Minister of Customs (New Zealand)

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.

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 present Minister is Casey Costello.

List of ministers

The following ministers have held the office of Minister of Customs.

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	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

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.