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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 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.
Expense History
Role types: MP (Parliament) · Minister (Executive)
| Year | Role | Accommodation | Travel | Inter-Parl. | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellington | Other | Air | Surface | VIP | ||||
| 2025 | MP | $28,000 | - | - | $27,836 | - | - | $62,287 |
| 2024 | MP | $33,205 | - | $12,829 | $22,470 | - | - | $72,883 |
| 2023 | MP | $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 ParliamentCurrent
Declared Financial Interests
2 years of declarations202518 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
- MP expenses from Parliament.nz
- CE remuneration from Te Kawa Mataaho
- Financial interests from Register of Pecuniary Interests