Minister of Immigration of New Zealand
Coat of arms of New Zealand
Flag of New Zealand
Incumbent
Erica Stanford
since 27 November 2023
Immigration New Zealand
StyleThe Honourable
Member of
Reports toPrime Minister of New Zealand
AppointerGovernor-General of New Zealand
Term lengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
Formation10 September 1872
First holderWilliam Fitzherbert
Salary$288,900[1]
Websitewww.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]

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.[3]

List of ministers

The following ministers have held the office of Minister of Immigration.[4][5]

Key

  Independent   Liberal   Reform   United   Labour   National   NZ First

No. Name Portrait Term of office Prime Minister
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
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
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
27 Tim Armstrong 6 December 1935 30 April 1940 Savage
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
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
36 David Thomson 9 February 1972 8 December 1972 Marshall
37 Fraser Colman 8 December 1972 12 December 1975 Kirk
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
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
Shipley
- Wyatt Creech
(acting)[6]		 24 November 1999 10 December 1999
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
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 21 June 2023
Hipkins
59 Andrew Little 21 June 2023 27 November 2023
60 Erica Stanford 27 November 2023 present Luxon

Notes

  1. ↑ https://www.parliament.nz/media/3151/parliamentary-salaries-and-allowances-determination-2016.pdf
  2. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 64.
  3. ↑ "Ministerial Portfolio: Immigration". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  4. ↑ Wood 1996, pp. 35–7, 40, 43, 48–9, 51–2, 54–5, 57–8, 60, 63, 66, 68, 74, 78, 84.
  5. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 64–97.
  6. ↑ 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.
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