Biography
Tākuta "Doc" Ferris is a New Zealand politician, currently representing Te Tai Tonga in the New Zealand House of Representatives as an independent. He was elected at the 2023 general election as a Te Pāti Māori candidate. Ferris was expelled from the party in November 2025.
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54th Parliament · since the 2023 general election
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Policies they shape — and why
Bills they’ve worked on
Voting record
Most votes in Parliament are party votes — MPs vote as a block with their party, so on the large majority of votes Tākuta Ferris voted the same way as Independent. The votes that reveal an MP’s own view are conscience (personal) votes, where MPs vote individually.
Tākuta Ferris’s conscience votes and key divisions this term are being added from the official record (Hansard / parliamentary divisions).
Declared interests
What Tākuta Ferris has declared in the official register — directorships, property, trusts, debts and gifts. Registers actual and potential conflicts of interest; it is not a measure of wealth.
6 Real property Rental property (jointly owned) – Ōtaki 7 Retirement schemes ASB KiwiSaver 14 Payment for activities Payment from M9 for speaking at their Treaty event in 2024 (not yet received) ANNUAL RETURNS AS AT 31 JANUARY 2025 21 Greg
Register of Pecuniary Interests (parliament.nz) · as at 31 January 2025Taxpayer-funded expenses
Travel and accommodation paid by Parliamentary Service for 1 October – 31 December 2025. Ministers’ expenses are disclosed separately.
Details sourced from parliament.nz and the public record. Bills, written questions, speeches and voting records are being added from Parliament’s official register and Hansard. Photo: Office of the Clerk, NZ House of Representatives, CC BY 4.0 (source ).