Ministry of Transport (New Zealand)

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Ministry of Transport
Te Manatū Waka

Agency overview
Formed	1968 (1968)
Jurisdiction	New Zealand
Headquarters	Level 2, Westpac House 318 Lambton Quay, Wellington 6011
Employees	141 (2015)[1]
Annual budget	Vote Transport Total budget for 2019/20 $5,791,888,000[2]
Minister responsible	Michael Wood Minister of Transport
Agency executive	Peter Mersi Chief Executive
Website	www.transport.govt.nz

The Ministry of Transport (Māori: Te Manatū Waka) is the public service department of New Zealand charged with advising the government on transport policy.

History[]

The Ministry was established in 1968 with a merger of the then Transport Department and the Civil Aviation Department. In the 1970s, the roles of the Ministry included traffic enforcement, air traffic control, weather forecasting, air accident investigation and lighthouses. Many of these functions were divested to other government organisations over the period from 1988 to 2004.^[3]

The Ministry of Transport was formerly responsible for enforcement of traffic laws before their division of traffic officers was merged into the same organisation as the police in 1992.^[4]

Government transport sector[]

The transport sector includes four Crown entities and three State-owned enterprises:

Crown Entities

• Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), includes the Aviation Security Service (AvSec)
• Maritime New Zealand (MNZ)
• New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA)
• Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC)

State-Owned Enterprises

• Airways Corporation of New Zealand Limited (Airways New Zealand)
• Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited (MetService)
• New Zealand Railways Corporation (NZRC) (trading as KiwiRail)

They are responsible for day-to-day hands-on management of daily traffic, aviation, rail and maritime activities. Their roles and the composition of their boards are defined in legislation.

The Ministry negotiates an annual performance agreement with each entity on behalf of the Minister, monitors the entities' performance against that agreement, and recommends appointments to the entities' governing bodies.

The Ministry provides policy advice to the Minister, in collaboration with the Crown entities, including the making of transport rules. As well, the Ministry negotiates on behalf of New Zealand, bilateral and multilateral air services agreements and is the licensing authority for foreign international airlines operating services to and from New Zealand.

Additional[]

The Ministry also:

• administers, on behalf of the Minister, the contract with the Meteorological Service of New Zealand (Metservice) for the provision of public weather warnings and forecasts
• manages the Motor Vehicle Register (MVR) and revenue collection functions which includes the collection and refund of motor vehicle registration and licensing fees, road user charges and fuel excise duty, and the maintenance of the MVR. The New Zealand Transport Agency is contracted to provide these services under an agreement with the Secretary for Transport.
• has responsibility for the operation of the Milford Sound/Piopiotahi Airport, and oversees the Crown's interest in joint venture airports
• administers transport legislation, rules and regulations
• represents New Zealand at international fora
• licenses all international airlines operating to and from New Zealand

The Ministry does not have a hands-on-role in daily traffic, aviation, rail or maritime matters.

Ministers of Transport[]

The following ministers have held the office of Minister of Transport.^[5]

Key

  United   Reform   Labour   National

No.		Name	Portrait	Term of Office		Prime Minister
	1	Bill Veitch		10 December 1928	28 May 1930		Ward
	2	William Taverner		28 May 1930	22 September 1931		Forbes
	3	Gordon Coates		22 September 1931	6 December 1935
	4	Bob Semple		6 December 1935	9 December 1942		Savage
							Fraser
	5	James O'Brien		9 December 1942	28 September 1947†
	6	Fred Hackett		18 October 1947	13 December 1949
	7	Stan Goosman		13 December 1949	12 December 1957		Holland
							Holyoake
	8	John Mathison		12 December 1957	12 December 1960		Nash
	9	John McAlpine		12 December 1960	12 December 1966		Holyoake
	10	Peter Gordon		12 December 1966	8 December 1972
							Marshall
	11	Sir Basil Arthur		8 December 1972	12 December 1975		Kirk
							Rowling
	12	Colin McLachlan		12 December 1975	11 December 1981		Muldoon
	13	George Gair		11 December 1981	26 July 1984
	14	Richard Prebble		26 July 1984	24 August 1987		Lange
	15	Bill Jeffries		24 August 1987	2 November 1990
							Palmer
							Moore
	16	Rob Storey		2 November 1990	29 November 1993		Bolger
	17	Maurice Williamson		29 November 1993	16 December 1996
	18	Jenny Shipley		16 December 1996	8 December 1997
	(17)	Maurice Williamson		8 December 1997	10 December 1999		Shipley
	19	Mark Gosche		10 December 1999	27 July 2002		Clark
	20	Paul Swain		27 July 2002	26 February 2004
	21	Pete Hodgson		26 February 2004	19 October 2005
	22	David Parker		19 October 2005	21 March 2006
	23	Annette King		21 March 2006	19 November 2008
	24	Steven Joyce		19 November 2008	12 December 2011		Key
	25	Gerry Brownlee		12 December 2011	6 October 2014
	26	Simon Bridges		6 October 2014	26 October 2017
							English
	27	Phil Twyford		26 October 2017	6 November 2020		Ardern
	28	Michael Wood[6]		6 November 2020	Incumbent

See also[]

• Transport in New Zealand

References[]

Sources[]

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

External links[]

• Official website