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Hon Todd McClay
Rotorua
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Pecuniary interests
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Directorships
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Recent meetings
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Todd McClay is a New Zealand politician [3] and member of the National Party [57] , serving as the Member of Parliament for Rotorua [40] , a seat he has held since 2008 [39] . According to a single reputable secondary source, McClay…
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 or disputed.
01 Positions
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Cabinet Minister — Agriculture, Forestry, Trade and Investment
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Associate Minister — Foreign Affairs
03 Pecuniary interests (2025) Methodology →
as of 2026-05-27 02:21Beneficial interests in, and trusteeships of, trusts
McClay Family Trust (trustee and beneficiary)
— McClay Family Trust
(Trustee)
Debts owed by you
Westpac Bank – mortgage
— Westpac Bank
Gifts
Attendance at Australian Open tennis – ANZ Leadership Forum
— ANZ Leadership Forum
Donation to The Daily Charitable Trust, Te Puke – The Hugo Group
— The Daily Charitable Trust
Honey for gifts – Manawa
— Manawa
Lounge Membership – Qantas
— Qantas
Vase – United Arab Emirates Minister of State for Foreign Trade
Overseas travel costs
Australia – Closer Economic Relations and Australia New Zealand Leadership Forum meetings. Contributor to domestic travel: Australia New Zealand Leadership Forum.
Brazil – G20 trade Ministers meeting. Contributor to domestic travel: Brazilian Government.
China – Ministerial meetings. Contributor to domestic travel: Chinese Government.
India – Bilateral visit. Contributor to domestic travel: Indian Government.
Italy – G7 trade Ministers meeting. Contributor to domestic travel: Italian Government.
Peru – Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. Contributor to domestic travel: Peruvian Government.
United Arab Emirates – New Zealand - United Arab Emirates Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement signing. Contributor to domestic travel: United Arab Emirates Government. Contributor to accommodation: United Arab Emirates Government.
United Arab Emirates – World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference. Contributor to domestic travel: United Arab Emirates Government.
Payment for activities
Speaking fee (donated to The Daily Charitable Trust, Te Puke) – The Hugo Group.
— The Hugo Group
Real property
Home – Belgium
Private home – Pukehina
Private home – Rotorua
Retirement schemes
ANZ KiwiSaver
— ANZ KiwiSaver
T&N McClay Superannuation Scheme
— T&N McClay Superannuation Scheme
04 Directorships Methodology →
as of 2026-05-27 02:21None recorded.
06 Trusteeships & beneficial trust interests
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08 Recent meetings (as minister) Methodology →
as of 2026-05-27 02:38
2026-01-29
Thu
2 entries
SPEAK: Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee (FADTC) briefing on India Free Trade Agreement
SPEAK: Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee (FADTC) briefing on India Free Trade Agreement
2026-01-28
Wed
4 entries
Hon Simon Watts, Hon Tama Potaka, Hon Chris Penk, Hon James Meager, and Hon Nicola Grigg
MEET: Hon Simon Watts, Hon Tama Potaka, Hon Chris Penk, Hon James Meager, and Hon Nicola Grigg
with: Hon Simon Watts, Hon Tama Potaka, Hon Chris Penk, Hon James Meager, Hon Nicola Grigg
MEET: Ministerial Pillar Group – Promoting Global Trade and Investment
with: Ministerial Pillar Group, Officials
ATTEND: India's National Day Reception
with: H.E Neeta Bhushan, High Commissioner of India
MEET
2026-01-27
Tue
4 entries
ATTEND: U.S. Mission - Parliament Welcome Back Event
MEET
MEET
Cabinet
2026-01-20
Tue
1 entry
ATTEND: World Economic Forum
09 Recent Hansard speeches
- 2026-05-19
10 Recent press releases
From Beehive.govt.nz. Most recent 10.
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2026-06-03Minister for Trade and Investment Todd McClay has held a productive bilateral meeting with French Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Attractiveness, Nicolas Forissier, while in Paris for the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting.
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2026-05-31Trade and Investment Minister Todd McClay is heading to the United Kingdom to jointly Chair the NZ-UK FTA Trade Committee meeting and to Paris to Vice-Chair the annual OECD Ministerial Council Meeting.
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2026-05-29Budget 2026 is backing the primary sector to boost returns and productivity, improve land management and resilience, Agriculture and Forestry Minister Todd McClay says.
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2026-05-20Minister for Trade and Investment Todd McClay will travel to China for bilateral trade talks, industry promotion and a meeting of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Trade Ministers.
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2026-05-19The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has today published the terms of reference for a statutorily required review on the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act (DIRA), Agriculture Minister Todd McClay says.
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2026-05-15The Government is strengthening plant variety rights (PVR) to protect investments underpinning high‑value exports, regional jobs and global demand for New Zealand produce.
