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Elections / 2023 / Ōtaki / Tim Costley
Portrait of Tim Costley
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2023 general election Sitting MP
Defending Ōtaki

Tim Costley

Kind
Electorate & list
Source
elections-wikipedia
As of
4 May 2026

Background

Tim Costley is a National Party [15] Member of Parliament for the Ōtaki electorate [12] . Costley served as a helicopter pilot in the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF), beginning from 2001 [2] . According to a single reputable secondary…

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Pecuniary interests

2025 register · as of 27 May 2026

As 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
Costley Family Trust Costley Family Trust (trustee and beneficiary)
Missing Wingman Trust Missing Wingman Trust (RNZAF) (trustee)
RV Shankleton Trust RV Shankleton Trust (trustee and beneficiary)
Company directorships and controlling interests
Bluebottle Property Limited Bluebottle Property Limited – rental property
Gifts
New Zealand Game Animal Council Overnight hunt – New Zealand Game Animal Council
AIA New Zealand Tickets (x2) and hospitality at All Blacks game at Wellington Regional Stadium – AIA New Zealand
Real property
Family home – Waikanae
Flat – Wellington
Rental property (x2) – Palmerston North
Retirement schemes
Mercer Defence Force Superannuation Scheme – Mercer
Mercer KiwiSaver Mercer KiwiSaver

Companies Office links

as of 4 Jun 2026

Directorships, shareholdings, and trusteeships filed against this person in the Companies Office register.

Directorships

Trusteeships

Recent press

20 articles across 6 outlets
RNZ 5
The Spinoff 4
1News 4
NZ Herald 3
Stuff 3
Newsroom 1