MPs Pecuniary Interests
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.