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Hon Casey Costello
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Directorships
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Recent meetings
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Hon Casey Costello is a New Zealand First Member of Parliament, having entered Parliament in 2023 as a list MP [23] [33] . Costello began her career as a police officer, with one source placing her entry into the police in 1986 [3] . She…
AI-assembled biography sourced from Wikipedia, Hansard, Beehive and the Parliament register. Every claim is footnoted to a verbatim quote in one of the cited sources and tagged confirmed, unverified or disputed.
01 Positions
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Cabinet Minister — Customs, Seniors
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Associate Minister — Health, Immigration, Police
03 Pecuniary interests (2025) Methodology →
as of 2026-05-27 02:17Company directorships and controlling interests
CJC Management Solutions Limited (not trading)
— CJC Management Solutions Limited
(Director)
Gifts
Carved pounamu pendant – Ngāi Tahu/Waewae Pounamu
— Ngāi Tahu/Waewae Pounamu
Overseas travel costs
United Kingdom – to attend the Global Fraud Summit. Contributor to accommodation: United Kingdom Home Office.
— United Kingdom Home Office
Real property
Family home – Pōkeno, Waikato
Family home – Whangaruru, Northland
04 Directorships Methodology →
as of 2026-06-04 17:19-
ended 2026-06-04Director
08 Recent meetings (as minister) Methodology →
as of 2026-05-27 02:46
2026-04-30
Thu
1 entry
Health Officials
MEET: with Health Officials
with: Officials
2026-04-29
Wed
4 entries
MEET
Economic Security Ministerial oversight group - fuel & supply chains
with: Ministerial Colleagues
MEET
MEET: with Aged Care Association re: Aged Care
with: Hon Tracey Martin
2026-04-28
Tue
3 entries
Immigration Officials
MEET: with Immigration officials
MEET
Police Commissioner
MEET: with Police Commissioner
with: Officials
2026-04-25
Sat
1 entry
MEET
2026-04-24
Fri
5 entries
MEET
MEET: with Mr Nicolas Forissier, French Minister for Foreign Trade and Economic Attractiveness
with: Nicolas Forissier
MEET
MEET
EVENT: Customs ANZAC Service
2026-04-23
Thu
3 entries
Health Officials
MEET: Health Officials
with: Officials
MEET
MEET: with CEO, Aged Concern
with: Karen Billings-Jensen, Officials
2026-04-22
Wed
6 entries
MEET
MEET
MEET: with NZ Health Group (Hammond Care)
with: Mike Peters, Officials
MEET
MEET: with CE of Home and Community Health Association (HCHA)
with: Lisa Foster, Officials
MEET: with Josh Blackmore and Erik Koed (Assistant Commissioners) from the Public Service Commission re: CEO Performance
with: Josh Blackmore, Erik Koed
2026-04-21
Tue
4 entries
MEET
MEET
Immigration Officials
MEET: with Immigration Officials
Multi-Ministers
MEET: with Multi-Ministers
with: Hon Paul Goldsmith, Hon Matt Doocey, Hon Nicole McKee
2026-04-20
Mon
5 entries
Customs Officials
MEET: with Customs Officials
Officials
MEET: Joint Officials, Police, Customs, Health
Cabinet
Health Officials
MEET: with Health Officials
Seniors Officials
MEET: with Seniors Officials
2026-04-18
Sat
1 entry
MEET
2026-04-17
Fri
4 entries
MEET
MEET
MEET
Roadshow - Better Later Life Action Plan (Grey Power, Nelson)
with: Organisers
2026-04-16
Thu
3 entries
Grey District Mayor
MEET: with Mayor Tania Gibbson, Grey District Mayor
with: Organisers
MEET
Roadshow - Better Later Life Action Plan (Grey Power, West Coast)
with: Organisers
2026-04-15
Wed
4 entries
MEET
Roadshow - Better Later Life Action Plan (Grey Power, Christchurch)
with: Organisers
VISIT: with Pure Nutrition (Customs SES)
with: Organisers, Customs Officials
Police Officials
MEET: with Police Officials Christchurch
2026-04-14
Tue
4 entries
MEET: with Alliance Group – Meat works
with: Organisers, Customs Officials
Roadshow - Better Later Life Action Plan (Grey Power, Invercargill)
with: Organisers
MEET
MEET
2026-04-13
Mon
2 entries
MEET
Customs Officials
MEET: with Customs Officials
09 Recent Hansard speeches
- 2026-05-21
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- 2026-05-21
- 2026-05-12
- 2026-05-12
10 Recent press releases
From Beehive.govt.nz. Most recent 10.
