Minister for Building and Construction

The Minister of Building and Construction is the veteran MP, the Hon Maurice Williamson.

Mr Williamson’s Parliamentary career began in 1987 when he was elected MP for the Auckland electorate of Pakuranga, which he has continued to represent since then. He was Minister of Transport during the last National Government and has also held Ministerial portfolios of Communications, Broadcasting, Information Technology, Local Government, and Associate Minister of Education, Health and State Services.

Mr Williamson was a physics teacher at Mt Albert Grammar school and a planning analyst at Air New Zealand before entering Parliament.

We welcome Mr Williamson to his new role and look forward to working with him in the future.

Other Ministers with whom the Association will be working are:

Hon Simon Power	Minister of Justice
Hon Tony Ryall	Minister of Health
Hon Paula Bennett	Minister for Social Development and Employment
Hon John Carter	Minister for Senior Citizens
Hon Rodney Hyde	Minister of Local Government

We have sent a briefing paper outlining the Association and what we do, the regulatory regime under which we operate and a summary of the key issues facing the sector. Meetings with interested MPs and Ministers will proceed as they find time!