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Background
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]…
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Pecuniary interests
2025 register · as of 27 May 2026As a sitting MP, this candidate files an annual Register of Pecuniary and Other Specified Interests. Items below are the most recent declarations from the Register.
- Beneficial interests in, and trusteeships of, trusts
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Coulter family trust Coulter family trust (trustee)
- Company directorships and controlling interests
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Kazzer Services Limited Kazzer Services Limited – New Zealand - made clothing and property management
- Debts owed by you
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Bank of New Zealand Bank of New Zealand – mortgage
- Managed investment schemes
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Bank of New Zealand YouWealth account – Bank of New Zealand
- Real property
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Family home (jointly owned) – Auckland
- Retirement schemes
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Bank of New Zealand Bank of New Zealand KiwiSaver
Companies Office links
as of 4 Jun 2026Directorships, shareholdings, and trusteeships filed against this person in the Companies Office register.
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Recent press
50 articles across 5 outletsRNZ 23
- Bill seeking to legally define the terms 'man' and 'woman' passes first reading
- Children s commissioner launches anti abuse dear children campaign
- Government urged to ditch second military style boot camp
- Oranga tamariki aims to use new design for young offenders boot camp in march
- Women s refuge ceo ang jury passes the mantle after three decades
- Report finds a quarter of women abused by partner
- Lessons from boot camp trial oranga tamariki says but earlier reviews showed same themes
- Govt halts new puberty blockers prescriptions for gender affirming care
- New zealand pushes pause on puberty blockers pending uk trial
- Implementation of boot camp rushed report concludes
- Children s minister accepts state care harm statistics didn t provide full picture
- Held alone in cells for days are secure units being used too often and for too long
- State care residences report first recorded reductions in harm
- Formal warnings issued to members of glorivale who silenced babies and children by covering their mouths and noses
- Te oranga facility that closed after child was put in headlock by staff to reopen
- Mother of tom phillips children does not know when she will get to see them
- At risk youths build confidence on outdoor adventure expedition
- Minister ot hail boot camp success despite majority reoffending
- Children s minister karen chhour criticised for lack of transparency over bootcamps
- David seymour calls te pati maori race fanatics after karen chhour comments
- Youths on roof not a protest children s minister karen chhour
- Children s minister karen chhour says oranga tamariki s legal difficulties an operational matter
- High court reserves decision on waitangi tribunal summons to minister for children karen chhour
NZ Herald 17
- Minister for children karen chhour visits all 72 oranga tamariki sites
- Maori advisory group disappointed at claims by family violence prevention minister karen chhour
- Family violence prevention minister karen chhour ditches maori name for agency forming new group instead of maori only one
- Boot camps te pati maori mp says karen chhour does not understand essence of being maori in heated exchange
- Karen chhour steps back from abuse redress decisions due to potential payout
- Childrens minister karen chhour claims a third bootcamp participant accused of reoffending
- Childrens minister karen chhour disappointed but relieved bootcamp absconders found after alleged carjacking
- Boot camps childrens minister karen chhour wont take personal responsibility if inappropriate actions in military style academies
- Boot camps childrens minister karen chhour admits risks of allowing providers to use force against children in leaked document
- Auditor general inquiry into oranga tamariki childrens minister karen chhour says she welcomes scrutiny
- Debbie ngarewa packer cites govts threat to maori in defence of mocking tearful childrens minister karen chhour
- Act mp karen chhour breaks down over bullying behaviour in parliament
- Karen chhour oranga tamariki quizzed over public sector job cuts
- Karen chhour and the waitangi tribunal pm david seymour respond to latest court ruling
- Court of appeal overturns high court decision on waitangi tribunal karen chhour summons
- Waitangi tribunal v mp karen chhour the government needs a plan b as high court decision looms audrey young
- Crown challenge to waitangi tribunal summons of karen chhour set to be heard today
The Spinoff 7
- Introducing Democrasee, the political board game tested by MPs
- Government considering ban on virginity testing
- One mp one pint green mp kahurangi carter wants you to make more memes
- What christopher luxon did last week while saying no to qas jack tame
- One mp one pint karen chhour on state care self care and being the sober driver
- One mp one pint a visit to wellingtons last true public bar with greg oconnor
- Echo chamber burn baby burn the bill