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Customs is the oldest government department in New Zealand. [3] Formed on 5 January 1840, it pre-dates the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi by one month. [4] Its early establishment was necessary to collect revenue for the fledgling government, and over the years duties, tariffs and taxes collected by Customs have remained a major source of revenue for the country, although customs has also ...
The Minister of Customs is a minister in the New Zealand Government appointed by the Prime Minister to be in charge of matters of border control, international trade and travel and the collection of import duties and taxes to New Zealand.
State Hydro Department, became New Zealand Electricity Department, then NZE, then ECNZ; Productivity Commission (Te KÅmihana Whai Hua o Aotearoa) New Zealand Railways Department (corporatised in 1981 as a state-owned enterprise, the New Zealand Railways Corporation, including the infrastructure, which is now trading as KiwiRail)
Customs House is a historic neoclassical building in Timaru, New Zealand. Opened in 1902 it served the Customs Department until the 1970s. It later became a restaurant and has a category 1 registration with Heritage New Zealand .
The earliest New Zealand legislation solely for the purpose of censorship was the Offensive Publications Act 1892, [7] although Customs regulations prohibiting the importation of indecent material had existed since 1858. [8]
George Cooper (23 June 1793 – 7 April 1867) was a customs official and government administrator in Ireland, England, Australia and New Zealand. He was the first Colonial Treasurer and head of Customs of New Zealand. [1] [2] [3]
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The Wildlife Enforcement Group, a three-person team drawn from three government departments (the New Zealand Customs Service, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the Department of Conservation), was set up in 1992 to investigate wildlife smuggling to and from New Zealand. [1]