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Camilla Belich

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Directorships

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Camilla Belich is a New Zealand Labour Party Member of Parliament, entering Parliament from the party list in October 2020 [23] [31] . Before entering politics, Belich worked as a lawyer [12] , with her legal career spanning both New…

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01 Positions

• Committee Member — Justice

03 Pecuniary interests (2025) Methodology →

as of 2026-05-27 02:15

Beneficial interests in, and trusteeships of, trusts

The Belich Trust (beneficiary) — The Belich Trust (Beneficiary)

The Valerie Belich Trust (beneficiary) — The Valerie Belich Trust (Beneficiary)

Gifts

Christmas gift and merchandise (December 2024) – Newmarket Business Association — Newmarket Business Association

Complimentary tickets and hospitality at three Auckland Theatre Company shows (two tickets to two shows; one ticket to one show) – Auckland Theatre Company — Auckland Theatre Company

Free attendance at EMPA Conference and dinner (November 2024) – Emergency Media and Public Affairs Australasia — Emergency Media and Public Affairs Australasia

Free attendance at HASANZ conference (September 2024) – Health and Safety Association of New Zealand — Health and Safety Association of New Zealand

Smokefree Rockquest complimentary tickets (x2; September 2024) – Smokefree Rockquest — Smokefree Rockquest

Ticket and hospitality to the ASB Classic (January 2025) – Auckland Tennis sponsored by Lexus — Auckland Tennis

Real property

Family holiday home (discretionary beneficial interest; owned by The Belich Trust) – Waikanae Beach — The Belich Trust

Family home (jointly owned) – Auckland

Former family home (jointly owned leasehold property) – London, United Kingdom

Retirement schemes

AMP KiwiSaver — AMP KiwiSaver

UNISON Staff Pension Scheme (no contribution since 2016) – L&G, Wellington Management, Standard Life, Pyford — UNISON Staff Pension Scheme

04 Directorships Methodology →

as of 2026-05-27 02:15

None recorded.

06 Trusteeships & beneficial trust interests

• The Valerie Belich Trust

  Beneficiary
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• The Belich Trust

  Beneficiary
  active

08 Recent meetings (as minister) Methodology →

No meetings recorded.

09 Recent Hansard speeches

• Oral Question 10: Public Service and Digitising Government
  2026-05-26
• Debates — Handling of Documents Under Official Information Act—Prime Minister’s Office
  2026-05-26
• Bills — Summary Offences (Move-on Orders) Amendment Bill
  2026-05-26
• Oral Question 11: Public Service and Digitising Government
  2026-05-21
• Bills — Summary Offences (Move-on Orders) Amendment Bill
  2026-05-21
• Bills — Summary Offences (Move-on Orders) Amendment Bill
  2026-05-21
• Bills — Deepfake Digital Harm and Exploitation Bill
  2026-05-20
• Debates — General Debate
  2026-05-20
• Bills — Deepfake Digital Harm and Exploitation Bill
  2026-05-20
• Bills — Public Finance (Prohibition on Providing Public Funds to Gangs) Amendment Bill
  2026-05-20

12 In the news Methodology →

50 articles

Coverage from RNZ, Stuff, NZ Herald, ODT, 1News, Newsroom and The Spinoff that mentions this person. Click any source to expand. Article body markdown is captured separately and used for AI summarisation downstream.

RNZ 23

• New Zealand's Definitions of Woman and Man Bill and how the public can give submissions

  Explainer - A new bill would define gender in the law, and there's a month to make public submissions on it. Here's how.
  2026-06-01
• The House: Slavery and curriculum subject deaths squeezed in around the edges

  Select Committee segued sharply from slavery to hear from teachers horrified to find that their specialist subject areas have been dumped.
  2026-05-28
• Hundreds gather in Wellington for PSA protest against proposed public service cuts

  At Sunday's demonstration, workers and union leaders warned of burnout, unemployment and deepening pressure on communities across New Zealand.
  2026-05-24
• Chamber blowback: The third law of political motion

  In the interplay between government and Parliament actions spark reactions, like a political version of Newton's third law of motion.
  2026-05-21
• Deepfake bill passes first reading in Parliament

