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.
The present minister is Casey Costello.
List of ministers The following ministers have held the office of minister of customs.
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No.NamePortraitTerm of OfficePrime 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 Charlie 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 1915Massey 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 30William Downie Stewart Jr 9 March 192110 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 1931Forbes (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 11 October 1936 16 August 1937(35)Walter Nash16 August 193713 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 Marshall44Mick Connelly8 December 197213 March 1975 KirkRowling 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 198951Peter Neilson8 August 19892 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 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 3 May 2023 8 May 2023 66 Jo Luxton 8 May 2023 27 November 2023 67 Casey Costello 27 November 2023 present Luxon
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