Minister of Immigration (New Zealand)

Minister of Immigration of New Zealand
Minister of Immigration of New Zealand
	Coat of arms of New Zealand
	Flag of New Zealand
	Incumbent; Michael Wood; since 14 June 2022
	Immigration New Zealand
Style	The Honourable
Member of	Cabinet of New Zealand; Executive Council;
Reports to	Prime Minister of New Zealand
Appointer	Governor-General of New Zealand
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Formation	10 September 1872
First holder	William Fitzherbert
Salary	$288,900
Website	www.beehive.govt.nz

The Minister of Immigration was established in 1872 as the Secretary for Crown Lands and Immigration. The minister appointed was William Fitzherbert but when replaced later in the year by Maurice O'Rorke, the title was changed to Minister of Immigration.^[2]

The current minister is Michael Wood, while the Associate Minister of Immigration is Phil Twyford.^[3]

Functions and responsibilities

The Minister of Immigration is responsible for leading the policy and strategic direction of the New Zealand immigration system and setting the rules and criteria for the granting of visas and entry permission, and making decisions in individual cases. The Minister of Immigration receives operational support from Immigration New Zealand, which is part of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE). MBIE's Immigration Policy Team advises the Minister on policy matters. The Immigration Minister also has jurisdiction over both the Immigration Advisers Authority, which provides licenses to service people who provide immigration advice to prospective immigrants, and the Immigration Advisers Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal. The Minister of Immigration is regulated by the Immigration Act 2009 and the Immigration Advisers Licensing Act.^[4]

List of ministers

The following ministers have held the office of Minister of Immigration.^[5]^[6]

Key

Independent Liberal Reform United Labour National NZ First

	Name	Term of Office
1	William Fitzherbert	10 September 1872	11 October 1872	Stafford
2	Maurice O'Rorke	24 October 1872	11 October 1873	Waterhouse
				Fox
				Vogel
3	Julius Vogel	11 October 1873	10 September 1874
4	Harry Atkinson	10 September 1874	1 September 1876
				Pollen
				Vogel
5	John Davies Ormond	1 September 1876	13 September 1876	Atkinson
(5)	Harry Atkinson	13 September 1876	4 January 1877
6	Donald Reid	4 January 1877	13 October 1877
7	James Macandrew	15 October 1877	25 July 1878	Grey
8	Robert Stout	25 July 1878	25 June 1879
9	William Gisborne	25 June 1879	8 October 1879
10	William Rolleston	8 October 1879	16 August 1884	Hall
				Whitaker
				Atkinson
(7)	James Macandrew	16 August 1884	28 August 1884	Stout
11	Richmond Hursthouse	28 August 1884	3 September 1884	Atkinson
12	John Ballance	3 September 1884	8 October 1887	Stout
13	George Richardson	8 October 1887	24 January 1891	Atkinson
14	John McKenzie	24 January 1891	2 March 1896	Ballance
14	John McKenzie	24 January 1891	2 March 1896	Seddon
15	William Campbell Walker	2 March 1896	20 June 1903
16	Richard Seddon	22 June 1903	10 June 1906
17	Charles H. Mills	10 June 1906	6 August 1906	Hall-Jones
18	James McGowan	6 August 1906	6 January 1909	Ward
19	George Fowlds	6 January 1909	4 September 1911	Ward
20	George Warren Russell	28 March 1912	10 July 1912	Mackenzie
21	Francis Bell	13 July 1912	12 August 1915	Massey
22	Josiah Hanan	12 August 1915	16 August 1915
(21)	Francis Bell	16 August 1915	14 May 1920
23	William Nosworthy	14 May 1920	10 December 1928
				Bell
				Coates
24	John Cobbe	10 December 1928	28 May 1930	Ward
25	Sydney George Smith	28 May 1930	22 September 1931	Forbes
26	Alexander Young	22 September 1931	6 December 1935	Forbes
27	Tim Armstrong	6 December 1935	30 April 1940	Savage
27	Tim Armstrong	6 December 1935	30 April 1940	Fraser
28	David Wilson	30 April 1940	12 April 1944
29	Paddy Webb	12 April 1944	19 December 1946
30	Angus McLagan	19 December 1946	13 December 1949
31	Bill Sullivan	13 December 1949	26 November 1954	Holland
32	Ralph Hanan	26 November 1954	20 December 1957	Holland
32	Ralph Hanan	26 November 1954	20 December 1957	Holyoake
33	Fred Hackett	12 December 1957	12 December 1960	Nash
34	Tom Shand	12 December 1960	22 December 1969	Holyoake
35	Jack Marshall	22 December 1969	9 February 1972	Holyoake
36	David Thomson	9 February 1972	8 December 1972	Marshall
37	Fraser Colman	8 December 1972	12 December 1975	Kirk
37	Fraser Colman	8 December 1972	12 December 1975	Rowling
38	Frank Gill	12 December 1975	13 December 1978	Muldoon
39	Jim Bolger	13 December 1978	12 February 1981
40	Aussie Malcolm	12 February 1981	26 July 1984
41	Kerry Burke	26 July 1984	24 August 1987	Lange
42	Stan Rodger	24 August 1987	14 August 1989
43	Roger Douglas	14 August 1989	9 February 1990
43	Roger Douglas	14 August 1989	9 February 1990	Palmer
44	Annette King	9 February 1990	2 November 1990	Palmer
44	Annette King	9 February 1990	2 November 1990	Moore
45	Bill Birch	2 November 1990	27 March 1993	Bolger
46	Maurice McTigue	27 March 1993	29 November 1993
47	Roger Maxwell	29 November 1993	16 December 1996
48	Tuariki Delamere	16 December 1996	24 November 1999
48	Tuariki Delamere	16 December 1996	24 November 1999	Shipley
-	Wyatt Creech (acting)^[7]	24 November 1999	10 December 1999	Shipley
49	Lianne Dalziel	10 December 1999	21 February 2004	Clark
50	Paul Swain	21 February 2004	19 October 2005
51	David Cunliffe	19 October 2005	11 November 2007
52	Clayton Cosgrove	11 November 2007	19 November 2008
53	Jonathan Coleman	19 November 2008	14 December 2011	Key
54	Nathan Guy	14 December 2011	31 January 2013
55	Michael Woodhouse	31 January 2013	26 October 2017
55	Michael Woodhouse	31 January 2013	26 October 2017	English
56	Iain Lees-Galloway	26 October 2017	22 July 2020	Ardern
57	Kris Faafoi	22 July 2020	14 June 2022
58	Michael Wood	14 June 2022	present

