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Career MP Salary
$1,548,400
10 years tracked
Career MP Expenses
$534,170
10 years of data
Profile2w agoParliament2w ago
Professional Background
Updated 2 Apr 2026Gareth Thomas Llewelyn Hughes (born 31 October 1981) is a New Zealand activist and a former politician of the Green Party. He was a member of the New Zealand Parliament for eleven years, from 2010 to 2020. He first took a seat part way through the 49th Parliament as the next person on the Green party list following the retirement of Jeanette Fitzsimons in February 2010. He did not stand for re-election in the 2020 general election.
Salary & Role History
10 years of remuneration data| Year | Primary Role | Salary Category | Annual Salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Ordinary MP | Ordinary MP | $162,500(highest) |
| 2019 | Ordinary MP | Ordinary MP | $162,500(highest) |
| 2018 | Ordinary MP | Ordinary MP | $162,500(highest) |
| 2017 |
Cross-Sector Roles
Crown Entity Roles (3)
- Member of Parliament
- Member of Parliament
- Member of Parliament
Declared Financial Interests
10 years of declarations20206 declared interests▼
overseas travel costs (3)
- •Latvia – speaking and chairing panel at 7th World Parliamentarians Convention on
- •Tibet. Contributor to travel and accommodation: Tibet Information Office,
- •Canberra.
Debts (Mortgages & Loans) (1)
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Data Sources
- MP expenses from Parliament.nz
- CE remuneration from Te Kawa Mataaho
- Financial interests from Register of Pecuniary Interests