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Phil Goff
LabourFormer MP
Career MP Salary
$1,264,724
34 years tracked
Career MP Expenses
$714,558
7 years of data
Professional Background
Updated 3 Feb 2026No biographical information available
Education
Not specified
Qualifications
None listed
Salary & Role History
34 years of remuneration data| Year | Primary Role | Salary Category | Annual Salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Ordinary MP | Ordinary MP | $160,024 |
| 2015 | Ordinary MP | Ordinary MP | $156,800 |
| 2014 | Ordinary MP | Ordinary MP | $150,700 |
| 2013 | Ordinary MP | Ordinary MP | $147,500 |
| 2012 | Ordinary MP | Ordinary MP | $144,700 |
| 2011 | Leader of the Opposition | Leader of the Opposition | $262,000(highest) |
| 2008 | Minister of Trade | Minister (Cabinet) | $243,000 |
| 2007 | Minister of Defence Also: Minister of Defence; Labour; Mt Roskill | Electorate MP (Mt Roskill) | $0 |
| 2006 | Minister of Defence Also: Minister of Defence; Labour; Mt Roskill | Electorate MP (Mt Roskill) | $0 |
| 2005 | Minister of Defence Also: Minister of Defence; Labour; Mt Roskill | Electorate MP (Mt Roskill) | $0 |
| 2004 | Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Also: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Labour; Mt Roskill | Electorate MP (Mt Roskill) | $0 |
| 2003 | Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Also: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Labour; Mt Roskill | Electorate MP (Mt Roskill) | $0 |
| 2002 | Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Also: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Labour; Mt Roskill | Electorate MP (Mt Roskill) | $0 |
| 2001 | Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Also: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Labour; Mt Roskill | Electorate MP (Mt Roskill) | $0 |
| 2000 | Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Also: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Labour; Mt Roskill | Electorate MP (Mt Roskill) | $0 |
| 1999 | Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Also: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Labour; Mt Roskill | Electorate MP (Mt Roskill) | $0 |
| 1998 | Member of Parliament Also: Member of Parliament; Labour; Mt Roskill | Electorate MP (Mt Roskill) | $0 |
| 1997 | Member of Parliament Also: Member of Parliament; Labour; Roskill | Electorate MP (Roskill) | $0 |
| 1996 | Member of Parliament Also: Member of Parliament; Labour; Roskill | Electorate MP (Roskill) | $0 |
| 1995 | Member of Parliament Also: Member of Parliament; Labour; Roskill | Electorate MP (Roskill) | $0 |
| 1994 | Member of Parliament Also: Member of Parliament; Labour; Roskill | Electorate MP (Roskill) | $0 |
| 1993 | Member of Parliament Also: Member of Parliament; Labour; Roskill | Electorate MP (Roskill) | $0 |
| 1992 | Member of Parliament Also: Member of Parliament; Labour; Roskill | Electorate MP (Roskill) | $0 |
| 1991 | Member of Parliament Also: Member of Parliament; Labour; Roskill | Electorate MP (Roskill) | $0 |
| 1990 | Minister of Justice Also: Minister of Justice; Labour; Roskill | Electorate MP (Roskill) | $0 |
| 1989 | Minister of Education Also: Minister of Education; Labour; Roskill | Electorate MP (Roskill) | $0 |
| 1988 | Minister of Education Also: Minister of Education; Labour; Roskill | Electorate MP (Roskill) | $0 |
| 1987 | Minister of Employment; Minister of Education Also: Minister of Employment; Minister of Education; Labour; Roskill | Electorate MP (Roskill) | $0 |
| 1986 | Minister of Housing Also: Minister of Housing; Labour; Roskill | Electorate MP (Roskill) | $0 |
| 1985 | Member of Parliament Also: Member of Parliament; Labour; Roskill | Electorate MP (Roskill) | $0 |
| 1984 | Member of Parliament Also: Member of Parliament; Labour; Roskill | Electorate MP (Roskill) | $0 |
| 1983 | Member of Parliament Also: Member of Parliament; Labour; Roskill | Electorate MP (Roskill) | $0 |
| 1982 | Member of Parliament Also: Member of Parliament; Labour; Roskill | Electorate MP (Roskill) | $0 |
| 1981 | Member of Parliament Also: Member of Parliament; Labour; Roskill | Electorate MP (Roskill) | $0 |
| Total Career Earnings (34 years) | $1,264,724 | ||
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 | ||||
| 2016 | MP | $8,591 | - | $14,324 | $20,095 | $43,903 | - | $84,985 |
| 2015 | MP | $7,435 | - | $31,260 | $26,959 | $66,149 | $2,498 | $81,755 |
| 2014 | MP | $13,814 | - | $26,782 | $27,188 | $68,046 | - | $68,046 |
| 2013 | MP | $13,565 | - | $28,816 | $29,242 | $72,612 | $1,767 | $72,612 |
| 2012 | MP | $15,744 | - | $38,690 | $29,638 | $84,681 | - | $105,993 |
| 2011 | MP | $3,279 | - | $17,127 | $11,609 | $32,566 | - | $64,581 |
| 2008 | Minister | - | $226 | $15,521 | $51,028 | - | $169,812 | $236,587 |
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 (2)
- Member of Parliament
- Member of Parliament
Declared Financial Interests
11 years of declarations201619 declared interests▼
Debts Owed to the Member (3)
- •Bank of New Zealand – term deposit and bank account
- •Westpac Bank – bank account
- •Kiwibank – term deposit
Retirement Schemes (1)
- •Global Retirement Trust Super
Real Property (3)
- •Holiday bach (jointly owned), Ōrere Point
- •House (jointly owned), Mt Roskill
- •Family home and farm property (jointly owned), Auckland
Employment (2)
- •Primary School in my electorate in lieu of payment for regular column)
- •Fairfax Media – newspaper publisher (donations made by Fairfax to Wesley
Gifts (6)
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- •Todd Corporation – Tickets and hospitality, Black Caps v Australia
- •Eden Park – Tickets and hospitality, Bledisloe Cup rugby match
- •Regional Facilities Auckland – Tickets and hospitality, music concert and show
- •– Auckland
- •Tennis – Tickets and hospitality, ASB Classic Tennis Women’s Semi Finals
overseas travel costs (3)
- •Disarmament.