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2026-05-06Trade and Investment Minister Todd McClay has welcomed the appointment of Ambassador Clare Kelly as Chair of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) General Council.
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2026-05-06Trade and Investment Minister Todd McClay has welcomed Costa Rica to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) today.
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2026-04-30Kiwi exports to the European Union have rocketed by $3 billion in just two years under the New Zealand-European Union Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
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2026-04-23Trade and Investment Minister Todd McClay departs for New Delhi today to sign the New Zealand – India Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
11 Recent ministerial speeches
From Beehive.govt.nz — conference keynotes and ministerial addresses (distinct from Hansard floor debates).
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2026-05-13Speech to The New Zealand Institute of International Affairs - International Trade in Troubled TimesGood evening, everyone. Thank you to the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs for the invitation to deliver this year's annual lecture. It’s a pleasure to be here.
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2025-12-02I am pleased to be among so many of New Zealand’s business leaders – people who are driving innovation, creating jobs, and shaping the future of our economy.
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2025-10-23Ladies and Gentlemen, distinguished guests, representatives from across the European Union and New Zealand - good morning and welcome to Auckland. Can I begin by acknowledging our co-hosts and the remarkable efforts that have brought us together today.
12 In the news Methodology →
50 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 18
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2026-06-04Most New Zealand exports, except a few, already faced a 10 percent import tariff to the multi-billion-dollar market.
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2026-06-04Bosses and executives leading New Zealand's multi-billion-dollar food and fibre sectors consider biosecurity and trade agreements their highest priorities, in a new industry survey.
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2026-06-03Most Kiwi exports to the US already face a 10 percent charge, but more could now be coming after a suprise announcement.
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2026-06-03Most Kiwi exports to the US already face a 10 percent charge, but more could now be coming after a suprise announcement.
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2026-05-29The government is investing $50,000 into helping a group of Hawke's Bay growers explore if they can buy the McCain Foods vegetable processing, set to close next year.
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2026-05-25Christopher Luxon, as then-Opposition leader, had said "you cannot trust having Stuart Nash in your caucus" following Nash's sacking as minister.
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2026-05-12Since the closure was announced meetings have been held to see if anything can be done to save the vegetable-growing industry in Hawke's Bay.
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2026-05-12The trade minister has warned that New Zealand lamb exports to the US could face increased tariffs from the Trump administration.
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2026-05-06With Costa Rica joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, New Zealand exports to the Central American nation are set to benefit.
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2026-05-05Explainer - It's a pretty simple equation, crisis or no crisis: New Zealand needs fuel, Singapore supplies fuel. Singapore needs food, New Zealand supplies food.
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2026-05-04Analysis - Christopher Luxon will be reassured fuel will continue to flow in, but painfully aware of the trouble brewing.
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2026-05-04Analysis - Christopher Luxon will be reassured fuel will continue to flow in, but painfully aware of the trouble brewing.
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2026-05-04The deal will be incorporated into the existing New Zealand-Singapore Free Trade Agreement.
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2026-05-03A partnership formed last October has already paid dividends during the ongoing Middle East oil crisis.
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2026-05-01Tnue's new facility - the only of its kind in New Zealand - was officially opened by Agriculture Minister Todd McClay on Friday.
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2026-04-30Analysis - Fractures between the coalition parties have been slowly expanding .
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2026-04-29Trade Minister Todd McClay said he told media the New Zealand First MP was "entitled to say what he wanted" - but it was not a widely held view.
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2026-04-29Parliament began this week with a Question Time in which the government was being pressed by ... another member of the government.
The Spinoff 11
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2026-06-02A characterisation made without rejection? Not on Nicola Willis’s watch. If you’ve been watching Nicola Willis over the past week, you might have noticed the finance minister is fond of responding to a question or statement thus: “I reject…
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2026-05-26From new rentals to redevelopments, some coalition MPs have been upping their ownership of residential properties. MPs from National, New Zealand First and Act have purchased or built at least 25 new rentals, investment properties or…
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2026-05-22A new board game seeks to teach young people the power of politics, without all the boring stuff. And it’s already approved by parliamentarians. Would you make a good politician? Do you have what it takes to gain influence, pass policies…
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2026-05-03TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman’s suspension from parliament has seen her dropped from a major international trip. Is it a problem that a journalist has herself become a story, asks Catherine McGregor in today’s excerpt from The…
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2026-05-03Indian politicians really seem to think we’ve made a massive economic commitment. One small problem: we don’t have any money. Indian prime minister Nahendra Modi’s X post about his country’s free trade agreement with New Zealand is…
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2026-04-28The NZ-India FTA has finally been inked and released in full. But just how free is this free trade agreement? You gotta hand it to prime minister Christopher Luxon, he defied the doubters and delivered a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with…
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Stuff 8
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2026-06-03Trade Minister Todd McClay says US President Donald Trump “is gonna do what [he’s] gonna do” on trade policy, as New Zealand faces the threat of a new 12.5% tariff.
