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The Bay of Plenty's four elected MPs accrued a combined total of $66, 181 in expenses between January 1 and March 31 this year.
Te Ururoa Flavell, who is the MP for the Bay of Plentys Maori electorate Waiariki topped the expenses list with $22 004.
Bay of Plenty electorate MP Tony Ryall, who is also the Minister of Health, came in second with $19 431.
Tauranga MP Simon Bridges expenses totalled $15 895 followed by Rotorua MP Todd McClay who had a significantly lower bill of $8 851.
Todd did not incur any expenses for out of town accommodation during the three month period.
The expenses claims are for Wellington accommodation, out of town accommodation, air travel and surface travel.
The four MPs racked up over $400 000 in expenses during 2009.
2 comments
what a shocker
Posted on 01-05-2010 08:10 | By eunice s
So Simon spent $15000 on travel and acomodation in 3 months, but what about the time parliament was not sitting? All MPs seem to be keen to travel travel travel and get airpoints at the taxpayer expense. I want to know how much overseas travel these men will be doing this year?
In the trough
Posted on 30-04-2010 14:42 | By SpeakUp
We don t need separate Tauranga and Western BoP Councils nor do we need separate Maori electorates, doubling public expenses. Having to pay for so many politicians is a most expensive employment scheme. Reduction of the amount of superfluous public servants is essential. To pay them unemployment benefit is cheaper than sponsoring self-serving bureaucracy.
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