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Tama Potaka

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.

$582
MP travel & accommodation
#129 of 136 MPs
$412,260
Ministerial travel
#14 of 32 ministers
National
Party

MP travel & accommodation

Expenses →

Over 8 quarters, as the Parliamentary Service disclosed it.

$452
Accommodation
$130
Travel
$582
Total
31 Mar31 Dec

Ministerial travel

Expenses →

Over 9 quarters, published by the Department of Internal Affairs. International travel is Cabinet-approved and can cover a spouse, staff and accompanying ministers.

$374,243
Domestic
$38,017
International
$412,260
Total
31 Mar31 Mar

Declared interests

Register of Interests · J.7

What Tama Potaka 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.

Trusts

  • Tatau Tatau Trust (trustee and beneficiary)
  • S M Paul Whānau Family Trust (trustee)
  • Sina James (née Chase) Whānau Trust (trustee and beneficiary)
  • Te Pihopatanga o Aotearoa Trust Board (trustee)
  • Tama and Ariana Potaka Whānau Family Trust (trustee and beneficiary)

Real property

  • Rental property (jointly owned) – Central-East Auckland
  • Family home – Hamilton
  • Family farm and houses (in Tatau Tatau Trust) – Rangitīkei
  • Rental property (in Tama and Ariana Potaka Whānau Family Trust) –
  • Hamilton

Retirement schemes

  • Simplicity KiwiSaver
  • Fidelity 401(k)

Managed investment schemes

  • Pioneer Capital Funds – Pioneer Capital

Debts owed by the member

  • ASB Bank – mortgage
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