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2010 MPs Register of Pecuniary Interests

May 19th, 2010 at 9:00 am by David Farrar

The Register is here. Some of the interesting parts:

  • Jim Anderton still has his shares in the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. He forces taxpayers to fund Kiwibank while he invests in the evil Australian banks
  • Jacnda Ardern had trips to Hungary, Thailand and Argentina as part of her role as President of the International Union of Socialist Youth
  • David Bennett got free tickets to the Tua vs Cameron fight – lucky bastard.
  • Cam Calder is a share holder in Vibration Technology International Limited – guessing this is not an offshoot of DVice?
  • Ashraf Choudary part owns 21 acres in Pakistan
  • Paul Hutchison has shares in South Pacific Star Cinemas Limited
  • John Key’s gifts range from bottled water to Top Gear tickets to glass urns with gold embossing
  • Wayne Mapp had presents from the Vietnamese Communist Party and the Chinese People’s Liberation Army
  • Nicky Wagner has an interest in the Timelord Trust – is she from Galifrey?
  • Pansy Wong has shares in the Christchurch Gondola

UPDATE: I missed that TVNZ paid for Darren Hughes to fly to the USA for the Breakfast show. An unusual decision!

Related posts:

  1. The 2012 Register of Pecuniary Interests
  2. 2011 register of MPs Interests
  3. Parliament Register of Interests
  4. NZ First opposed Pecuniary Interests Register
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15 Responses to “2010 MPs Register of Pecuniary Interests”

  1. krazykiwi (9,188) Says:
    May 19th, 2010 at 9:27 am

    Jacnda Ardern had trips to Hungary, Thailand and Argentina as part of her role as President of the International Union of Socialist Youth

    How much public money finds its way to IUSY? Does anyone know? It’s the type of organisation I could see Clark having quitely helped payroll at the taxpayers expense.

    [DPF: IUSY is primarily funded by parties and unions, not Governments. However it pick up Government funding for specific activities. As far as I know NZG has not provided any funding]

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  2. scrubone (2,321) Says:
    May 19th, 2010 at 9:30 am

    I haven’t checked yet, but how many National and Act MPs have declared their shared in Evil Inc, the business arm of the VRWC?

    :)

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  3. Inventory2 (8,811) Says:
    May 19th, 2010 at 9:48 am

    The irony of Jim’s CBA shareholding is great! All we need now is for Fran Mold to buttonhole him like she did with John Key before the last election over HIS shares. Oh, that’s right; it’s ok for some; just not for others …

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  4. Murray (8,832) Says:
    May 19th, 2010 at 9:49 am

    Nicky Wagner is actually Patrick Troughton.

    Well have you ever seen them together?

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  5. peterwn (2,166) Says:
    May 19th, 2010 at 9:52 am

    Krazykiwi – IUSY probably funded from compulsory students associations around the world.

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  6. Manolo (9,951) Says:
    May 19th, 2010 at 10:16 am

    “Ashraf Choudary part owns 21 acres in Pakistan”

    I’ll chip in a few dollars to buy this devout Muslim a one-way ticket to that wonderful land.

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  7. Tim Ellis (253) Says:
    May 19th, 2010 at 10:22 am

    I wonder why Chris Carter didn’t declare his trip to St Kitts in January on the register. According to http://carter.org.nz/?p=479 , “All costs related to Chris Carter’s role in the Caribbean and New York will be met by the Commonwealth Office.” Shouldn’t this have appeared on the register of pecuniary interests?

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  8. Will de Cleene (485) Says:
    May 19th, 2010 at 10:22 am

    Mmmm, it’s trustalicious!

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  9. david (2,305) Says:
    May 19th, 2010 at 10:29 am

    How many stuck up snobs declare their honorary degrees in their signature panel? Bazely is a tosser

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  10. Phil Lyth (12) Says:
    May 19th, 2010 at 12:51 pm

    Tim, I suspect that the answer is from Appendix B of Standing Orders, clause 7(2)

    [Travel info] does not have to be included in the return if the travel costs or accommodation costs (as the case may be) were paid by the following or any combination of the following:
    (a) the member:
    (b) the member’s spouse or domestic partner:
    (c) any parent, child, step-child, foster-child, or
    grandchild of the member:
    (d) the Crown:
    (e) any State government or international parliamentary organisation, if the primary purpose of the travel was
    in connection with an official parliamentary visit.

    You could ask Bazley if she judged that 7(2)(e) covered the trip

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  11. Graeme Edgeler (2,938) Says:
    May 19th, 2010 at 12:55 pm

    IUSY probably funded from compulsory students associations around the world.

    There aren’t compulsory students’ associations around the world. We’re pretty much on our own having statutorily-mandated Student Association membership (two or three others, I think).

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  12. Tim Ellis (253) Says:
    May 19th, 2010 at 1:30 pm

    Phil, thank you for that information.

    I would be surprised if a Commonwealth election monitoring trip was deemed to be “an official parliamentary visit”. An official parliamentary visit would appear to be a visit approved and/or nominated by the Speaker.

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  13. Phil Lyth (12) Says:
    May 19th, 2010 at 1:53 pm

    Tim, I’ll leave it to you to follow through with Speaker Smith and Dame Margaret then. As an aside, election monitoring is an ongoing activity for New Zealand MPs from across the spectrum.

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  14. Rex Widerstrom (4,965) Says:
    May 19th, 2010 at 4:38 pm

    After a visit to Hungary, Thailand and Argentina I’d have thought anyone with half a brain would renounce socialism. Oh, wait…

    The Timelord Trust? It’s a sad reflection on my personality that I’d take shares in that even though I have no idea what it does or even if it’s losing vast swathes of money, just so I could print it on my business cards.

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  15. Barnsley Bill (855) Says:
    May 19th, 2010 at 5:56 pm

    I wonder if TVNZ were filming a pilot for one of those shows where they reunite family members from the other side of the world. For those who remember what the Ginga was doing in the states that should ring a bell.

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