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MPs Pecuniary Interests

May 28th, 2009 at 8:00 am by David Farrar

The 2009 Register of MPs Pecuniary Interests has been published. Some of the entries I found interesting:

  • Anti-Australian bank campaigner Jim Anderton still has shares in the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
  • Jacinda Ardern sounds like a young Che with her accommodation in Mexico for the International Union of Socialist Youth (which she chairs) paid for by the Partido de la Revolución Democrática of Mexico.
  • Agriculture Minister David Carter has an extra incentive to have a successful agricultural sector as he has shares in most rural companies.
  • Judith Collins was gifted a Blake Twigden painting.
  • Roger Douglas has shares in most of the NZX50!
  • Attorney-General Chris Finlayson gets royalties from a legal text he wrote (before he was AG).
  • Most of the Green MPs are involved with the Green Futures Superannuation Trust that buy properties in Wellington for them to live in, charging the taxpayer the rent.
  • David Garrett has an interest in a Tongan waste management company.
  • Nathan Guy has around six family trusts.
  • Kevin Hague is involved with Mountain Biking NZ so presumably a big fan of the cycleways.
  • John Key has set up a blind trust.
  • Melissa Lee has interests in three martial arts companies.
  • Paul Quinn has shares in Xero (like me).
  • Heather Roy pays her territorials salary to the RSA.
  • Nick Smith has had some contribution to his legal fees in Osmose v Wakeling & Smith from Parliamentary Service, as approved by the Speaker.

Related posts:

  1. Pecuniary Interests
  2. 2010 MPs Register of Pecuniary Interests
  3. The 2012 Register of Pecuniary Interests
  4. NZ First opposed Pecuniary Interests Register
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14 Responses to “MPs Pecuniary Interests”

  1. Danyl Mclauchlan (1,042) Says:
    May 28th, 2009 at 8:19 am

    Roger Douglas has shares in most of the NZX50!

    I suspect most of them have extensive share holdings, Douglas just owns his directly instead of through a trust.

    #
    # Agriculture Minister David Carter has an extra incentive to have a successful agricultural sector as he has shares in most rural companies.

    Wheeeeeeee!

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  2. Patrick Starr (3,673) Says:
    May 28th, 2009 at 8:19 am

    I’m always fascinated by Fitzsimmons F&P shares – (how much do they pay those dudes in Mexico again?)

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  3. Murray (8,833) Says:
    May 28th, 2009 at 8:24 am

    How many MP’s are worth less than a million David?

    Or are they ALL rich pricks?

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  4. Patrick Starr (3,673) Says:
    May 28th, 2009 at 8:25 am

    “Or are they ALL rich pricks?” …………..and white….and from Remuera?

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  5. Murray (8,833) Says:
    May 28th, 2009 at 8:27 am

    Hey Trevor, hows the naughty mat?

    Telling the current speaker how the last speaker did things is not the smartest thing you’ve ever done. Not the dumest either but there’s more competition at that end of the scale.

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  6. nh (20) Says:
    May 28th, 2009 at 8:30 am

    That Fitzsimons is a sly one. How many Fletcher Building shares does she have ? The insulation side of the business just got a bit of a boost. Imagine the outcry if a Nat was pinned for the same thing.

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  7. Tom Mathews (6) Says:
    May 28th, 2009 at 8:37 am

    “Anti-Australian bank campaigner Jim Anderton still has shares in the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.”

    He’s obviously trying to turn it into a New Zealand-owned bank, one share at a time. At least he puts his money where his mouth is! It amazes me how many people complain about the banks being based in Australia but don’t click that they’re publicly traded.

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  8. Murray (8,833) Says:
    May 28th, 2009 at 8:40 am

    Apprently not as many people trade bank shares as you think Tom.

    How is the weather in Remuera today?

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  9. stephen (4,063) Says:
    May 28th, 2009 at 8:47 am

    Agriculture Minister David Carter has an extra incentive to have a successful agricultural sector as he has shares in most rural companies.

    Eh? That seems to be uneasily similar to how the last Minister of Racing was a ‘friend’ of the racing industry. Of course Carter doesn’t have his own party…

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  10. Tuija (220) Says:
    May 28th, 2009 at 9:39 am

    Agriculture Minister David Carter has an extra incentive to have a successful agricultural sector as he has shares in most rural companies.
    However he knows little about pig farming

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  11. Doug (400) Says:
    May 28th, 2009 at 10:28 am

    Tuija
    He knows more than you think, he looks over the floor in Parliament and sees how the pigs have had their noses in the trough for Nine long years.

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  12. backster (1,804) Says:
    May 28th, 2009 at 12:47 pm

    Nice one DOUG

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  13. Right of way is Way of Right (1,056) Says:
    May 28th, 2009 at 3:43 pm

    Heather Roy’s disposal of her Territorial Force Salary to the RSA is very interesting. I note how the media have not exactly trumpeted that one!

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  14. Right of way is Way of Right (1,056) Says:
    May 28th, 2009 at 3:48 pm

    I wonder if the PM will have Barack over for a meal the next time they are both in their Hawaiian Holiday Homes??

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