- •Disarmament as part of the New Zealand delegation. Contributor to travel and accommodation: Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and
- •United States – Representing Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and
Other Companies & Business Interests (1)
- •
20154 declared interests▼
Retirement Schemes (1)
- •Global Retirement Trust Super
Real Property (1)
- •Family home and farm property (jointly owned), Auckland House (jointly owned), Mt Roskill Holiday bach (jointly owned), Ōrere Point
Debts Owed to the Member (2)
- •Kiwibank – term deposit ANNUAL RETURNS J. 7
- •Bank of New Zealand – term deposit and bank account
20144 declared interests▼
Debts Owed to the Member (2)
- •BNZ – term deposit and bank account
- •Kiwibank – term deposit
Real Property (1)
- •Family home and farm property (jointly owned), Auckland House (jointly owned), Mt Roskill Holiday bach (jointly owned), Ōrere Point
Retirement Schemes (1)
- •Global Retirement Trust Super
20137 declared interests▼
Retirement Schemes (1)
- •Global Retirement Trust Super
Discharged Debts (1)
- •Final payment of mortgage – Westpac
overseas travel costs (2)
- •Israel/Occupied Territories/Jordan – political discussions. Contributor to accommodation (for stay in Israel): Government of Israel
- •Taiwan – education purposes. Contributor to travel and accommodation: Taipei Economic and Cultural Office.
Debts Owed to the Member (2)
- •Kiwibank – term deposit
- •BNZ – term deposit
Real Property (1)
- •Family home and farm property (jointly owned), Auckland House (jointly owned), Mt Roskill Holiday bach (jointly owned), Orere Point
201211 declared interests▼
Real Property (1)
- •Family home and farm property (jointly owned), Auckland House (jointly owned), Mt Roskill
Debts (Mortgages & Loans) (1)
- •
Debts Owed to the Member (3)
- •Kiwibank – term deposit
- •BNZ – term deposit
- •Westpac – term deposit
Retirement Schemes (1)
- •Global Retirement Trust Super
Gifts (5)
- •Rugby New Zealand – Tickets to Rugby World Cup final
- •Vector – Tickets to Rugby World Cup semi-final
- •Rugby New Zealand – Tickets to Rugby World Cup quarter-final
- •Sky City – Tickets to Rugby World Cup pool game
- •Rugby New Zealand – Tickets to Rugby World Cup pool game
201111 declared interests▼
Other Companies & Business Interests (3)
- •
- •
- •entities
overseas travel costs (1)
- •China – Shanghai Expo. Contributor to accommodation: People’s Republic of China.
Debts (Mortgages & Loans) (1)
- •Westpac – mortgage * Interest rate payable in relation to the debt is less than the normal market interest rate that applied at the time the debt was incurred or, if the terms of the debt have been amended, at the time of that amendment. ANNUAL RETURNS J. 7 – Westpac NZ(+1 linked)
Debts Owed to the Member (3)
- •Kiwibank – term deposit
- •Bank of New Zealand – term deposit
- •Westpac – term deposit
Retirement Schemes (1)
- •Global Retirement Trust Super
Real Property (1)
- •Family home and farm property (jointly owned), Auckland House (jointly owned), Mt Roskill
Organisations Seeking Govt Funding (1)
- •Business and Parliament Trust – promotes mutual understanding between members of Parliament and the business sector
20109 declared interests▼
Other Companies & Business Interests (2)
- •
- •
Organisations Seeking Govt Funding (1)
- •Business and Parliament Trust – promotes mutual understanding between members of Parliament and the business sector
Real Property (1)
- •Family home and farm property (jointly owned), Auckland House (jointly owned), Mt Roskill
Retirement Schemes (1)
- •Global Retirement Trust Super
Debts Owed to the Member (2)
- •Westpac – term deposit – market interest rate
- •Bank of New Zealand – term deposit – market interest rate
Debts (Mortgages & Loans) (1)
- •
overseas travel costs (1)
- •Chile – Progressive Governance Summit. Contributor to accommodation: Policy Network and Communications Limited.
