James Rawiri Meager[1] (born 1986 or 1987) is a New Zealand politician and Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for the National Party in the electorate of Rangitata.

[6] Prior to being elected to Parliament, Meager worked as a senior solicitor for Simpson Grierson,[7][8] and ran a consultancy firm.

He has also worked as a press secretary to Paula Bennett, as a staffer for Chris Bishop's parliamentary office, and an advisor to Bill English and Simon Bridges.

[10][11] Meager said his first priority as a member of parliament would be to ensure the building of a second bridge for Ashburton happened according to the planned timeframes.

[4] Perhaps to some I am a walking contradiction—you know, a part-Māori boy, raised in a State house by a single parent on the benefit, now a proud National Party MP in a deeply rural farming electorate in the middle of the South Island—but there is no contradiction there.