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2026-05-29Mothers and their babies will receive more support in the crucial days after birth, with increased maternity beds and more staff to support longer postnatal stays.
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2026-05-21More ambulance crews, upgraded technology, and stronger frontline support will strengthen ambulance services across New Zealand.
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2026-05-17Customs and Associate Police Minister Casey Costello is visiting Samoa and Fiji as part of her Customs and Associate Police responsibilities.
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2026-05-13Money seized from criminals will be reinvested into fighting methamphetamine and gang-related harm in communities across New Zealand.
12 In the news Methodology →
50 articlesCoverage from RNZ, Stuff, NZ Herald, ODT, 1News, Newsroom and The Spinoff that mentions this person. Click any source to expand. Article body markdown is captured separately and used for AI summarisation downstream.
RNZ 20
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2026-06-01A post stated all mothers would get three-night postnatal hospital stay from now on, but the PM says this is not correct.
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2026-05-28Health Minister Simeon Brown will take questions following the announcement in Auckland.
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2026-05-28Budget 2026 will see more foreign aid to the Pacific region, while defence and customs spending rises.
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2026-05-28But Pacific-focussed policy work will be cut as the government seeks to reduce the size of the public sector, as the Ministry for Pacific Peoples will see a $2.8 million cut over four years.
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2026-05-27Struggling to keep up with all the "pre-Budget" news? We've got you covered.
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2026-05-25Struggling to keep up with all the "pre-Budget" news? We've got you covered.
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2026-05-25Struggling to keep up with all the "pre-Budget" news? We've got you covered.
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2026-05-22The new equipment will be used to check below the water line, freeing up diving crews.
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2026-05-22Ambulance services say a funding boost will give them faster response times in Auckland and improve conditions for staff.
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2026-05-22The new equipment will be used to check below the water line, freeing up diving crews.
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2026-05-22The government has announced a funding boost for two new Auckland ambulance hubs, more staff, upgraded technology, and stronger frontline support.
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2026-05-21The justice minister says the bill won't criminalise homelessness but Labour's Carmel Sepuloni says it's "purely ideological" and insists it will.
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2026-05-13Nearly $12 million seized from criminals will be used to help combat methamphetamine and gang-related harm, the government has announced.
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2026-05-12HPV causes several types of cancer, including oropharyngeal (throat), cervical, vaginal, vulvar, anus/anal canal and penile.
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2026-05-10An Australian criminology professor says the approach of using enforcement to suppress the black market has been "really ineffective".
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2026-05-08Minister for Customs Casey Costello says more black-market cigarettes and tobacco are being seized at the border, and there has been more widespread sales.
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2026-04-30A proposed new law would allow more prisoner segregation, but also mandate basic rights. MPs agree prisons should 'reflect our shared view of humanity', even for those who 'deserve the least sympathy'.
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2026-04-30Kahurangi Carter's member's bill aims to prevent low-level drug prosecutions against those who call in suspected overdoses.
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2026-04-29Kahurangi Carter's member's bill aims to prevent low-level drug prosecutions against those who call in suspected overdoses.
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2026-04-24Associate Police Minister Casey Costello said the government had provided the extra funding needed to recruit and achieve its target of 500 extra staff.
Otago Daily Times 8
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2026-05-28Kaya Selby of RNZ Budget 2026 will see more foreign aid to the Pacific region, while defence and customs spending rises with an eye towards crime and security.
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2026-05-27Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s shrugging off controversy over the mysterious disappearance of documents from his office is unconvincing.
