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Background
Tama Potaka is a National Party MP who has represented the Hamilton West electorate in the New Zealand Parliament [18] [9] . Sources differ on the precise period during which Potaka served as MP for Hamilton West — one variant places his…
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Pecuniary interests
2025 register · as of 27 May 2026As a sitting MP, this candidate files an annual Register of Pecuniary and Other Specified Interests. Items below are the most recent declarations from the Register.
- Beneficial interests in, and trusteeships of, trusts
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S M Paul Whānau Family Trust S M Paul Whānau Family Trust (trustee)Sina James (née Chase) Whānau Trust Sina James (née Chase) Whānau Trust (trustee and beneficiary)Tama William Potaka and Ariana Maria Paul Whānau Family Trust Tama William Potaka and Ariana Maria Paul Whānau Family Trust (trustee and beneficiary)Tatau Tatau Trust Tatau Tatau Trust (trustee and beneficiary)Te Pihopatanga o Aotearoa Trust Board Te Pihopatanga o Aotearoa Trust Board (trustee)
- Debts owed by you
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ASB Bank ASB Bank – mortgage
- Gifts
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New Zealand Game Animal Council Parliamentary Hunting Trip – New Zealand Game Animal Council
- Managed investment schemes
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Pioneer Capital Pioneer Capital Funds – Pioneer Capital
- Real property
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Family farm and houses (in Tatau Tatau Trust) – RangitīkeiFamily home – HamiltonRental property (in Tama and Ariana whānau trust) – HamiltonRental property (jointly owned) – Central-East Auckland
- Retirement schemes
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Fidelity Fidelity 401(k)Simplicity KiwiSaver Simplicity KiwiSaver
Companies Office links
as of 27 May 2026Directorships, shareholdings, and trusteeships filed against this person in the Companies Office register.
Trusteeships
- Te Pihopatanga O Aotearoa
- Tatau Me Ihu Trust
- S M Paul Whānau Family Trust
- Sina James (née Chase) Whānau Trust
- Tama William Potaka and Ariana Maria Paul Whānau Family Trust
Recent press
50 articles across 7 outletsRNZ 15
- Iwi owing DOC $2m in campground revenue welcomes external review
- Predator-free efforts align with tikanga Māori - iwi leader
- Critics ask where targeted Māori funding is in Budget 2026
- Budget 2026: $48m boost to help sustain Māori broadcasting
- 'You need to start listening to your young ones': Māori students speak out ahead of Budget
- English requirements for Accredited Employer Work Visa expanded
- Te reo Māori advocate Vincent Olsen-Reeder criticises govt branding changes
- Nature and climate in the spotlight
- Waitangi Tribunal calls for immediate halt to changes to education legislation affecting Treaty
- Visitor levy to fund upgraded tracks and campgrounds
- Concerns loom around conservation funding under new Reform Bill
- 'Practical change' or 'paradigm shift'? MPs debate conservation reform
- Everlee Wihongi case: Government officials confirm contact with US immigration over Kiwi's detention
- Opposition warns reforms open up conservation estate to sale as government pushes on
- National insists coalition is stable, even as cracks begin to show
The Spinoff 15
- 16 characterisations rejected by Nicola Willis
- From Herbs to Head Like a Hole: MPs on their favourite local albums
- Budget 2026 boosts Māori media – but leaves many whānau to struggle
- 10 essential reads on Budget 2026
- From Eminem to Michael Jackson: watching the budget debate
- The quiet but major shift slipped in among the conservation law reforms
- International visitor fees incoming as conservation reform bill passes first hurdle
- Live updates from the 2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
- Opposition warns reforms open up conservation estate to sale as government pushes on
- All the times Jack Tame has shamed out politicians for not going on Q+A, ranked
- Ngāi Tahu vs Santana: the latest chapter in the Bendigo gold mine saga, explained
- Luxon quits breakfast slot smart tactic or running for the hills
- Is this nationals least diverse cabinet of the 21st century
- Gone by lunchtime the force majeure election
- Who saved the snapper size limit
Otago Daily Times 7
Stuff 5
- Iwi leaders furious at Budget 2026, call it ‘economic apartheid’
- Investor visa rules widened to allow up to $1m in charitable donations
- So, minister, what is it we’re actually meant to DO with AI?
- Begging and rough sleeping in sights of new police move-on powers, despite official advice
- Government to reform ‘loosey goosey’ conservation law, with fees for international visitors