Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand

Civil Aviation AuthorityTe Mana Rererangi Tūmatanui o Aotearoa (Māori)

Agency overview
Formed| 1992[1]
Jurisdiction| New Zealand government
Headquarters| Wellington
Employees| 1770 FTE (2023)[2]
Annual budget| $212.7 million (2023)[2]
Minister responsible|

* Simeon Brown, Minister of Transport

Agency executives|

* Janice Fredric, Chair
* Keith Manch, Director of Civil Aviation

Parent agency| Ministry of Transport
Child agency|

* Aviation Security Service

Website| www.aviation.govt.nz

The Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand (CAA) (Māori: Te Mana Rererangi Tūmatanui o Aotearoa) is the government agency tasked with establishing civil aviation safety and security standards in New Zealand. The CAA also monitors adherence to those standards and is responsible for enforcement proceedings. The authority "investigates and reviews accident and incident investigations in its capacity as the responsible safety and security authority, subject to the limitations set out in section 14(3) of the Transport Accident Investigation Commission Act 1990"[3] (TAIC). CAA is also responsible for managing civilian pilot, aerodrome and aircraft licensing in New Zealand. The CAA has its headquarters in the Asteron Centre in Featherston Street, Wellington.[4]

## Ministers of Civil Aviation

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Before a Civil Aviation portfolio was created in 1946, ministerial authority had rested with the Minister of Defence.[5] The position of Minister for Civil Aviation was abolished just before the 1990 election where after aviation remained under the Minister of Transport. However the government formed the Civil Aviation Authority in 1992 to regulate aviation separately from the Ministry of Transport. It was reinstated as a full ministerial portfolio in 1999.[6]

The following ministers have held ministerial responsibility for Civil Aviation.[7]

Key

Labour National Greens

No.  | Name  | Portrait  | Term of Office  | Prime Minister

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| 1  | Fred Jones |  | 1 June 1946  | 13 December 1949  |  | Fraser
| 2  | Stan Goosman |  | 13 December 1949  | 8 December 1950  |  | Holland
| 3  | Tom Macdonald |  | 8 December 1950  | 26 November 1954
| 4  | Tom Shand |  | 26 November 1954  | 12 December 1957
|  | Holyoake
| 5  | John Mathison |  | 12 December 1957  | 12 December 1960  |  | Nash
| 6  | John McAlpine |  | 12 December 1960  | 12 December 1966  |  | Holyoake
| 7  | Peter Gordon |  | 12 December 1966  | 8 December 1972
|  | Marshall
| 8  | Martyn Finlay |  | 8 December 1972  | 12 December 1975  |  | Kirk
| Rowling
| 9  | Colin McLachlan |  | 12 December 1975  | 11 December 1981  |  | Muldoon
| 10  | George Gair |  | 11 December 1981  | 26 July 1984
| 11  | Richard Prebble |  | 26 July 1984  | 24 August 1987  |  | Lange
| 12  | Bill Jeffries |  | 24 August 1987  | 2 November 1990  |
| Palmer
| Moore
| 13  | Rob Storey |  | 2 November 1990  | 29 November 1993  |  | Bolger
| 14  | Maurice Williamson |  | 29 November 1993  | 16 December 1996
| 15  | Jenny Shipley |  | 16 December 1996  | 8 December 1997
| (14) | Maurice Williamson |  | 8 December 1997  | 10 December 1999  |  | Shipley
| 16  | Mark Gosche |  | 10 December 1999  | 27 July 2002  |  | Clark
| 17  | Paul Swain |  | 27 July 2002  | 26 February 2004
| 18  | Pete Hodgson |  | 26 February 2004  | 19 October 2005
| 19  | David Parker |  | 19 October 2005  | 21 March 2006
| 20  | Annette King |  | 21 March 2006  | 19 November 2008
| 21  | Steven Joyce |  | 19 November 2008  | 12 December 2011  |  | Key
| 22  | Gerry Brownlee |  | 12 December 2011  | 6 October 2014
| 23  | Simon Bridges |  | 6 October 2014  | 26 October 2017
|  | English
| 24  | Phil Twyford |  | 26 October 2017  | 24 May 2018  |  | Ardern
| 25  | Julie Anne Genter |  | 24 May 2018  | 6 November 2020
| 26  | Michael Wood |  | 6 November 2020  | 21 June 2023
|  | Hipkins
| 27  | Simeon Brown |  | 27 November 2023  | Present  |  | Luxon

## See also

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* New Zealand portal
* Aviation portal

* Airways New Zealand
* Gliding New Zealand
* History of aviation in New Zealand

## Notes

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1. ^ "Brief for Minister of Transport" (PDF). Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand. March 2006. Retrieved 31 July 2008.
2. ^ a b "Annual Report 2023" (PDF). Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
3. ^ NZ Civil Aviation Act s72B(2)d
4. ^ "Contact Us Archived 2013-12-31 at the Wayback Machine." Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand. Retrieved on 30 December 2013. "Location Level 15, Asteron Centre 55 Featherston Street Wellington 6011"
5. ^ "History of civil aviation regulation in New Zealand". Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
6. ^ O'Connor, Juliet (2 December 1999). "Shake-up for airline monitoring". The Evening Post. p. 3.
7. ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 118.

## References

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* Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V R Ward, Government Printer. OCLC 154283103.

## External links

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* CAA Website

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