Tom Rutherford
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Tom Rutherford is a Member of Parliament [20] affiliated with the National Party [26] , representing the Bay of Plenty electorate [21] [22] . Rutherford is reported to have been educated at Victoria University of Wellington [17] , though…
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
03 Pecuniary interests (2025) Methodology →
as of 2026-05-27 02:2304 Directorships Methodology →
08 Recent meetings (as minister) Methodology →
09 Recent Hansard speeches
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12 In the news Methodology →
22 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 9
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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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2026-04-30Business travellers are among those reducing their visits to regions due to Air New Zealand ditching some flights, an expert says.
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2026-04-30Hundreds of residents attended a community meeting for updates on the re-opening of Mauao, nearly 100 days after a landslide killed six holiday-makers.
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2026-04-30Nelson mayor Nick Smith said the cuts were "disappointing news".
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2026-04-30Almost 100 days since the Mt Maunganui landslide that killed six holiday-makers, the first community meeting with council takes place tonight.
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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.
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The Spinoff 8
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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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2026-05-14The Bay of Plenty MP is the baby of the National Party, a newly-wed and a local boy ‘trying to do my best’. While it seems almost the whole of parliament is here to celebrate Pint of Order’s reopening, it’s not the typical place you’d find…
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2026-05-05The Labour MP reckons a strong cheehoo should be a prerequisite for the Pacific peoples ministerial position. It’s Labour MP Tangi Utikere’s birthday today, and when he tells you he’s only 21, you best believe him. Maybe getting a…
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2026-05-01Nicola Willis takes aim at Shane Jones, while Winston Peters clarifies he’s not a student of ‘Woketown University’. It was the right week for a huge development at parliament: the reopening of Pint of Order. A month-long dry spell was…
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Stuff 3
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2026-05-31Kevin McKillop and his family believe there are better places for the tower to go, but their calls have been ignored by Spark and it’s contractor Connexa.
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2026-05-26ome passengers will have flights changed between August and October as Air New Zealand moves early to avoid last-minute cancellations.
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2026-04-30Air New Zealand has announced a third round of cuts to domestic flight routes due to continued high jet fuel prices.
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2026-05-01More than 200 residents attended the Tauranga City Council Mauao update meeting. Photo / Ayla Yeoman
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13 Commentary topics Methodology →
Topics where op-eds, blogs and press releases mentioned this MP — preview of the top 2 over the last 12 weeks. Each row deep-links to the discourse lens.
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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