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Civil Aviation Authority
Te Mana Rererangi Tūmatanui o Aotearoa (Māori)
Agency overview
Formed1992[1]
JurisdictionNew Zealand government
Headquarters
Employees1770 FTE (2023)[2]
Annual budget$212.7 million (2023)[2]
Minister responsible
Agency executives
  • Janice Fredric, Chair
  • Keith Manch, Director of Civil Aviation
Parent agency
Ministry of Transport
Child agency
Websitewww.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
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

History

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Action Zealandia

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In 2022, Jordan Milburn ran for 2022 Upper Hutt City Council election.[8] After anti-racism group Paparoa accused Milburn of having links to neo-nazi group Action Zealandia and espousing “pro-white” views,[9] he resigned from his job as a software engineer at Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand.[10]

In 2023, it was found that another Action Zealandia member, James Fairburn, who hosted a podcast with Milburn, was employed between August and December 2022. An article about Fairburn's ties to Action Zealandia in 2020 was publicly available on Newsroom and Stuff.co.nz before his hiring. Civil Aviation Authority did not answer questions, citing individual employment matters. Green Member of Parliament Julie Anne Genter, who was formerly Minister of Civil Aviation, said the revelation called for urgently review its hiring processes. "We are particularly concerned in light of the observations by the Royal commission inquiry into the Christchurch mosque attack about the risk posed by far-right extremism."[11]

In 2025, Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand admits failure in hiring white supremacists Jordan Milburn and James Fairburn.[12]

See also

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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. 1 2 "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.
  8. ↑ "Jordan Milburn - Candidate for Upper Hutt City Council - 2022". policy.nz. Policy NZ. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  9. ↑ Green, Kate (2 September 2022). "Which local government candidates in Wellington and East Coast have ties to disinformation groups?". Stuff. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  10. ↑ Wong, Justin (22 September 2022). "Council candidate accused of neo-Nazi links quits Civil Aviation Authority". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  11. ↑ Halpin, James (16 January 2023). "Aviation authority hired second person linked to far-right group Action Zealandia". Stuff. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  12. ↑ Wong, Justin (4 July 2025). "Civil Aviation Authority admits failures in hiring white supremacists". The Post. Retrieved 14 July 2026.

References

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