Minister of Customs (New Zealand)

The Minister of Customs in New Zealand is a cabinet position appointed by the Prime Minister to be in charge of matters of border control, international trade and travel and the collection of import duties and taxes to New Zealand. The minister is responsible for the New Zealand Customs Service which is the oldest government department in New Zealand.[2]

Minister of Customs
Incumbent
Meka Whaitiri
since 6 November 2020
New Zealand Customs Service
StyleThe Honourable
Member of
Reports toPrime Minister of New Zealand
AppointerGovernor-General of New Zealand
Term lengthAt Her Majesty's pleasure
Formation1 January 1859
First holderWilliam Richmond
Salary$288,900[1]
Websitewww.beehive.govt.nz

The current minister is Meka Whaitiri of the Labour Party.[3] She held the position previously from 2017 to 2018, although was removed following allegations of assault which she denied, but was re-appointed to the role, albeit as Minister outside of Cabinet following the 2020 New Zealand general election.[4]

List of ministers

The following ministers have held the office of Minister of Customs.[5]

Key

  Independent   Liberal   Reform   United   Labour   National   NZ First   Alliance

No. Name Portrait Term of Office Prime Minister
1 William Richmond 1 January 1859 25 February 1859 Stafford
2 Henry Sewell 25 February 1859 26 April 1859
(1) William Richmond 26 April 1859 12 July 1861
3 Reader Wood 12 July 1861 6 August 1862 Fox
4 Dillon Bell 6 August 1862 21 August 1862 Domett
(3) Reader Wood 21 August 1862 24 November 1864
Whitaker
5 William Fitzherbert 24 November 1864 3 April 1865 Weld
6 John Richardson 3 April 1865 16 October 1865
7 James Crowe Richmond 24 August 1866 28 June 1869 Stafford
8 Julius Vogel 28 June 1869 8 January 1871 Fox
(2) Henry Sewell 8 January 1871 30 October 1871
(8) Julius Vogel 30 October 1871 10 September 1872
9 Oswald Curtis 10 September 1872 11 October 1872 Stafford
10 John Bathgate 11 October 1872 26 October 1872 Waterhouse
11 William Reynolds 26 October 1872 15 February 1876
Fox
Vogel
Pollen
12 Harry Atkinson 15 February 1876 3 July 1876 Vogel
13 George McLean 4 July 1876 13 October 1877
Atkinson
14 George Grey 15 October 1877 12 January 1878 Grey
15 John Ballance 12 January 1878 12 July 1878
(14) George Grey 12 July 1878 8 October 1879
(12) Harry Atkinson 8 October 1879 10 March 1881 Hall
16 John Hall 10 March 1881 21 April 1882
(12) Harry Atkinson 21 April 1882 16 August 1884 Whitaker
Atkinson
17 George Morris 19 August 1884 28 August 1884 Stout
(13) George McLean 28 August 1884 3 September 1884 Atkinson
(8) Julius Vogel 3 September 1884 8 October 1887 Stout
18 George Fisher 8 October 1887 8 April 1889 Atkinson
(12) Harry Atkinson 8 April 1889 24 January 1891
(15) John Ballance 24 January 1891 27 April 1893† Ballance
19 Joseph Ward 1 May 1893 16 June 1896 Seddon
20 Richard Seddon 16 June 1896 29 October 1900
21 Charles H. Mills 29 October 1900 6 August 1906
Hall-Jones
22 John A. Millar 6 August 1906 6 January 1909 Ward
23 Alexander Hogg 6 January 1909 17 June 1909
24 George Fowlds 17 June 1909 4 September 1911
25 Roderick McKenzie 4 September 1911 28 March 1912
26 George Laurenson 28 March 1912 10 July 1912 Mackenzie
27 Francis Fisher 10 July 1912 7 January 1915 Massey
28 William Herries 19 February 1915 12 August 1915
29 Arthur Myers 12 August 1915 22 August 1919
(28) William Herries 4 September 1919 7 February 1921
30 William Downie Stewart Jr 9 March 1921 10 December 1928
Bell
Coates
31 William Taverner 10 December 1928 20 December 1929 Ward
32 James Donald 20 December 1929 28 May 1930
33 George Forbes 28 May 1930 22 September 1931 Forbes
(30) William Downie Stewart Jr 22 September 1931 28 January 1933
34 Gordon Coates 28 January 1933 6 December 1935
35 Walter Nash 6 December 1935 11 October 1936 Savage
- Mark Fagan
Acting Minister		 11 October 1936 16 August 1937
(35) Walter Nash 16 August 1937 13 December 1949
Fraser
36 Charles Bowden 13 December 1949 26 November 1954 Holland
37 Dean Eyre 26 November 1954 23 March 1956
38 Eric Halstead 23 March 1956 12 December 1957
Holyoake
39 Ray Boord 12 December 1957 12 December 1960 Nash
40 Jack Marshall 12 December 1960 24 January 1962 Holyoake
41 Norman Shelton 24 January 1962 12 December 1969
42 Lance Adams-Schneider 12 December 1969 9 February 1972
43 George Gair 9 February 1972 8 December 1972 Marshall
44 Mick Connelly 8 December 1972 13 March 1975 Kirk
Rowling
45 Roger Douglas 13 March 1975 12 December 1975
46 Peter Wilkinson 12 December 1975 13 December 1978 Muldoon
47 Hugh Templeton 13 December 1978 15 June 1982
48 Keith Allen 15 June 1982 26 July 1984
49 Margaret Shields 26 July 1984 24 August 1987 Lange
50 Trevor de Cleene 24 August 1987 14 December 1988
(49) Margaret Shields 14 December 1988 8 August 1989
51 Peter Neilson 8 August 1989 2 November 1990 Palmer
Moore
52 Wyatt Creech 2 November 1990 1 July 1993 Bolger
53 Murray McCully 1 July 1993 16 December 1996
54 Neil Kirton 16 December 1996 12 September 1997
55 Tuariki Delamere 12 September 1997 31 August 1998
Shipley
56 John Luxton 31 August 1998 10 December 1999
57 Phillida Bunkle 10 December 1999 23 February 2001 Clark
- Jim Anderton
Acting Minister		 23 February 2001 15 August 2002
58 Rick Barker 15 August 2002 19 October 2005
59 Nanaia Mahuta 19 October 2005 19 November 2008
60 Maurice Williamson 19 November 2008 1 May 2014 Key
61 Nicky Wagner 7 May 2014 2 May 2017
English
62 Tim Macindoe 2 May 2017 26 October 2017
63 Meka Whaitiri 26 October 2017 30 August 2018 Ardern
64 Kris Faafoi 30 August 2018 27 June 2019
65 Jenny Salesa 27 June 2019 6 November 2020
(63) Meka Whaitiri 6 November 2020 Incumbent

Notes
  1. "Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Determination 2016" (PDF). Parliament.nz. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  2. "Our History". New Zealand Customs Service. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  3. "Ministerial List". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  4. https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/107248175/prime-minister-announces-decision-on-meka-whaitiri-inquiry
  5. Wilson 1985, pp. 89–97.

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