Minister of Customs (New Zealand)

Minister of Customs
Minister of Customs
	Coat of arms of New Zealand
	Flag of New Zealand
	Incumbent; Casey Costello; since 27 November 2023
	New Zealand Customs Service
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	1 January 1859
First holder	William Richmond
Salary	$288,900
Website	www.beehive.govt.nz

The Minister of Customs is a minister in the New Zealand Government 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]

The present Minister is Casey Costello.^[3]

List of ministers

The following ministers have held the office of Minister of Customs.^[4]

Key

Independent Liberal Reform United Labour National NZ First Alliance

	Name	Term of Office
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	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	Weld
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	Waterhouse
				Fox
				Vogel
				Pollen
12	Harry Atkinson	15 February 1876	3 July 1876	Vogel
13	George McLean	4 July 1876	13 October 1877	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	Hall
(12)	Harry Atkinson	21 April 1882	16 August 1884	Whitaker
(12)	Harry Atkinson	21 April 1882	16 August 1884	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	Atkinson
(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
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	Ward
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
(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
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
44	Mick Connelly	8 December 1972	13 March 1975	Rowling
45	Roger Douglas	13 March 1975	12 December 1975	Rowling
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
51	Peter Neilson	8 August 1989	2 November 1990	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
55	Tuariki Delamere	12 September 1997	31 August 1998	Shipley
56	John Luxton	31 August 1998	10 December 1999	Shipley
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	Key
61	Nicky Wagner	7 May 2014	2 May 2017	English
62	Tim Macindoe	2 May 2017	26 October 2017	English
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	3 May 2023
(63)	Meka Whaitiri	6 November 2020	3 May 2023	Hipkins
-	Damien O'Connor Acting Minister	3 May 2023	8 May 2023
66	Jo Luxton	8 May 2023	27 November 2023
67	Casey Costello	27 November 2023	present	Luxon

Notes

^ "Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Determination 2016" (PDF). Parliament.nz. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
^ "Our History". New Zealand Customs Service. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
^ "Ministerial List". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
^ 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.

[1] "Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Determination 2016" (PDF). Parliament.nz. Retrieved 28 February 2017.

[OurHistory-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 2 December 2017.

[FOOTNOTEWilson198589–97-4] Wilson 1985, pp. 89–97.

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