MPs have just been given a near 2.5 percent pay rise.
It means a backbencher's pay will rise almost $4,000 to $160,000 a year, while Prime Minister John Key's pay jumps $11,000 to $459,739 a year.
MPs have just been given a near 2.5 percent pay rise.
It means a backbencher's pay will rise almost $4,000 to $160,000 a year, while Prime Minister John Key's pay jumps $11,000 to $459,739 a year.