- Kind
- Electorate only
- Source
- elections-wikipedia
- As of
- 4 May 2026
Background
Hon James Meager is a National Party [22] Member of Parliament, according to a single reputable secondary source representing him as the MP for the Rangitata electorate [16] . Meager was educated at the University of Otago [11] . According…
AI-assembled biography sourced from Wikipedia, Hansard, Beehive and the Parliament register. Every claim is footnoted to a verbatim quote in one of the cited sources and tagged confirmed / unverified / disputed.
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.
- Gifts
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NZ Cricket Players Association Black Clash T20 match (x4 Pavillion tickets) – NZ Cricket Players AssociationNZ Fish & Game Game bird shooting weekend – NZ Fish & GameAvis Timaru Parking coupons – Avis TimaruNew Zealand Game Animal Council Parliamentary Hunt accommodation and guiding – New Zealand Game Animal Council
- Managed investment schemes
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ASB Investments Funds ASB Investments Funds – ASB
- Retirement schemes
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ASB KiwiSaver ASB KiwiSaver
Recent press
50 articles across 7 outletsRNZ 18
- Central Otago mayor says Budget 2026 leaves South Island short-changed
- 'Game changer': Work on long-awaited second Ashburton River bridge begins
- Government taking 10 initiatives to safeguard undersea internet and power cables
- More than 30 roles on chopping block at Maritime NZ - PSA says
- Freight prices soar as shipping giant AP Moller - Maersk faces Iran costs
- Standoff as Vega crew await repatriation to India
- Fish and Game not concerned about vigilantes flying drones at duck hunters
- Animal Justice Party renews call to ban duck hunting
- Nelson among regions needing to retain 'critical' Air New Zealand flights - tourism boss
- Three more regional airlines set to receive Regional Investment Funding loans
- Politicians divided over whether boating rules are fit for purpose
- Clean vehicle bill changes passed under urgency
- Thirteen bills get urgency treatment in penultimate sitting block of 2025
- Slip prone west coast highway might be moved inland
- Cop turned aviation boss chris de wattignar on leave after scathing ipca report
- Less frequent wof inspections for some vehicles under proposed changes
- Associate transport minister hoses down calls for air nz subsidies
- Government pours millions into canterbury flood defences
The Spinoff 11
- From Eminem to Michael Jackson: watching the budget debate
- Introducing Democrasee, the political board game tested by MPs
- One MP, One Pint: Tom Rutherford on the coward punch that changed his life
- Heavy vehicles to get an easier ride in ministers latest bid to avoid fuel rationing
- Heavy vehicles to get an easier ride in ministers’ latest bid to avoid fuel rationing
- Is this nationals least diverse cabinet of the 21st century
- Reshuffle day whos getting a new role in cabinet
- One mp one pint francisco hernandez on the greens being so fucking back
- Is it time for the government to sell its stake in air new zealand
- One mp one pint rima nakhle on being a lebanese diva
- One mp one pint calling bullshit on the government with duncan webb
Otago Daily Times 7
- Funding for more classrooms, pupil increase
- Meridian gets draft approval to use contingent lake storage
- Did Budget 2026 short-change the South Island?
- Works starts on $144m Ashburton River bridge
- Minister insists local body amalgamation a 'voluntary' process
- Land stewardship to be celebrated
- School to get eight new 'warm, dry, and fit-for-purpose' classroom spaces
1News 7
- Mongolian horse, brass elephants: What MPs declared in gift register
- How digital driver's licences, WoFs and regos will work
- How digital driver's licences, WoFs and regos will work
- Ground broken for Ashburton's second bridge
- Wellington Airport gets $100m seawall upgrade fast-tracked
- Bill enabling use of digital driver's licences passes final reading
- Digital driver licences are now legal: what you need to know
Stuff 4
- 'Not me': Suspicious poker faces and cold leads in $28.6m Lotto winner hunt
- Community leaders, sport stars and media personalities among King’s Birthday Honours recipients
- Government taking 10 initiatives to safeguard undersea internet and power cables
- Regional airport’s only scheduled service survives — for now