Howard Neill Austin MBE (12 December 1924 – 24 June 2008) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.
Austin was born in 1924 in Rawene, a town on the south side of the Hokianga harbour.
Austin was on the Auckland Provincial Executive of Federated Farmers from 1969 to 1975, and was president of the Bay of Islands branch of the group from 1970 to 1975.
[4] Austin's son-in-law, tutor Chris Robertson, stood in the seat against Carter as the Labour Party candidate.
[5] In the 1994 Queen's Birthday Honours, Austin was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for public services.