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2026-05-22The remote-controlled vehicles will be deployed at ports in Auckland, Tauranga, and Lyttelton. Photo: Supplied Finn Blackwell of RNZ Customs have announced three new remotely-controlled underwater vehicles to combat smugglers coming in by…
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2026-05-21Photo: NZ Herald By Kate Green of RNZ The government has announced a funding boost for two new Auckland ambulance hubs, more staff, upgraded technology, and stronger frontline support.
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2026-05-21A person’s belongings lie next to a bench in George St, central Dunedin. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH/ODT Giles Dexter of RNZ The move-on orders legislation has passed its first reading, following a heated debate at Parliament.
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2026-05-21A person’s belongings lie next to a bench in George St, central Dunedin. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH/ODT Giles Dexter of RNZ The move-on orders legislation has passed its first reading, following a heated debate at Parliament.
Stuff 8
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2026-06-01The prime minister says a social media post stating all mothers would be entitled to three-night postnatal hospital stays from now on was incorrect.
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2026-06-01He survived war-era hardship and raised six children, but Brian McLaren’s family believe he suffered in his final years. The rest home says this is not the case.
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2026-05-28Extra funding will expand maternity beds and staff so families get support from day one.
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2026-05-28The cards will become an official form of identification under a scheme funded in the Budget, providing a free card upgrade for seniors who want it.
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2026-05-27While there will be plenty to pore over when the Budget is formally read, we already know quite a bit.
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2026-05-26Finance Minister Nicola Willis is hosted by ANZ bank for a post-Budget speech in Wellington.
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2026-05-22Routine hull checks are out, and underwater robots are in. Here is how Customs’ new high-tech fleet plans to track down ocean-bound smugglers.
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2026-05-21The Government will increase funding for ambulance charities, but they will still rely on donations to keep running.
1News 7
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2026-06-02Luxon was keen to set the record straight on a social media post about three-night postnatal hospital stays.
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2026-05-28The proof of identification will be available as both a physical card and in a digital version.
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2026-05-28A new photo ID card for seniors has also been announced in an upgrade of the SuperGold card programme.
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2026-05-22Funding to ramp up border security and overseas operations as officials warn NZ is being targeted by organised crime syndicates.
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2026-05-21Government promises more crews, new hubs and upgraded tech to improve response times and ease pressure on frontline services.
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2026-05-21The pair were joined by Winston Peters at the announcement.
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2026-05-14Money from the proceeds of crime is going towards fighting meth and gang-related harm.
The Spinoff 4
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2026-06-02Evacuees from at least five former homes have found safe haven in Winston Peters’ big gazebo. Not since the formation of United Future in 1995 has one party provided such a refuge for the exiles of existing parties. New Zealand First’s…
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2026-05-24Politicians backing a bill to define the terms ‘woman’ and ‘man’ in law reckon they’re doing it to support new mothers. Alice Neville isn’t so sure. In announcing his party’s support of the Legislation (Definitions of Woman and Man)…
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2026-05-08Jack Tame is an excellent political interviewer. But his greatest talent is hassling Christopher Luxon for not appearing on his show. There’s a reason politicians are scared of Jack Tame. Q+A’s presenter has a habit of asking for an…
- 2026-04-13
NZ Herald 3
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2026-06-02Prime Minister Christopher Luxon. Photo / NZ Herald
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2026-05-23Government ministers, key figures in New Zealand's political system, conduct their work from the Beehive building in Wellington. Photo / Mark Mitchell
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2026-05-22Simeon Brown, Winston Peters and Casey Costello at the announcement of a funding boost for ambulance services. Photo / Anna Heath
12.5 Heard on radio
Verbatim segments from podcasts and radio where this MP was the speaker, attributed via the manually-reviewed voice-reference library and pre-seeked to the moment the segment starts.
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Generally, it's um mostly it would be without their knowledge. Um, but you know, there may be some crew on the ship that know it's there because they'll be but it can be easily attached. And and we've had overseas instances where um things are magnetically attached to the sides of ships, um, and they're detached when they get into port. So, yeah, that this is all part of uh what I've been saying for a long time is that the criminals that we are focusing on here are very organized, very well resourced, very uh connected, and this is why all of the technology and investment that we've announced in customs today is so important.
13 Commentary topics Methodology →
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14 Press topics Methodology →
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