Come to have a winter chat with Mike Butterick MP for Wairarapa. He serves as Deputy Chair of the Environment Select Committee and a member of the Education and Workforce Committee, advocating passionately for provincial New Zealand. Mike, a Masterton-based sheep and beef farmer, grew up on a Canterbury farm and developed a passion for agriculture early on. He moved to the Wairarapa 30 years ago to shepherd and eventually worked towards farm ownership. Family is important to Mike, who has been married to Rachel for 29 years and has four children. As the elected MP for Wairarapa, Mike draws on his farming experience, emphasizing fiscal discipline and strategic planning.

Agenda:

Speaker:

Mike Butterick
Member for Wairarapa, National Party

Masterton-based sheep and beef farmer Mike Butterick pulled on a pair of gumboots early in life, growing up on a Canterbury farm, one of a family of seven. He developed a passion for agriculture early on. Thirty years ago he headed north to shepherd, settling in the Wairarapa, working towards farm ownership.

Family connection is important to him. He feels privileged to have been married to wife Rachel for twenty-nine years, they have four children, aged 20-26 years. He is incredibly proud of each of them, proud they have strong values, resourcefulness and the ability to work hard.

He believes he is very fortunate to have lived his dream. As the elected MP for Wairarapa he is delighted to have the opportunity to give back to the community that he has spent his adult life in. He believes his farming career has taught him many skills he can draw on in Parliament: fiscal discipline, the ability to plan strategically, to weigh up opportunities and to monitor progress.

Mike will apply his practical, logical, no-nonsense approach to his advocacy work in the electorate as well as in his work as Deputy Chair of the Environment Select Committee and member of the Education and Workforce Committee. He will remain a passionate advocate for provincial New Zealand.

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