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MP · #28
Andy Foster
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· New Zealand First Party
Pecuniary interests
23 items
Directorships
0 declared
Recent meetings
0 logged
01 Positions
03 Pecuniary interests (2025) Methodology →
as of 2026-05-27 02:18Gifts
Parliamentary Fishing Trip – Fish & Game
— Fish & Game
Other companies and business entities
ArborGen Holdings Limited – forestry
— ArborGen Holdings Limited
Auckland International Airport Limited – airport operation
— Auckland International Airport Limited
Bremworth Limited – manufacturer
— Bremworth Limited
Channel Infrastructure Limited – energy
— Channel Infrastructure Limited
Chorus Limited – infrastructure
— Chorus Limited
Coats Limited – manufacturer
— Coats Limited
Contact Energy Limited – energy
— Contact Energy Limited
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited – healthcare technology
— Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
Fletcher Building Limited – building supplies and construction
— Fletcher Building Limited
Genesis Energy Limited – energy
— Genesis Energy Limited
Mercury Energy Limited – energy
— Mercury Energy Limited
Meridian Energy Limited – energy
— Meridian Energy Limited
PGG Wrightson Limited – agriculture
— PGG Wrightson Limited
Port of Tauranga Limited – port
— Port of Tauranga Limited
Rakon Limited – technology manufacturer
— Rakon Limited
Scott Technology Limited – manufacturer
— Scott Technology Limited
Spark New Zealand Limited – communications
— Spark New Zealand Limited
Summerset Group Holdings Limited – retirement homes
— Summerset Group Holdings Limited
Tourism Holdings Limited – tourism
— Tourism Holdings Limited
Overseas travel costs
Taiwan – parliamentary delegation. Contributor to travel and accommodation: Taipei Cultural and Economic Office.
— Taipei Cultural and Economic Office
Real property
Family home – Wellington
Retirement schemes
ANZ KiwiSaver
— ANZ KiwiSaver
04 Directorships Methodology →
None recorded.
08 Recent meetings (as minister) Methodology →
No meetings recorded.
09 Recent Hansard speeches
12 In the news Methodology →
38 articlesCoverage from RNZ, Stuff, NZ Herald, ODT, 1News, Newsroom and The Spinoff that mentions this person. Click any source to expand. Article body markdown is captured separately and used for AI summarisation downstream.
RNZ 16
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2026-05-20Drive Electric presented its State of the Nation report on Wednesday at Parliament, which says the switch to EVs could reshape the country's energy system.
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2026-05-19Parliament begins another week of legislating. As usual, the week will be longer than usual. The week also hits an anniversary for that paradox.
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2026-05-12The government is pushing on with changes it says cut red tape and let it charge foreign tourists.
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The Spinoff 16
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2026-06-05MPs can receive up to $36,240 every year in superannuation contributions, and use the money to buy property. Then they can claim another $36,400 per year to stay in it. National MP Melissa Lee and Labour MP Jenny Salesa bought homes…
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2026-06-02Evacuees from at least five former homes have found safe haven in Winston Peters’ big gazebo. Not since the formation of United Future in 1995 has one party provided such a refuge for the exiles of existing parties. New Zealand First’s…
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2026-05-28The post-budget debate had as many pop culture references as policy arguments. Joel MacManus was there for each of the seven speeches. Nicola Willis The finance minister is the star of budget day and gets the first speech in the…
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2026-05-26The former Wellington mayor says he claims the accommodation subsidy because ‘the cost of owning a home in Wellington is not cheap’. Andy Foster is a proud Wellington man. Before entering parliament on the NZ First party list in 2023, he…
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2026-05-13Lauded by the government as a modernisation that will cut red tape, the Conservation Amendment Bill has passed its first reading – to claims of ‘commercialisation over conservation’ from opponents. The government is pushing on with…
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2026-04-29‘Even though I’m in politics, I hate labels.’ She’s a twin already, but first term Green MP Lan Pham is adopting me as hers. While the rain lashes against the windows of Huxley’s, we’re bundled up in matching red turtleneck and brown coat…
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NZ Herald 2
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2026-05-12Conservation Minister Tama Potaka. Photo / Mark Mitchell
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Stuff 2
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2026-06-01Social development minister Louise Upston has defended claiming $52,000 a year for an apartment she owns in Wellington, but won’t explain what costs it is covering.
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2026-05-26Social development minister Louise Upston has defended claiming $52,000 a year for an apartment she owns in Wellington, but won’t explain what costs it is covering.
Newsroom 1
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2026-05-26Opinion: Some MPs make it difficult not to conclude they come to Parliament not to serve the people but to squeeze them for as much as they can The post Something is rotten in the House of Representatives appeared first on Newsroom .
Otago Daily Times 1
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2026-05-12Conservation Minister Tama Potaka says the bill will support economic growth. Photo: RNZ Russell Palmer of RNZ The government is pushing on with conservation reforms it says cuts red tape and enables fees for foreign tourists visiting New…
13 Commentary topics Methodology →
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14 Press topics Methodology →
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