  The Bill would expand the definition of 'intimate visual recording' in the Crimes Act.
  2026-05-20
• Huge relief or 'pretending there's a problem'? National's sexual offenders policy

  A defence lawyer says it wouldn't make much difference to sentencing, while a victims' advocate says it would be a huge relief for survivors.
  2026-05-18
• Huge relief or 'pretending there's a problem'? National's sexual offenders sentencing policy

  A defence lawyer says it wouldn't make much difference to sentencing, while a victims' advocate says it would be a huge relief for survivors.
  2026-05-17
• Anti-slavery law uses new rules to bypass ballot

  In a historic first, Parliament used a new rule to debate slavery legislation that has wide support in the House, but that government coalition partners don't agree on.
  2026-05-03
• National insists coalition is stable, even as cracks begin to show

  Analysis - Fractures between the coalition parties have been slowly expanding .
  2026-04-30
• New prisoner segregation rules get 'dignity, not sympathy' response from MPs

  A proposed new law would allow more prisoner segregation, but also mandate basic rights. MPs agree prisons should 'reflect our shared view of humanity', even for those who 'deserve the least sympathy'.
  2026-04-30
• Green MP's overdose bill passes first hurdle

  Kahurangi Carter's member's bill aims to prevent low-level drug prosecutions against those who call in suspected overdoses.
  2026-04-30
• Green MP Kahurangi Carter's overdose bill passes first hurdle

  Kahurangi Carter's member's bill aims to prevent low-level drug prosecutions against those who call in suspected overdoses.
  2026-04-29
• Law change will make workers' lives 'materially worse', MPs told

  Part-time and shift workers say they'll lose money under leave changes - but the minister in charge says it's unavoidable.
  2026-04-29
• Modern Slavery bill passes first reading under new Parliament rule

  The bill uses a new rule introduced in 2020 which allows a member's bill to be progressed so long as it has support from a majority of MPs who are not in the executive.
  2026-04-29
• Proposed leave bill will make workers' lives 'materially worse', select committee hears

  Part-time and shift workers say they'll lose money under leave changes - but the minister in charge says it's unavoidable.
  2026-04-29
• The House: Open mic night at Parliament

  Parliament's weekly free debate can give an insight into the mood and politics of both MPs and parties.
  2026-04-25
• Acc s financial squeeze the human toll
  2025-12-09
• Public service commission likely to run social media ads on public sector negotiations again
  2025-12-02
• Public service commission s social media advertising under independent review
  2025-12-01
• Calls for corporate manslaughter law 15 years after pike river tragedy
  2025-11-18
• Public service commission s ads targeting strike absolutely unbelievable labour
  2025-10-21
• Opposition s backbench overtakes national s on bills passed
  2025-08-21
• Two labour bills pass into law
  2025-08-21

The Spinoff 11

• A year after Luxon’s press secretary scandal, it’s still legal to secretly hit record

  The government says it hasn’t addressed the gaps in the law laid bare by the Michael Forbes scandal as it has a busy legislative agenda.  A year after the prime minister’s deputy chief press secretary was accused of secretly recording sex…
  2026-06-01
• One MP, One Pint: Camilla Belich on getting duped by a fake John Campbell

  Labour’s justice spokesperson was once interviewed by a teddy bear posing as one of our best-known broadcasters. Having passed three member’s bills over three years, you could say Labour MP Camilla Belich has luck on her side. But that…
  2026-05-26
• NZ First’s gender definition bill passes first parliamentary hurdle

  NZ First submits members’ bills the way other parties write press releases. This week, one made it all the way to the house, writes Catherine McGregor in today’s excerpt from The Bulletin. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, …
  2026-05-20
• One MP, One Pint: Parmjeet Parmar on Cliff Richard and the joy of McDonald’s coffee

  The Act Party MP is the only Indian politician in government, but she doesn’t want her ethnicity to define her.  Despite her efforts to remain personally opaque, Act’s Parmjeet Parmar is one of those MP who doubles as a magnet for online…
  2026-05-19
• Echo Chamber: Agreeing to disagree about India

