Colin Moyle

The Honourable Colin Moyle CBE
Moyle in 1968
26th Minister of Agriculture
In office 26 July 1984 – 9 February 1990
Prime Minister	David Lange Geoffrey Palmer
Preceded by	Duncan MacIntyre
Succeeded by	Jim Sutton
3rd Minister of Fisheries
In office 26 July 1984 – 9 February 1990
Prime Minister	David Lange Geoffrey Palmer
Preceded by	Duncan MacIntyre
Succeeded by	Ken Shirley
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Otara Hunua (1981–1984)
In office 28 November 1981 – 27 October 1990
Preceded by	Winston Peters
Succeeded by	Trevor Rogers
26th Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
In office 8 December 1972 – 12 December 1975
Prime Minister	Norman Kirk Bill Rowling
Preceded by	Douglas Carter
Succeeded by	Duncan MacIntyre
18th Minister of Forestry
In office 8 December 1972 – 12 December 1975
Prime Minister	Norman Kirk Bill Rowling
Preceded by	Duncan MacIntyre
Succeeded by	Venn Young
14th Minister for Science
In office 8 December 1972 – 12 December 1975
Prime Minister	Norman Kirk Bill Rowling
Preceded by	Les Gandar
Succeeded by	Les Gandar
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Mangere
In office 29 November 1969 – 24 December 1976
Preceded by	New electorate
Succeeded by	David Lange
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Manukau
In office 30 November 1963 – 29 November 1969
Preceded by	Leon Götz
Succeeded by	Roger Douglas
Personal details
Born	Colin James Moyle (1929-06-18)18 June 1929 Thames, New Zealand
Died	11 May 2024(2024-05-11) (aged 94)
Political party	Labour
Spouse	Millicent Chapman ​ (m. 1952)​
Children	3
Alma mater	University 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.