200918 declared interests▼
Organisations Seeking Govt Funding (1)
- •New Zealand Business and Parliament Trust – promotes mutual understanding between members of Parliament and the business sector
Real Property (1)
- •Family home and farm property (jointly owned), Auckland House (jointly owned), Mt Roskill
overseas travel costs (10)
- •USA – ministerial visit The primary expenses related to this travel were funded by the Crown. Some accommodation and/or other incidental expenses were met by the host government.
- •Singapore – ministerial visit
- •Australia – ministerial visit
- •Switzerland – ministerial visit
- •Chile, Peru, UK, USA – ministerial visit
- •Korea, Japan – ministerial visit
- •Indonesia – ministerial visit
- •China – ministerial visit
- •Timor Leste – ministerial visit
- •Australia – ministerial visit
Retirement Schemes (1)
- •Global Retirement Trust Super
Debts Owed to the Member (2)
- •Westpac – term deposit – market interest rate
- •Bank of New Zealand – term deposit – market interest rate
Other Companies & Business Interests (2)
- •
- •
Debts (Mortgages & Loans) (1)
- •
200819 declared interests▼
Retirement Schemes (1)
- •Global Retirement Trust Super
overseas travel costs (12)
- •Australia – APEC trade meeting
- •Timor-Leste, Singapore – Asia Security Conference
- •France, USA – OECD ministerial council meeting, trade and defence calls
- •Pakistan, India, Afghanistan – trade and defence calls
- •Mexico – trade and disarmament and arms control calls
- •Australia – defence calls Port Vila, Vanuatu –Forum Trade ministerial meeting
- •Chile, Argentina – trade mission
- •Singapore, Manila – defence calls, ASEAN ministerial consultations
- •Australia – APEC ministers’ meeting
- •Canada, USA – trade mission
- •Indonesia – informal ministerial meeting, trade and climate change
- •Algeria, Libya, Morocco – trade calls and trade promotion activities The primary expenses related to this travel were funded by the Crown. Some accommodation and/or other incidental expenses were met by the host government.
Debts (Mortgages & Loans) (1)
- •
Debts Owed to the Member (2)
- •Bank of New Zealand – term deposit – market interest rate
- •Westpac – term deposit – market interest rate
Real Property (1)
- •Family home and farm property (jointly owned), Auckland House (jointly owned), Mt Roskill
Other Companies & Business Interests (2)
- •
- •
200719 declared interests▼
overseas travel costs (14)
- •Germany, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates – trade and defence calls, CeBIT Trade Fair
- •Solomon Islands – RAMSI visit
- •USA, Europe, United Kingdom – trade and defence calls, World Economic Forum
- •USA and Switzerland – NZUS Partnership Forum, WTO
- •Belgium, Norway, Germany and Switzerland – World Economic Forum, portfolio calls The primary expenses related to this travel were funded by the Crown. Some accommodation and/or other incidental expenses were met by the host government.
- •Turkey, Jordan, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Egypt – trade and defence calls
- •China, Vietnam and Australia – trade mission, APEC, ship launch
- •Japan and Korea – disarmament, trade and defence calls
- •Australia – CER and Cairns Group
- •Malaysia – ASEAN dialogue
- •Switzerland – WTO Green Room
- •Fiji – Pacific Islands Forum for trade ministers
- •Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore – APEC trade, Asia Security Conference, Five Powers Defence
- •France and United Kingdom – OECD Ministerial Council, defence calls
Other Companies & Business Interests (2)
- •
- •
Real Property (1)
- •Family home and farm property (jointly owned), Auckland House (jointly owned), Mt Roskill
Retirement Schemes (1)
- •Global Retirement Trust Super
Debts (Mortgages & Loans) (1)
- •
20068 declared interests▼
overseas travel costs (3)
- •USA, United Kingdom, Belgium, Switzerland, Netherlands – WTO Ministerial, EU Commission, Afghanistan Conference, Defence visits The primary expenses related to this travel were funded by the Crown. Some accommodation and/or other incidental expenses were met by the host government.
- •Hong Kong – WTO
- •Korea – APEC
Debts (Mortgages & Loans) (1)
- •
Retirement Schemes (1)
- •Global Retirement Trust Super
Real Property (1)
- •Family home and farm property (jointly owned), Auckland House (jointly owned), Mt Roskill
Other Companies & Business Interests (2)
- •
- •
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