Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand explained

Agency Name:Civil Aviation Authority
Formed:1992[1]
Jurisdiction:New Zealand government
Headquarters:Wellington
Employees:171.1 FTE (2007)[2]
Budget:$26.9 million (2007)
Minister1 Name:Simeon Brown
Minister1 Pfo:Minister of Transport
Chief1 Name:Janice Fredric
Chief1 Position:Chair
Chief2 Name:Keith Manch
Chief2 Position:Director of Civil Aviation
Child1 Agency:Aviation Security Service
Parent Agency:Ministry of Transport
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

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.

Key
No.NamePortraitTerm of OfficePrime Minister
1Fred Jones1 June 194613 December 1949width=1 style="background:"Fraser
2Stan Goosman13 December 19498 December 1950Holland
3Tom Macdonald8 December 195026 November 1954
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:"4Tom Shand26 November 195412 December 1957
height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:"Holyoake
5John Mathison12 December 195712 December 1960Nash
6John McAlpine12 December 196012 December 1966Holyoake
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:"7Peter Gordon12 December 19668 December 1972
height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:"Marshall
8Martyn Finlay8 December 197212 December 1975Kirk
Rowling
9Colin McLachlan12 December 197511 December 1981Muldoon
10George Gair11 December 198126 July 1984
11Richard Prebble26 July 198424 August 1987Lange
12Bill Jeffries24 August 19872 November 1990height=36 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:"
Palmer
Moore
13Rob Storey2 November 199029 November 1993Bolger
14Maurice Williamson29 November 199316 December 1996
15Jenny Shipley16 December 19968 December 1997
(14)Maurice Williamson8 December 199710 December 1999Shipley
16Mark Gosche10 December 199927 July 2002Clark
17Paul Swain27 July 200226 February 2004
18Pete Hodgson26 February 200419 October 2005
19David Parker19 October 200521 March 2006
20Annette King21 March 200619 November 2008
21Steven Joyce19 November 200812 December 2011Key
22Gerry Brownlee12 December 20116 October 2014
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:"23Simon Bridges6 October 201426 October 2017
height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:"English
24Phil Twyford26 October 201724 May 2018Ardern
25Julie Anne Genter24 May 20186 November 2020
height=70 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:"26Michael Wood6 November 202021 June 2023
height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:"Hipkins
27Simeon Brown27 November 2023PresentLuxon

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Brief for Minister of Transport. March 2006. Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand. 2008-07-31.
  2. Web site: Annual Report 2007. Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand. 2008-07-31.
  3. NZ Civil Aviation Act s72B(2)d
  4. "Contact Us ." Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand. Retrieved on 30 December 2013. "Location Level 15, Asteron Centre 55 Featherston Street Wellington 6011"
  5. Web site: History of civil aviation regulation in New Zealand . 25 August 2020 . Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand.
  6. News: O'Connor, Juliet . Shake-up for airline monitoring . . 2 December 1999 . 3 .