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Dover Samuels

LabourFormer MP
Career MP Salary

$131,000

1 years tracked

Career MP Expenses

$3,098

1 years of data

Professional Background

Updated 3 Feb 2026

No biographical information available

Education

Not specified

Qualifications

None listed

Salary & Role History

1 years of remuneration data
YearPrimary RoleSalary CategoryAnnual Salary
2008

Ordinary MP

Ordinary MP$131,000(highest)
Total Career Earnings (1 years)$131,000

Salary data from Remuneration Authority. Annual salary based on highest-paid role held during the year.

Expense History

Role types: MP (Parliament) · Minister (Executive)
YearRoleAccommodationTravelInter-Parl.Total
WellingtonOtherAirSurfaceVIP
2008Minister-----$3,098$3,098

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.

Cross-Sector Roles

Crown Entity Roles (1)

  • Member of Parliament

Declared Financial Interests

3 years of declarations
20085 declared interests
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Trusts (1)

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    Dover and Jacqui Samuels Family Trust Mahi Mahi E5 Trust (Te Turewhenua) Matauri X Maori Incorporation (Te Turewhenua)

Real Property (1)

  • •
    Matauri X Maori Incorporation, Matauri Bay Mahi Mahi E5 Trust, Mahi Mahi

Retirement Schemes (1)

  • •Government Super

overseas travel costs (2)

  • •
    China – Maori tourism delegation. The primary expenses related to this travel were funded by the Crown. Some accommodation and incidental expenses were met by the private sector.
  • •
    Broome, Western Australia – Australian Indigenous Tourism Conference. The primary expenses related to this travel were funded by the Crown. Some meals and activities were funded by the host.
20077 declared interests
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Trusts (1)

  • •
    Dover and Jacqui Samuels Family Trust Mahi Mahi E5 Trust (Te Turewhenua) Matauri X Maori Incorporation (Te Turewhenua)

Real Property (1)

  • •
    Matauri X Maori Incorporation, Matauri Bay Mahi Mahi E5 Trust, Mahi Mahi

Retirement Schemes (1)

  • •Sovereign Super

overseas travel costs (2)

  • •
    Australia – Housing Ministers’ Conference
  • •
    Australia – Australian Indigenous Tourism Conference The primary expenses related to this travel were funded by the Crown. Some accommodation and incidental expenses were met by the host government.

Gifts (1)

  • •
    Consulate-General of the People’s Republic of China in Auckland – Chinese bronze statue of a horse

Payment for Activities (1)

  • •
    Dividend payment of beneficial interest in Māori land (Mahi Mahi E5 Trust)
20063 declared interests
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Trusts (1)

  • •
    Mahi Mahi E5 Trust Dover & Jacqui Samuels Family Trust Matauri X Maori Incorporation

Real Property (1)

  • •
    Family home/motel complex H8A1 (land freehold), Matauri Bay Beneficial interest in Maori land (Matauri X Maori Incorporation) Beneficial interest in Maori land Mahi Mahi E5 Trust

Retirement Schemes (1)

  • •Government Super

Source: Register of Pecuniary and Other Specified Interests of Members of Parliament

Data Sources