Minister of Immigration (New Zealand)

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
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 [1]
Website	www.beehive.govt.nz

The Minister of Immigration is a minister in the New Zealand Government. The portfolio 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. "Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Determination 2016" (PDF). New Zealand Parliament . Retrieved 10 May 2025.
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.