Colin Moyle

Colin Moyle
Moyle in 1968
26th Minister of Agriculture
In office
26 July 1984 – 9 February 1990
Prime MinisterDavid Lange
Geoffrey Palmer
Preceded byDuncan MacIntyre
Succeeded byJim Sutton
3rd Minister of Fisheries
In office
26 July 1984 – 9 February 1990
Prime MinisterDavid Lange
Geoffrey Palmer
Preceded byDuncan MacIntyre
Succeeded byKen Shirley
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Otara
Hunua (1981–1984)
In office
28 November 1981 – 27 October 1990
Preceded byWinston Peters
Succeeded byTrevor Rogers
26th Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
In office
8 December 1972 – 12 December 1975
Prime MinisterNorman Kirk
Bill Rowling
Preceded byDouglas Carter
Succeeded byDuncan MacIntyre
18th Minister of Forestry
In office
8 December 1972 – 12 December 1975
Prime MinisterNorman Kirk
Bill Rowling
Preceded byDuncan MacIntyre
Succeeded byVenn Young
14th Minister for Science
In office
8 December 1972 – 12 December 1975
Prime MinisterNorman Kirk
Bill Rowling
Preceded byLes Gandar
Succeeded byLes Gandar
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Mangere
In office
29 November 1969 – 24 December 1976
Preceded byNew electorate
Succeeded byDavid Lange
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Manukau
In office
30 November 1963 – 29 November 1969
Preceded byLeon Götz
Succeeded byRoger Douglas
Personal details
Born
Colin James Moyle

(1929-06-18)18 June 1929
Thames, New Zealand
Died11 May 2024(2024-05-11) (aged 94)
Political partyLabour
Spouse
Millicent Chapman
(m. 1952)
Children3
Alma materUniversity of Auckland

Colin James Moyle CBE (18 July 1929 – 11 May 2024) was a New Zealand politician. A member of the Labour Party, he served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1963 to 1976 and again from 1981 to 1990. He was a Government minister in the Third Labour and Fourth Labour Governments. He was a close confidant of Bill Rowling during Rowling's short premiership. In the Fourth Labour Government, as Minister of Agriculture, Moyle oversaw the removal of farming subsidies and the establishment of a fisheries quota system.

In late 1976, Prime Minister Robert Muldoon accused Moyle in Parliament of having been questioned by the police on suspicion of homosexual activities, which were then illegal in New Zealand. After changing his story several times, Moyle resigned from Parliament, although he was re-elected four years later. Muldoon may have viewed Moyle as a future Labour leader and potential rival, and sought to discredit him.