Notes

^ https://www.parliament.nz/media/3151/parliamentary-salaries-and-allowances-determination-2016.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ Wilson 1985, pp. 64.
^ "Portfolios - Immigration". The Beehive. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
^ "Ministerial Portfolio: Immigration". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
^ Wood 1996, pp. 35–7, 40, 43, 48–9, 51–2, 54–5, 57–8, 60, 63, 66, 68, 74, 78, 84.
^ Wilson 1985, pp. 64–97.
^ Young, Audrey (25 November 1999). "Delamere deal with Chinese investors called 'repugnant'". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 4 July 2020.

References

Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V R Ward, Government Printer. OCLC 154283103.
Wood, G. A. (1996) [1987]. Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament (2 ed.). Dunedin: University of Otago Press. ISBN 1 877133 00 0.

[1] ttps://www.parliament.nz/media/3151/parliamentary-salaries-and-allowances-determination-2016.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[FOOTNOTEWilson198564-2] Wilson 1985, pp. 64.

[3] "Portfolios - Immigration". The Beehive. Retrieved 14 June 2022.

[4] "Ministerial Portfolio: Immigration". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 26 October 2017.

[FOOTNOTEWood199635–7,_40,_43,_48–9,_51–2,_54–5,_57–8,_60,_63,_66,_68,_74,_78,_84-5] Wood 1996, pp. 35–7, 40, 43, 48–9, 51–2, 54–5, 57–8, 60, 63, 66, 68, 74, 78, 84.

[FOOTNOTEWilson198564–97-6] Wilson 1985, pp. 64–97.

[7] Young, Audrey (25 November 1999). "Delamere deal with Chinese investors called 'repugnant'". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 4 July 2020.

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