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Mike Butterick

NationalCurrent MP
Career MP Salary

$516,000

3 years tracked

Career MP Expenses

$138,599

3 years of data

Professional Background

Updated 3 Feb 2026

No biographical information available

Education

Not specified

Qualifications

None listed

Salary & Role History

3 years of remuneration data
YearPrimary RoleSalary CategoryAnnual 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.

Expense History

Role types: MP (Parliament) · Minister (Executive)
YearRoleAccommodationTravelInter-Parl.Total
WellingtonOtherAirSurfaceVIP
2025MP$28,000--$27,836--$62,287
2024MP$33,205-$12,829$22,470--$72,883
2023MP$1,659-$1,770---$3,429

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
    Current

Declared Financial Interests

2 years of declarations
202518 declared interests

Debts Owed to the Member (2)

  • The Butterick Family Trust – beneficiary current account*
  • Rocky Hills Trust – loan from trustee*

Retirement Schemes (1)

  • Milford Asset Management KiwiSaver

Real Property (2)

  • Farmland (owned by trust) – Masterton
  • Family home (owned by trust) – Masterton

Organisations Seeking Govt Funding (1)

  • Wings over Wairarapa – regional airshow

Trusts (2)

  • Taharoa Trust (trustee)
  • Rocky Hills Trust (trustee and beneficiary) The Butterick Family Trust (beneficiary)

Other Companies & Business Interests (10)

  • Farmlands Co-operative Society Limited – farming supplier
  • Wools of New Zealand Holdings Limited – wool industry group
  • Alliance Group Limited – meat processing
  • The New Zealand Merino Company Limited – wool industry group
  • Silver Fern Farms Co-operative Limited – meat processing
  • Heartland Group Holdings – banking
  • Manaia Farms Limited – farming
  • Kahuiti Limited – farming
  • Waipuke Farming Limited – farming
  • MD & ER Butterick Partnership, trading as Rocky Hills Partnership – farming
202418 declared interests

Other Companies & Business Interests (10)

  • MD & ER Butterick Partnership (trading as Rocky Hills Partnership) – farming
  • Waipuke Farming Limited – farming
  • Kahuiti Limited – farming
  • Manaia Farms Limited – farming
  • Heartland Group Holdings Limited – banking
  • Silver Fern Farms Co-operative Limited – meat processing The New Zealand Merino Company Limited– wool industry body
  • Alliance Group Limited – meat processing
  • Wools of New Zealand Holdings Limited – wool industry body
  • Ravensdown Limited – farming supplier
  • Farmlands Co-operative Society Limited – farming supplier

Trusts (2)

  • Rocky Hills Trust (trustee and beneficiary) The Butterick Family Trust (trustee and beneficiary)
  • Taharoa Trust (trustee)

Organisations Seeking Govt Funding (1)

  • Wings Over Wairarapa (board member) – regional airshow event

Real Property (2)

  • Family home (owned by trust) – Masterton
  • Farmland (owned by trust) – Masterton

Retirement Schemes (1)

  • ANZ KiwiSaver

Debts Owed to the Member (2)

  • The Butterick Family Trust – beneficiary current account*
  • Rocky Hills Trust – loan from trustee*

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

Data Sources