Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand

The Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand (CAA; Māori: Te Mana Rererangi Tūmatanui o Aotearoa) is the government agency tasked with establishing civil aviation safety and security standards in New Zealand. The CAA also monitors adherence to those standards and is responsible for enforcement proceedings. The authority "investigates and reviews accident and incident investigations in its capacity as the responsible safety and security authority, subject to the limitations set out in section 14(3) of the Transport Accident Investigation Commission Act 1990"[3] (TAIC). CAA is also responsible for managing civilian pilot, aerodrome and aircraft licensing in New Zealand. The CAA has its headquarters in the Asteron Centre in Featherston Street, Wellington.[4]

Civil Aviation Authority
Te Mana Rererangi Tūmatanui o Aotearoa
Agency overview
Formed1992[1]
JurisdictionNew Zealand government
HeadquartersWellington
Employees171.1 FTE (2007)[2]
Annual budget$26.9 million (2007)[2]
Minister responsible
Agency executives
  • Don Huse, interim chairman, 2019
  • Graeme Harris, director of civil aviation
Parent agencyMinistry of Transport
Child agency
  • New Zealand Aviation Security Service
Websitewww.aviation.govt.nz

Ministers of Civil Aviation

Before a Civil Aviation portfolio was created in 1946, ministerial authority had rested with the Minister of Defence.[5] The position of Minister for Civil Aviation was abolished just before the 1990 election where after aviation remained under the Minister of Transport. However the government formed the Civil Aviation Authority in 1992 to regulate aviation separately from the Ministry of Transport. It was reinstated as a full ministerial portfolio in 1999.[6]

The following ministers have held ministerial responsibility for Civil Aviation.[7]

Key

  Labour   National   Greens

No. Name Portrait Term of Office Prime Minister
1 Fred Jones 1 June 1946 13 December 1949 Fraser
2 Stan Goosman 13 December 1949 8 December 1950 Holland
3 Tom Macdonald 8 December 1950 26 November 1954
4 Tom Shand 26 November 1954 12 December 1957
Holyoake
5 John Mathison 12 December 1957 12 December 1960 Nash
6 John McAlpine 12 December 1960 12 December 1966 Holyoake
7 Peter Gordon 12 December 1966 8 December 1972
Marshall
8 Martyn Finlay 8 December 1972 12 December 1975 Kirk
Rowling
9 Colin McLachlan 12 December 1975 11 December 1981 Muldoon
10 George Gair 11 December 1981 26 July 1984
11 Richard Prebble 26 July 1984 24 August 1987 Lange
12 Bill Jeffries 24 August 1987 2 November 1990
Palmer
Moore
13 Rob Storey 2 November 1990 29 November 1993 Bolger
14 Maurice Williamson 29 November 1993 16 December 1996
15 Jenny Shipley 16 December 1996 8 December 1997
(14) Maurice Williamson 8 December 1997 10 December 1999 Shipley
16 Mark Gosche 10 December 1999 27 July 2002 Clark
17 Paul Swain 27 July 2002 26 February 2004
18 Pete Hodgson 26 February 2004 19 October 2005
19 David Parker 19 October 2005 21 March 2006
20 Annette King 21 March 2006 8 November 2008
21 Steven Joyce 8 November 2008 12 December 2011 Key
22 Gerry Brownlee 12 December 2011 6 October 2014
23 Simon Bridges 6 October 2014 26 October 2017
English
24 Phil Twyford 26 October 2017 24 May 2018 Ardern
25 Julie Anne Genter 24 May 2018 6 November 2020
26 Michael Wood 6 November 2020 present

See also

Notes
  1. "Brief for Minister of Transport" (PDF). Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand. March 2006. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
  2. "Annual Report 2007" (PDF). Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
  3. NZ Civil Aviation Act s72B(2)d
  4. "Contact Us Archived 2013-12-31 at the Wayback Machine." Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand. Retrieved on 30 December 2013. "Location Level 15, Asteron Centre 55 Featherston Street Wellington 6011"
  5. "History of civil aviation regulation in New Zealand". Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  6. O'Connor, Juliet (2 December 1999). "Shake-up for airline monitoring". The Evening Post. p. 3.
  7. Wilson 1985, pp. 118.

References
  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V R Ward, Government Printer. OCLC 154283103.
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