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Career MP Salary
$1,317,551
8 years tracked
Career MP Expenses
$356,764
8 years of data
Profile1mo agoParliament1mo ago
Professional Background
Updated 2 Apr 2026Harete Makere Hipango (born 1964 or 1965) is a New Zealand politician. She was a member of parliament in the House of Representatives for the National Party and sat on the Māori Affairs Committee. Hipango served as MP for the Whanganui electorate from 2017 to 2020 but was defeated in the 2020 general election. However, after National MP Nick Smith resigned in May 2021, she re-entered Parliament in June 2021 as a list MP. She failed to be re-elected at the 2023 election.
Salary & Role History
8 years of remuneration data| Year | Primary Role | Salary Category | Annual Salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Ordinary MP | Ordinary MP | $178,551(highest) |
| 2023 | Ordinary MP | Ordinary MP | $163,000 |
| 2022 | Ordinary MP | Ordinary MP | $163,000 |
| 2021 | Ordinary MP |
Cross-Sector Roles
Crown Entity Roles (2)
- Member of Parliament
- Member of Parliament
Declared Financial Interests
5 years of declarations20237 declared interests▼
Retirement Schemes (1)
- •Booster KiwiSaver
Debts (Mortgages & Loans) (2)
- •ASB Bank – home mortgage, personal loan
- •Bank of New Zealand – personal loan
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Data Sources
- MP expenses from Parliament.nz
- CE remuneration from Te Kawa Mataaho
- Financial interests from Register of Pecuniary Interests
About this profile
This profile aggregates publicly-available information from 5 source registers for the purpose of cross-platform governance and transparency research. Every fact is sourced from one of the public publications listed below; the aggregation, presentation and any analytical observations are published by PublicData.
Source registers used on this page
- Parliament.nz (MP register of pecuniary interests)
- Te Kawa Mataaho public-service appointment records
- NZ Government Gazette appointment notices
- Remuneration Authority salary determinations
- Companies Office records (for company directorships)
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