Morpeth (acting) (December 1891–December 1892) Native Department/Department of Māori Affairs Judge Edgar (Under-Secretary) (June 1906– January 1907) Judge T.W. Fisher (February 1907–October 1916) C.B. Jordan (November 1916–December 1921) Robert Noble Jones (January 1922–November 1933) P.G. Peace (December 1933–May 1935) O.N. Campbell (May 1934–February 1944) Judge G.P Shepherd (February 1944–September 1948) Tipi Tainui Ropiha (September 1948–October 1957) M. Sullivan (October 1957–January 1960) Jack Hunn (January 1960–July 1963) B.E. Souter (acting) (July 1963–October 1963) J.M. McEwen (October 1963–February 1975) I.W. Apperly (February 1975– November 1977) Kara Puketapu (November 1977–December 1983) Tamati Reedy (December 1983–September 1989) Iwi Transition Agency (Te Tira Ahu Iwi) Wira Gardiner (October 1989–December 1991) Ministry of Maori Affairs (Manatū Māori) J.H. Clarke (July 1989–December 1991) Te Puni Kōkiri - Ministry of Māori Development Wira Gardiner (January 1992–October 1995) R.H. Love (December 1995–November 2000) L. Comer (February 2001–September 2012) M. Hippolite (December 2012–July 2019) L. Davies (acting) (August 2019–September 2019) Dave Samuels (September 2019–present) References Further reading External links Government agencies of New Zealand Puni Kokiri, Te Māori organisations Indigenous affairs ministries Aboriginal title in New Zealand New Zealand Public Service departments 1992 establishments in New Zealand Government agencies established in 1992