September 19, 2022
Ngāi Tahu Meager National’s Rangitata pick
National has selected lawyer James Meager from Ngai Tahu as its candidate for Rangitata candidate in the 2023 General Election.
The seat, which includes Timaru and Ashburton, was considered safe National before being won by Labour’s Jo Luxton in 2020.
Mr Meager is familiar with parliament, having worked as press secretary to deputy prime minister Paula Bennett and advisor to Opposition leaders Bill English and Simon Bridges before joining law firm Simpson Grierson in 2019.
He’s also the manawhenua liason for the Te Manahuna Aoraki Project, which aims to protect and revitalise the upper Mackenzie Basin and Aoraki Mount Cook National Park.