New ZealandMember of the House of RepresentativesNational PartyWairarapa · Wairarapa electorateMember of the New Zealand House of Representatives
Mike Butterick
Profile
Mike Butterick is a New Zealand politician and farmer who has served as a Member of the New Zealand House of Representatives for the Wairarapa electorate since 2023. In April 2026, he was appointed as the Minister for Land Information and associate Minister of Agriculture. Before entering Parliament, he was a long-time sheep and beef farmer in the Wairarapa region and served as a spokesperson for the rural lobby group Fifty Shades of Green, which advocates against the conversion of farmland into forestry. He is married with four children.
Details
- Born
- 1971 or 1972
- Birth place
- Mid-Canterbury, New Zealand
- Career
- Farmer, shepherd, Meat and Wool Chair of the Wairarapa branch of Federated Farmers, director of Wings over Wairarapa
