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Hon Karen Chhour
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Pecuniary interests
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Directorships
2 declared
Recent meetings
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Hon Karen Chhour is a New Zealand Member of Parliament affiliated with the ACT Party, currently serving as Minister for Children [11] [15] . Chhour is affiliated with ACT New Zealand, with her party membership recorded from 2020 [14] [15]…
AI-assembled biography sourced from Wikipedia, Hansard, Beehive and the Parliament register. Every claim is footnoted to a verbatim quote in one of the cited sources and tagged confirmed, unverified or disputed.
01 Positions
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Cabinet Minister — Children, Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence
03 Pecuniary interests (2025) Methodology →
as of 2026-05-27 02:17Beneficial interests in, and trusteeships of, trusts
Coulter family trust (trustee)
— Coulter family trust
(Trustee)
Company directorships and controlling interests
Kazzer Services Limited – New Zealand - made clothing and property management
— Kazzer Services Limited
(Director)
Debts owed by you
Bank of New Zealand – mortgage
— Bank of New Zealand
Managed investment schemes
YouWealth account – Bank of New Zealand
— Bank of New Zealand
Real property
Family home (jointly owned) – Auckland
Retirement schemes
Bank of New Zealand KiwiSaver
— Bank of New Zealand
04 Directorships Methodology →
as of 2026-06-04 17:19-
ended 2026-06-04Director
06 Trusteeships & beneficial trust interests
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activeTrustee
08 Recent meetings (as minister) Methodology →
as of 2026-05-27 02:35
2026-04-30
Thu
1 entry
Attend and Speech: Taumarunui Partnering Roopu Enabling Communities Launch
with: Invited guests
2026-04-29
Wed
3 entries
Pou Tangata Chair
Meeting: Pou Tangata Chair
with: Rahui Papa
Cabinet Social Outcomes Committee
Cabinet Social Outcomes Committee
The Centre officials
Meeting: The Centre officials
with: Officials and staff
2026-04-28
Tue
2 entries
Meeting: Child and Youth Ministers
with: Relevant Ministers, officials and staff
Oranga Tamariki officials
Meeting: Oranga Tamariki officials
with: Officials and staff
2026-04-24
Fri
3 entries
Visit: Mana Youth Home
Meeting: Wellstop
Meeting: Tautoko Tāne Male Survivors Taranaki
2026-04-23
Thu
4 entries
Meeting: Ngāruahine Iwi Health Services
Meeting: Te Ara Pae Trust
Meeting: YMCA Taranaki
Attend and Speech: Open Taranaki Safe Families Trust - Family and Sexual Violence Conference
with: Invited guests
2026-04-22
Wed
3 entries
Meeting: Ngāpuhi Iwi Social Services
with: Iwi members, officials and staff
Cabinet Social Outcomes Committee
Cabinet Social Outcomes Committee
Meeting: Oranga Tamariki Ministerial Advisory Board
with: Board members
2026-04-21
Tue
2 entries
Meeting: Social Investment Fund Ministers
with: Relevant Ministers, officials and staff
Cabinet Appointments and Honours Committee
Cabinet Appointments and Honours Committee
2026-04-20
Mon
4 entries
Oranga Tamariki officials
Meeting: Oranga Tamariki officials
with: Officials and staff
MEET
Meeting: Aroturuki Tamariki, the Independent Children's Monitor Board Chair
with: Dr Ang Jury ONZM
The Centre officials
Meeting: The Centre officials
with: Officials and staff
2026-04-17
Fri
1 entry
Meeting: Generation Hope Youth Rōpu
with: Youth Rōpu, officials and staff
2026-04-15
Wed
1 entry
Visit: Puketai Care and Protection Residence
with: Officials and staff
2026-04-14
Tue
3 entries
Meeting: Stronger Waitaki
MEET
MEET
2026-04-13
Mon
3 entries
Visit: Family Works South Canterbury
Visit: Arowhenua Whānau Services
Visit: Oranga Tamariki Regional Site Office
with: Officials and staff
2026-04-09
Thu
4 entries
Visit: Kāpiti Youth Services
MEET
MEET
MEET
2026-04-07
Tue
1 entry
Cabinet Business Committee
Cabinet Business Committee
2026-04-02
Thu
1 entry
MEET
2026-04-01
Wed
2 entries
Cabinet Social Outcomes Committee
Cabinet Social Outcomes Committee
MEET
2026-03-30
Mon
4 entries
Cabinet Appointments and Honours Committee
Cabinet Appointments and Honours Committee
with: Cabinet Committee members
MEET
Oranga Tamariki officials
Meeting: Oranga Tamariki officials
with: Officials and staff
The Centre officials
Meeting: The Centre officials
with: Officials and staff
2026-03-27
Fri
1 entry
MEET
2026-03-26
Thu
4 entries
Oranga Tamariki officials
Meeting: Oranga Tamariki officials
with: Officials and staff
Meeting: Ināia Tonu Nei
with: Ināia Tonu Nei, officials and staff
Meeting: Family Violence Sexual Violence Ministerial Group
with: Relevant Ministers, officials and staff
Cabinet Legislation Committee
Cabinet Legislation Committee
with: Cabinet Committee members
2026-03-25
Wed
1 entry
Cabinet Social Outcomes Committee
Cabinet Social Outcomes Committee
with: Cabinet Committee members
2026-03-24
Tue
2 entries
Cabinet Appointments and Honours Committee
Cabinet Appointments and Honours Committee
with: Cabinet Committee members
MEET
09 Recent Hansard speeches
12 In the news Methodology →
50 articlesCoverage 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.
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2026-05-20Supporters of the bill say it is a matter of clarity, but opposition parties have described it as divisive and a "time warp".
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2026-05-22A new board game seeks to teach young people the power of politics, without all the boring stuff. And it’s already approved by parliamentarians. Would you make a good politician? Do you have what it takes to gain influence, pass policies…
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Stuff 2
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2026-05-29The iwi leaders are particularity concerned about the high rate of Māori unemployment, which sits at 11.5%
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2026-05-20A new bill defining gender has been advanced to the Select Committee, following rigorous debate in the House on Wednesday night.
1News 1
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2026-05-20Supporters of a bill seeking to legally define the terms "woman" and "man" say it is a matter of clarity, but opposition parties have described it as divisive and a "time warp".
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.
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.
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