2026 MP Profile - Hoggard, Andrew - ACT

Andrew Hoggard holds four ministerial portfolios (Biosecurity, Food Safety, Associate Agriculture, Associate Environment), none of which directly touch aged care, NZ Super, retirement villages, health policy, housing, disability support, palliative care, or seniors policy. His ministerial work on food labelling (Health Star Ratings) and rural transport tangentially affects older consumers and rural seniors, but he has made no direct statements or taken specific policy positions on seniors issues. - No role in Health, Social Development, Housing, Seniors, or Disability portfolios - No select committee membership relevant to seniors (ministers generally do not serve on subject select committees) - No known statements on aged care, dementia, NZ Super, retirement villages, elder abuse, or carers - Rangitīkei electorate has a significant rural 65+ population, but as a List MP (not an electorate MP) this connection is indirect - His food safety work affects all consumers, including seniors, but is not seniors-specific No clear public position found on seniors-specific issues (aged care, NZ Super, retirement villages, dementia, disability support, palliative care, elder abuse, carers). The table below captures the most tangentially relevant positions from his portfolios. - Open Seat Rule for rural school transport (cost-saving for rural families) - Resource management reform — replacing RMA with property-rights-respecting system - Regulatory reduction across agriculture,