Attorney-General (New Zealand)

Attorney-General of New Zealand
Te Rōia Matua o Aotearoa (Māori)
Incumbent
Judith Collins
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.

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