Minister of Immigration (New Zealand)

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Minister of Immigration of New Zealand
Coat of arms of New Zealand.svg
Flag of New Zealand.svg
Erica Stanford (cropped).png
Incumbent
Erica Stanford
since 27 November 2023
Immigration New Zealand
Style The Honourable
Member of
Reports to Prime Minister of New Zealand
Appointer Governor-General of New Zealand
Term length At His Majesty's pleasure
Formation10 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]

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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.NamePortraitTerm of officePrime Minister
1 William Fitzherbert William Fitzherbert.jpg 10 September 187211 October 1872 Stafford
2 Maurice O'Rorke George Maurice O'Rorke.jpg 24 October 187211 October 1873 Waterhouse
Fox
Vogel
3 Julius Vogel Julius Vogel, ca 1870s.jpg 11 October 187310 September 1874
4 Harry Atkinson Sir Harry Albert Atkinson, ca 1885.jpg 10 September 18741 September 1876
Pollen
Vogel
5 John Davies Ormond John Davies Ormond.jpg 1 September 187613 September 1876 Atkinson
(5) Harry Atkinson Sir Harry Albert Atkinson, ca 1885.jpg 13 September 18764 January 1877
6 Donald Reid No image.png 4 January 187713 October 1877
7 James Macandrew James Macandrew.jpg 15 October 187725 July 1878 Grey
8 Robert Stout Robert Stout, 1885.jpg 25 July 187825 June 1879
9 William Gisborne William Gisborne, circa 1895.jpg 25 June 18798 October 1879
10 William Rolleston William Rolleston (cropped).jpg 8 October 187916 August 1884 Hall
Whitaker
Atkinson
(7) James Macandrew James Macandrew.jpg 16 August 188428 August 1884 Stout
11 Richmond Hursthouse Richmond Hursthouse, ca 1876.jpg 28 August 18843 September 1884 Atkinson
12 John Ballance John Ballance 1880.jpg 3 September 18848 October 1887 Stout
13 George Richardson George Richardson New Zealand politician.jpg 8 October 188724 January 1891 Atkinson
14 John McKenzie John McKenzie 1900.jpg 24 January 18912 March 1896 Ballance
Seddon
15 William Campbell Walker William Campbell Walker, ca 1890s.jpg 2 March 189620 June 1903
16 Richard Seddon Richard Seddon, 1906.jpg 22 June 190310 June 1906
17 Charles H. Mills Charles Houghton Mills.jpg 10 June 19066 August 1906 Hall-Jones
18 James McGowan James McGowan, 1908.jpg 6 August 19066 January 1909 Ward
19 George Fowlds George Fowlds, ca 1910.jpg 6 January 19094 September 1911
20 George Warren Russell George Warren Russell.jpg 28 March 191210 July 1912 Mackenzie
21 Francis Bell Francis Bell.jpg 13 July 191212 August 1915 Massey
22 Josiah Hanan Josiah Alfred Hanan, ca 1908.jpg 12 August 191516 August 1915
(21) Francis Bell Francis Bell.jpg 16 August 191514 May 1920
23 William Nosworthy William Nosworthy.jpg 14 May 192010 December 1928
Bell
Coates
24 John Cobbe John George Cobbe.jpg 10 December 192828 May 1930 Ward
25 Sydney George Smith Sydney George Smith, year unknown.jpg 28 May 193022 September 1931 Forbes
26 Alexander Young Alexander Young.jpg 22 September 19316 December 1935
27 Tim Armstrong Tim Armstrong 1935.jpg 6 December 193530 April 1940 Savage
Fraser
28 David Wilson David Wilson MLC.jpg 30 April 194012 April 1944
29 Paddy Webb Paddy Webb.jpg 12 April 194419 December 1946
30 Angus McLagan Angus McLagan.tif 19 December 194613 December 1949
31 Bill Sullivan Bill Sullivan.jpg 13 December 194926 November 1954 Holland
32 Ralph Hanan Ralph Hanan portrait.jpg 26 November 195420 December 1957
Holyoake
33 Fred Hackett Fred Hacket, 1958.jpg 12 December 195712 December 1960 Nash
34 Tom Shand Tom Shand crop.jpg 12 December 196022 December 1969 Holyoake
35 Jack Marshall Jack Marshall, 1972.jpg 22 December 19699 February 1972
36 David Thomson David Spence Thomson.jpg 9 February 19728 December 1972 Marshall
37 Fraser Colman Fraser Colman.jpg 8 December 197212 December 1975 Kirk
Rowling
38 Frank Gill Frank Gill (crop).jpg 12 December 197513 December 1978 Muldoon
39 Jim Bolger Bolger, 1992.jpg 13 December 197812 February 1981
40 Aussie Malcolm No image.png 12 February 198126 July 1984
41 Kerry Burke No image.png 26 July 198424 August 1987 Lange
42 Stan Rodger Stan Rodger, 1970.jpg 24 August 198714 August 1989
43 Roger Douglas Roger Douglas, 1996 (cropped).png 14 August 19899 February 1990
Palmer
44 Annette King Annette King at Onslow Kindergarten.jpg 9 February 19902 November 1990
Moore
45 Bill Birch Bill Birch.jpg 2 November 199027 March 1993 Bolger
46 Maurice McTigue No image.png 27 March 199329 November 1993
47 Roger Maxwell No image.png 29 November 199316 December 1996
48 Tuariki Delamere No image.png 16 December 199624 November 1999
Shipley
- Wyatt Creech
(acting) [6]
Wyatt Creech, 1998.jpg 24 November 199910 December 1999
49 Lianne Dalziel Lianne Dalziel.jpg 10 December 199921 February 2004 Clark
50 Paul Swain Paul Swain (cropped).jpg 21 February 200419 October 2005
51 David Cunliffe David Cunliffe, 2008.jpg 19 October 200511 November 2007
52 Clayton Cosgrove Clayton Cosgrove crop.jpg 11 November 200719 November 2008
53 Jonathan Coleman Jonathan Coleman 3by2.png 19 November 200814 December 2011 Key
54 Nathan Guy Minister Nathan Guy - photo.jpg 14 December 201131 January 2013
55 Michael Woodhouse Michael Woodhouse (cropped).png 31 January 201326 October 2017
English
56 Iain Lees-Galloway Iain Lees-Galloway.jpg 26 October 201722 July 2020 Ardern
57 Kris Faafoi Hon Kris Faafoi.jpg 22 July 202014 June 2022
58 Michael Wood Michael Wood, 2020.jpg 14 June 202221 June 2023
Hipkins
59 Andrew Little Andrew Little 2019 (cropped).jpg 21 June 202327 November 2023
60 Erica Stanford Erica Stanford (cropped).png 27 November 2023present 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.

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