  Nicola Willis takes aim at Shane Jones, while Winston Peters clarifies he’s not a student of ‘Woketown University’. It was the right week for a huge development at  parliament: the reopening of Pint of Order. A month-long dry spell was…
  2026-05-01
• Theres finally a bipartisan modern day slavery bill how will it work
  2026-02-02
• One mp one pint judith collins on leadership regrets and writing a murder mystery novel 2
  2026-01-08
• Echo chamber under more scrutiny act more stupidly
  2025-12-05
• One mp one pint calling bullshit on the government with duncan webb
  2025-10-10
• One mp one pint star signs and being woke with chris penk
  2025-08-27
• One mp one pint judith collins on leadership regrets and writing a murder mystery novel
  2025-08-21

Stuff 7

• ‘An unbearable contradiction’: The courtroom praise that left a woman feeling like throwing up

  Sitting in court, Tabetha Elliott heard how her abuser’s supporters had described his kindness, an experience she describes as an incredibly isolating "kick in the guts".
  2026-05-24
• MPs clash over ‘move on orders’ targeting beggars as young as 14

  The bill would allow police to issue move on orders to people as young as 14 for begging or rough sleeping in public spaces.
  2026-05-21
• Roche says public sector bosses have 'bought into' job cuts plan

  Live updates on the public service cuts.
  2026-05-20
• Live: Thousands of public sector jobs appear to be on the line with Budget set to introduce cuts target

  Stuff has confirmed Finance Minister Nicola Willis intends to book cost savings from slashed jobs against this year’s Budget by introducing a target.
  2026-05-18
• Students set to return to classes after death of ‘beloved principal’

  Students at central Auckland’s Ponsonby Intermediate School will return to class on Tuesday, following the death of principal Nick Wilson.
  2026-05-18
• Modern Slavery bill passes first reading under new Parliament rule

  A bill tackling modern slavery has passed its first reading with bipartisan support, marking a first for Parliament.
  2026-04-29
• Workers’ lives will be ‘materially worse’ after law change, MPs told

  Part-time and shift workers have told MPs they’ll lose money under proposed leave entitlement changes - but the minister in charge says that’s unavoidable.
  2026-04-29

NZ Herald 4

• Employment relations amendment bill passes amid uber worker concerns
  2026-02-17
• Real life national mp greg flemings hope for a less partisan parliament
  2026-02-10
• National labour unite over modern slavery legislation in parliament first
  2026-01-28
• Beehive diaries the old hands called in to set up pm elect christopher luxons beehive office a nervous wait for labours camilla belich lobbyists scramble to shift to a national government
  2023-10-21

1News 3

• Hundreds gather in Wellington for PSA protest against proposed cuts

  At Sunday's demonstration, workers and union leaders warned of burnout, unemployment and deepening pressure on communities across New Zealand.
  2026-05-24
• Election-year clash over job cuts: Union calls losses 'cruel and deep'

  Coalition partner ACT and lobby group the Taxpayers' Union said the Finance Minister was pulling her punches.
  2026-05-19
• Election-year clash over job cuts: Union calls losses 'cruel and deep'

  Coalition partner ACT and lobby group the Taxpayers' Union said the Finance Minister was pulling her punches.
  2026-05-19

Newsroom 1

• Modern slavery bill a triumph of parliamentary cooperation

  From The Detail: A Bill to trace modern slavery in the supply lines of businesses has the near complete approval of Parliament - here's what it does, and doesn't do The post Modern slavery bill a triumph of parliamentary cooperation…
  2026-04-30

Otago Daily Times 1

• Deepfake bill gets unanimous support

  The bill will target material purporting to depict a real, identifiable person, in genuine intimate circumstances. Photo: RNZ Giles Dexter of RNZ A member's bill seeking to criminalise non-consensual, sexually explicit deepfakes has passed…
  2026-05-20

13 Commentary topics Methodology →

Topics where op-eds, blogs and press releases mentioned this MP — preview of the top 2 over the last 12 weeks. Each row deep-links to the discourse lens.

26 Apr17 May31 May

Modern Slavery Legislation

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Anti-Slavery Commissioner

4

14 Press topics Methodology →

Topics where major news outlets reported on this MP — preview of the top 2. Each row deep-links to the press lens; compare with commentary to spot convergence vs. divergence.

26 Apr17 May24 May

Public Sector Cuts

6

Act Party Opposition

3

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