Colin Moyle
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The Honourable Colin James Moyle CBE |
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| Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries | |
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In office 1972–1975 |
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| Prime Minister | Norman Kirk, Bill Rowling |
| Preceded by | Douglas Carter (Agriculture) Peter Gordon (Fisheries) |
| Succeeded by | Duncan MacIntyre |
| Minister of Forests | |
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In office 1972–1975 |
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| Prime Minister | Norman Kirk, Bill Rowling |
| Preceded by | Duncan MacIntyre |
| Succeeded by | Venn Young |
| Minister of Agriculture | |
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In office 1984–1990 |
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| Prime Minister | David Lange, Geoffrey Palmer |
| Preceded by | Duncan MacIntyre |
| Succeeded by | William Sutton |
| Minister of Fisheries | |
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In office 1984–1990 |
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| Prime Minister | David Lange, Geoffrey Palmer |
| Preceded by | Duncan MacIntyre |
| Succeeded by | Ken Shirley |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Manukau |
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In office 1963–1969 |
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| Preceded by | Leon Götz |
| Succeeded by | Roger Douglas |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Mangere |
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In office 1969–1977 |
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| Preceded by | New electorate |
| Succeeded by | David Lange |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Hunua |
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In office 1981–1984 |
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| Preceded by | Winston Peters |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Otara |
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In office 1984–1990 |
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| Preceded by | New electorate |
| Succeeded by | Taito Phillip Field |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
18 June 1929 Thames, New Zealand |
| Political party | Labour |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Colin James Moyle CBE (born 18 July 1929) is a former politician of the New Zealand Labour Party. He was a Government Minister in the Third Labour and Fourth Labour Governments. In the Fourth Labour Government he oversaw the removal of farming subsidies and the establishment of a fisheries quota system.
Moyle was born on 18 July 1929 in Thames. Before entering parliament, Moyle was a secondary school teacher and also had a dairy farm.
Moyle stood unsuccessfully for the Hobson electorate in 1957
He first entered parliament in the 1963 general election, as a Labour MP for the South Auckland electorate of Manukau. In 1969 the Mangere electorate was created in the same general area, and Moyle moved his candidacy there, allowing Roger Douglas to take over Manukau. Moyle was elected for Mangere in the 1969 election, and would hold the electorate for another eight years.
In the 1972 general election, the Labour Party came to power for the first time in over a decade, forming the Third Labour Government led by Norman Kirk. Moyle was appointed to the Ministerial positions of Agriculture and Fisheries, Forests, and Science. In September 1975 he also became Minister responsible for the newly formed Rural Banking and Finance Corporation. He was generally well-regarded, especially as Minister of Agriculture. He was 'enduringly popular with the farming community', and was instrumental in opening up New Zealand's meat trade with the Middle East. As Minister of Forests, Moyle also helped preserve the remaining stands of giant kauri.
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