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2026-05-14India’s negotiators threatened to walk out of trade talks with New Zealand over its persistent efforts to include dairy, New Zealand's chief trade official says.
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2026-05-12Judith Collins has given her valedictory speech at Parliament
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2026-05-04The agreement with Singapore guarantees neither country will impose export restrictions on the other and formalises supply chain resilience cooperation.
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2026-05-01Christopher Luxon is travelling to Singapore on Sunday to sign a deal with their prime minister.
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2026-04-29Shane Jones had said the India free trade deal would create a “butter chicken tsunami”.
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2026-04-27Trade and Investment Minister Todd McClay signed the New Zealand-India FTA in New Delhi on Monday.
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2026-04-27The agreement aims to double the value of New Zealand's exports within 10 years by opening access to a market of 1.4 billion people.
1News 6
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2026-06-04Store owner thrilled for community after selling $28m Lotto ticket; Thunderstorm warning as 'active front' moves over North Island; Four MPs banned from China after visiting Taiwan.
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2026-06-03"This is merely trying to find an actual legal base to put that tariff weight back in place," the Trade Minister said.
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2026-05-30Latest list offers a glimpse into the perks, freebies, and diplomatic treasures New Zealand politicians accepted over the past year.
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2026-05-20McCain has announced closing the Hastings operation but local farmers believe something can be salvaged.
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2026-05-12Since the closure was announced meetings have been held to see if anything can be done to save the vegetable-growing industry in Hawke's Bay,
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2026-05-12Veteran National Party MP farewells Parliament after 24 years with laughs and tears.
NZ Herald 3
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2026-05-15About 75% of New Zealand’s $3.5 billion kiwifruit exports in 2024 derived from protected varieties. Photo / David Hall
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2026-05-13Trade Minister Todd McClay says a US investigation into lamb is likely. Photo / RNZ, Samuel Rillstone
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2026-05-12Business owner Stuart Davies is among those affected by McCain closing its vegetable processing factory in Hastings. Photo / RNZ: Alexa Cook
Newsroom 2
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2026-05-19From The Detail: Immigration is looming as an election issue and being called a major social problem - but an expert says that's not the reality The post Immigration and the electoral cycle appeared first on Newsroom .
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2026-05-04Pressure claims a high-profile scalp from a campaign aimed at improving animal welfare standards The post ‘Hit job’ v ‘personal attacks’: Competing claims as high-profile farmer quits appeared first on Newsroom .
Otago Daily Times 2
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2026-06-05Beef + Lamb NZ chairwoman Kate Ackland talks trade with Trade Minister Todd McClay. PHOTOS: TIM CRONSHAW The Trump administration’s proposed 12.5% trade tariff based on forced labour concerns has baffled farmers just relieved beef remains…
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2026-06-03US President Donald Trump began announcing hefty tariffs last year for many countries in his plan to “Make America Wealthy Again”. Photo: GETTY IMAGES Soumya Bhamidipati of RNZ New Zealand could soon face a new 12.5% tariff from the United…
13 OIA disclosures Methodology →
1 releaseStrict-mode Official Information Act responses from FYI.org.nz that name this MP. Tenure-checked: each row represents a request whose subject period overlapped a role this MP held. Click through to read the full release on FYI.
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2026-05-07From Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet · role at the time: cabinet · partially successful · 3 attachments
12.5 Heard on radio
Verbatim segments from podcasts and radio where this MP was the speaker, attributed via the manually-reviewed voice-reference library and pre-seeked to the moment the segment starts.
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mike-hosking-breakfast Todd McClay: Trade Minister on the new round of tariffs proposed by Donald Trump 2026-06-03 · 50s
Uh well, yes, we did, actually. Uh I mean, you will have seen that we started at 10% on Liberation Day, then it went up to 15%. The US courts found that they hadn't used the right legal base for uh the tariffs are put on all countries of the world, which meant that they were illegal. They put uh just 10% in for 150 days and started a number of investigations, so we expected this. I I'm currently in Paris at the OECD, and so some of those other countries that were in the same club with uh the UK, uh, Switzerland, Australia, Chile are of the same view that I am, irrespective of what anybody has done. America's putting the tariff regime back in place and looking for a new legal base. At 12 and a half percent, that's actually probably lower than I thought it was going to be. I thought they just put the state 15% back in. But a country like Australia that was at 10% all the way through, uh, may well be going higher.
13 Commentary topics Methodology →
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14 Press topics Methodology →
Topics where major news outlets reported on this MP — preview of the top 2. Each row deep-links to the press lens; compare with commentary to spot convergence vs. divergence.
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