Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand

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"NZ Civil Aviation Act s72B(2)d (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."Contact Us ." Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand. Retrieved on 30 December 2013. "Location Level 15, Asteron Centre 55 Featherston Street Wellington 6011"

Ministers of Civil Aviation Before a Civil Aviation portfolio was created in 1946, ministerial authority had rested with the Minister of Defence. 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.

The following ministers have held ministerial responsibility for Civil Aviation.

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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 Marshall8Martyn Finlay8 December 197212 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 1987Lange12Bill Jeffries 24 August 19872 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 Action Zealandia

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

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."

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

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