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Member of Parliament · Labour

Cushla Tangaere-Manuel

Travel and accommodation, from the disclosures that name them. An MP’s travel is published by the Parliamentary Service; a minister’s travel is published separately by the Department of Internal Affairs. Both are shown here, and not added into a single headline, because they are two different bills.

$214,480
MP travel & accommodation
#13 of 136 MPs
Labour
Party

MP travel & accommodation

Expenses →

Over 8 quarters, as the Parliamentary Service disclosed it.

$108,917
Accommodation
$105,563
Travel
$214,480
Total
31 Mar31 Dec

Party donations

Electoral Commission · 2025

In the 2025 annual return of party donations, Cushla Tangaere-Manuel is named as donating over the $5,000 disclosure threshold:

Declared interests

Register of Interests · J.7

What Cushla Tangaere-Manuel declared in the Register of Pecuniary and Other Specified Interests, as at 31 January 2026. The register records that an interest exists, not its value.

Company directorships and controlling interests

  • Te Kura Kaupapa Maori O Taperenui a Whatonga – kura kaupapa Māori
  • Radio Ngati Porou – iwi radio station

Trusts

  • Tangaere-Manuel Trust (trustee and beneficiary)
  • Waikawa Forest Trust (beneficiary)

Real property

  • Family home – East Coast
  • Interest in one land block – Rangitukia, East Coast

Retirement schemes

  • ASB KiwiSaver

Debts owed by the member

  • UDC Finance – vehicle loan

Gifts

  • Tickets (x2) and hospitality to the All Blacks v South Africa rugby match
  • (September 2025) – AIA
  • Tickets (x2) and hospitality to the Black Caps v West Indies Cricket test
  • match (December 2025) – New Zealand Cricket
  • Tickets (x2) and hospitality to the ASB Classic 2026 - Women’s Finals Day
  • (January 2026) – Tennis Auckland

Payments for activities

  • Board sitting fee – Radio Ngati Porou