| Attorney-General of New Zealand | |
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| Te Rōia Matua o Aotearoa (Māori) | |
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| Crown Law Office Parliamentary Counsel Office Serious Fraud Office | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Member of | |
| Reports to | Prime Minister of New Zealand |
| Seat | Wellington |
| Nominator | Prime Minister |
| Appointer | Governor-General of New Zealand on the advice of the prime minister |
| Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
| Formation | 7 May 1856 |
| First holder | Frederick Whitaker |
| Salary | $288,900[1] |
| Website | www.beehive.govt.nz |
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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.
- ^ "Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Determination 2016" (PDF). www.parliament.nz.
- ^ "Rōia Matua - te Aka Māori Dictionary".
- ^ Clayton, CW (1995). Government Lawyers: The Federal Legal Bureaucracy and Presidential Politics. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press. p. 13.
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