarua o Aotearoa) is the second-most senior member of the Cabinet of New Zealand. The officeholder usually deputises for the prime minister at official functions. The current deputy prime minister is Winston Peters of the NZ First party, who has held the position twice before, and will serve until 31 May 2025 due to an arrangement under the current coalition government in which he would then be succeeded in the position by ACT party leader David Seymour.

The role existed on an informal basis for as long as the office of prime minister/premier has existed, but the office of "deputy prime minister" was formally established as a ministerial portfolio in 1949.^[2] This means that Keith Holyoake is considered the first deputy prime minister. It was formally designated as a full cabinet level position in 1954.^[3]