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Andy Foster
INDCurrent MP
Former CouncillorCareer MP Salary
$516,000
3 years tracked
Career MP Expenses
$81,846
3 years of data
Professional Background
Updated 12 Feb 2026No biographical information available
Education
Not specified
Qualifications
None listed
Salary & Role History
3 years of remuneration data| Year | Primary Role | Salary Category | Annual Salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ordinary MP | Ordinary MP | $175,400(highest) |
| 2024 | Ordinary MP | Ordinary MP | $172,000 |
| 2023 | Ordinary MP | Ordinary MP | $168,600 |
| Total Career Earnings (3 years) | $516,000 | ||
Salary data from Remuneration Authority. Annual salary based on highest-paid role held during the year.
Local Government Salary & Role History
1 role| Year | Council | Role | Ward | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | Wellington City Council | Mayor | - | $183,027(avg)(highest) |
| FY2022 | Wellington City Council | Mayor | - | $176,000(avg) |
| FY2021 | Wellington City Council | Mayor | - | $170,000(avg) |
| FY2020 | Wellington City Council | Mayor | - | $170,000(avg) |
Salary data from Remuneration Authority via NZ Taxpayers' Union analysis. Mayor/Chair salaries are individual; councillor salaries marked "(avg)" are council averages as individual councillor pay is not itemized.
Expense History
Role types: MP (Parliament) · Minister (Executive)
| Year | Role | Accommodation | Travel | Inter-Parl. | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellington | Other | Air | Surface | VIP | ||||
| 2025 | MP | $12,900 | - | - | $22,465 | - | $489 | $46,702 |
| 2024 | MP | - | - | $14,369 | $11,571 | - | $19,358 | $34,795 |
| 2023 | MP | - | - | $43 | $305 | - | - | $349 |
MP expenses from Parliament disclosure. Minister expenses disclosed separately via DIA Executive disclosure. Years showing '-' may indicate the person held a ministerial role during that period.
Local Government
1 role$201,947avg FY2026
Cross-Sector Roles
Crown Entity Roles (1)
- Member of ParliamentCurrent
Declared Financial Interests
2 years of declarations202523 declared interests▼
Gifts (1)
- •Fish & Game – Parliamentary Fishing Trip
Other Companies & Business Interests (19)
- •Bremworth Limited – manufacturer
- •Chorus Limited – infrastructure
- •Contact Energy Limited – energy
- •Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited – healthcare technology
- •Fletcher Building Limited – building supplies and construction
- •Genesis Energy Limited – energy
- •Coats Limited – manufacturer
- •Meridian Energy Limited – energy
- •Mercury Energy Limited – energy
- •Channel Infrastructure Limited – energy
- •Port of Tauranga Limited – port
- •Rakon Limited – technology manufacturer
- •ArborGen Holdings Limited – forestry
- •Scott Technology Limited – manufacturer
- •Spark New Zealand Limited – communications
- •Summerset Group Holdings Limited – retirement homes
- •Tourism Holdings Limited – tourism
- •PGG Wrightson Limited – agriculture
- •Auckland International Airport Limited – airport operation
Real Property (1)
- •Family home – Wellington
Retirement Schemes (1)
- •ANZ KiwiSaver
overseas travel costs (1)
- •Taiwan – parliamentary delegation. Contributor to travel and accommodation: Taipei Cultural and Economic Office.
202421 declared interests▼
Other Companies & Business Interests (19)
- •Bremworth Limited – manufacturer
- •Chorus Limited – infrastructure
- •Contact Energy Limited – energy
- •Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited – healthcare technology
- •Fletcher Building Limited – construction
- •Genesis Energy Limited – energy
- •Coats Limited – manufacturer
- •Meridian Energy Limited – energy
- •Mercury NZ Limited – energy
- •Channel Infrastructure NZ Limited – energy
- •Port of Tauranga Limited – port
- •Rakon Limited – technology
- •ArborGen Holdings Limited – forestry
- •Scott Technology Limited – manufacturer
- •Summerset Group Holdings Limited – retirement homes
- •Spark New Zealand Limited – communications
- •Tourism Holdings Limited – tourism
- •PGG Wrightson Limited – agriculture
- •Auckland International Airport Limited – airport operation
Real Property (1)
- •Family home – Wellington
Retirement Schemes (1)
- •ANZ KiwiSaver
Source: Register of Pecuniary and Other Specified Interests of Members of Parliament
Data Sources
- MP expenses from Parliament.nz
- CE remuneration from Te Kawa Mataaho
- Financial interests from Register of Pecuniary Interests
- Local government remuneration from Remuneration Authority via NZ Taxpayers' Union