06 May 2025
Education initiatives an investment in our future
It’s been great to be out and about visiting primary schools across the Wairarapa electorate in recent weeks. A particular highlight was attending the launch of...
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 a member of the Primary Production Select Committee. He will remain a passionate advocate for provincial New Zealand.
Watch Mike’s Parliamentary Maiden Speech 31 January 2024
06 May 2025
It’s been great to be out and about visiting primary schools across the Wairarapa electorate in recent weeks. A particular highlight was attending the launch of...
14 April 2025
Welcome to ‘A message from Mike,’ the first edition for 2025. In this newsletter, you will find an update on what has been happening in the...
11 April 2025
Wairarapa Electorate Youth MP 2025 Mike Butterick MP for Wairarapa is delighted to announce Neeve Smith of Waipukurau as his representative at the NZ Youth Parliament...
10 April 2025
“My Member’s Bill, which will cut unnecessary red tape for hospitality venues was drawn from the biscuit tin today,” MP for Wairarapa, Mike Butterick says. “The...