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Grant McCallum

Northland · New Zealand National Party
Pecuniary interests
18 items
Directorships
5 declared
Recent meetings
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Research run #57 · 5 May 2026
Every claim below links to its source. Click any footnote [1] in the text, or expand the citation index after the bio, to see the verbatim quote and the page it came from.

Grant McCallum is a New Zealand National Party Member of Parliament, serving as the MP for the Northland electorate [11][13].

McCallum is educated at Lincoln University, according to a single reputable secondary source [9]. He has worked as a dairy and beef farmer, according to a National Party profile [1], and is reported to have operated a beef and dairy farm at Maungaturoto from 1995 [2].

Prior to entering Parliament, McCallum was involved in a range of civic and community roles. He is reported to have served as vice president of the Northern branch of Federated Farmers [8], and as a member of the Bluegreens executive from 2001 [7]. According to a single reputable secondary source, he also chaired the Kauri Museum [4] and the Otamatea High School Board of Trustees [5], and served as a board member of several Northland sporting organisations [6]. He is also reported to have served as a board member of the National Party [3].

McCallum stood as a candidate for the Northland electorate at the 2023 election, according to a single reputable secondary source [10], subsequently being confirmed as the MP for Northland [11] representing the National Party [13].

Generated 5 May 2026 · model claude-sonnet-4-6
AI-generated biography. Assembled by an LLM from public sources (Wikipedia, Hansard, Beehive, Parliament register, news archives). Every claim is backed by a verbatim quote in one of the cited sources below and tagged confirmed, unverified, or disputed based on corroboration. Use as a starting reference, not a final source — cross-check anything load-bearing.
2 confirmed 12 unverified 0 disputed
Verify the bio — expand the citation index 14 sourced claims

Education

Career

Political offices

Party affiliation

Civic roles & honours

  • [3]
    Civic role: Board member of the National Party. unverified
  • [4]
    Civic role: Chair of the Kauri Museum. unverified
  • [5]
    Civic role: Chair of the Otamatea High School Board of Trustees. unverified
  • [6]
    Civic role: board member of several Northland sporting organisations. unverified
  • [7]
    Civic role: member of the Bluegreens executive (from 2001). unverified
  • [8]
    Civic role: vice president of the Northern branch of Federated Farmers. unverified

Looked for, not found

  • Specific dates of Grant McCallum's mayoral terms at Kaipara District Council (reported as approximately 2013–2019 in Wikipedia snippet, but verbatim confirmation not found in fetched sources). The Mayor of Kaipara Wikipedia article did not extract usable claims.
  • No public record found of Grant McCallum's formal education (school or tertiary qualifications) despite targeted search.

The researcher checked for these topics across the allowed public sources but could not find verbatim-quotable evidence. Absence here doesn't rule the fact out — it just means no journalist-accessible source covered it at the time of the run.

01 Positions

03 Pecuniary interests (2025) Methodology →

as of 2026-05-27 02:21
Beneficial interests in, and trusteeships of, trusts
Grant McCallum family Trust (trustee) — Grant McCallum family Trust (Trustee)
M R McCallum (trustee) — M R McCallum (Trustee)
McCallum Family Trust (beneficiary) — McCallum Family Trust (Beneficiary)
Company directorships and controlling interests
Grant McCallum Limited – agriculture/farming — Grant McCallum Limited (Director)
Odyssey Global Limited – development of microbial technology — Odyssey Global Limited (Director)
Debts owed by you
ASB Bank – farm loan (x3) — ASB Bank
De Laga Landen – hire purchase — De Laga Landen
Employment
Grant McCallum Limited – agriculture/farming — Grant McCallum Limited
Gifts
Luke Combs concert ticket (box) – Eden Park Trust — Eden Park Trust
Parliamentary Fishing Trip – Fish & Game New Zealand — Fish & Game New Zealand
Parliamentary Hunting Trip – New Zealand Game Animal Council — New Zealand Game Animal Council
SuperBlues Rugby Game ticket (box) – Eden Park Trust — Eden Park Trust
Other companies and business entities
Ballance Agri-nutrients – fertilizer manufacturer — Ballance Agri-nutrients
Fonterra – dairy co-operative — Fonterra
Livestock Improvement Corporation – livestock fertility services — Livestock Improvement Corporation
MicroBio Solutions Limited (in trust) – effluent management — MicroBio Solutions Limited
Real property
Family home – Maungaturoto
Retirement schemes
KiwiSaver – Milford Asset Management — Milford Asset Management

04 Directorships Methodology →

as of 2026-06-05 17:17

06 Trusteeships & beneficial trust interests

08 Recent meetings (as minister) Methodology →

No meetings recorded.

09 Recent Hansard speeches

12 In the news Methodology →

42 articles

Coverage 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 24
The Spinoff 7
1News 4
NZ Herald 3
Otago Daily Times 2
Stuff 2

12.5 Heard on radio

6 segments

Verbatim segments from podcasts and radio where this person was the speaker, attributed via the voice-reference library. Click play to stream the original audio from the publisher, pre-seeked to the moment the segment starts. Transcriptions are automated and attributions are manually reviewed, but cannot be guaranteed to be absolutely accurate — the seek point or speaker label may occasionally drift; the linked episode is the source of truth.

  • The Country (Newstalk ZB) The Country Full Show: Monday, May 11, 2026 2026-05-11 · 39s
    Oh, it was most upset, most upsets. But anyway, look ACO. It it's the joys of um politics, the bit of fun, and uh, you know, it was uh it …
  • The Country (Newstalk ZB) The Country Full Show: Monday, May 11, 2026 2026-05-11 · 45s
    And and Grant, have you dried off in Northland? No, it was getting towards that process now, and Jamie, over the next couple of weeks will gradually dry off. Hey, …
  • The Country (Newstalk ZB) The Country Full Show: Tuesday, April 21, 2026 2026-04-21 · 88s
    Jamie. I'm sorry, Jamie, but that is just totally unacceptable commentary. And very unhelpful commentary. We have a lot of amazing cultures in this country, including the Indian culture, whose …
  • The Country (Newstalk ZB) The Country Full Show: Tuesday, April 21, 2026 2026-04-21 · 64s
    So in terms of the smaller scale farm forestry side of things and the woodlots, that's often some of the first stuff to drop off when there's volatility, because when …
  • The Country (Newstalk ZB) The Country 21/04/26: Grant McCallum talks to Jamie Mackay 2026-04-21 · 89s
    I'm sorry Jamie I'm sorry Jamie but that is just totally unacceptable commentary and very unhelpful commentary we have a lot of amazing cultures in this country including the Indian …
  • The Country (Newstalk ZB) The Country 21/04/26: Grant McCallum talks to Jamie Mackay 2026-04-21 · 40s
    Yeah, I agree. And when you look back at our history, to be fair, we got a little bit ropey around the TPP and became the CPTPP. But ultimately, the …

13 Commentary topics Methodology →

6 topics · 12 weeks

Topics where op-eds, blogs and press releases have mentioned this person, week-by-week. Each row links through to the topic detail in the discourse lens.

14 Press topics Methodology →

6 topics · 12 weeks

Topics where major news outlets have reported on this person. Each row links through to the topic detail in the press lens. Compare to the discourse rows above to see where reporting and commentary converge or diverge.

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