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Minister · National

James Meager

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.

$107,751
MP travel & accommodation
#84 of 136 MPs
$202,013
Ministerial travel
#28 of 32 ministers
National
Party

MP travel & accommodation

Expenses →

Over 8 quarters, as the Parliamentary Service disclosed it.

$46,907
Accommodation
$60,844
Travel
$107,751
Total
31 Mar31 Dec

Ministerial travel

Expenses →

Over 5 quarters, published by the Department of Internal Affairs. International travel is Cabinet-approved and can cover a spouse, staff and accompanying ministers.

$202,013
Domestic
$0
International
$202,013
Total
31 Mar31 Mar

Declared interests

Register of Interests · J.7

What James Meager 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.

Retirement schemes

  • ASB KiwiSaver

Managed investment schemes

  • ASB Investments Funds (now closed) – ASB

Overseas travel

  • Belgium and France – participation in European Union Visitors
  • Programme. Contributor to travel and accommodation: European
  • Commission and the European Parliament.

Gifts

  • Milford Sound flights (x2; did not use due to weather) – RealNZ
  • Hospitality, BlackCaps v England T20 (x2 tickets; accepted but did not
  • attend) – Canterbury Cricket Trust
  • Hunting knife (returned and subsequently personally purchased) – New
  • Zealand Deerstalkers Association
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