- Kind
- Electorate & list
- Source
- elections-wikipedia
- As of
- 4 May 2026
Background
Carl Bates is a New Zealand National Party Member of Parliament representing the Whanganui electorate [34] [42] . According to a secondary source, Bates began university at the age of 15 [28] and went on to complete a Bachelor of Business…
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 / disputed.
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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Enchanted Trust Enchanted Trust (beneficiary)Raewyn Bates Family Trust Raewyn Bates Family Trust (beneficiary)The Carpe Diem Trust The Carpe Diem Trust (beneficiary)
- Debts owed by you
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Bank of New Zealand Bank of New Zealand – mortgage on family homeInvestec (South Africa) Investec (South Africa) – mortgage on former family homeThe Carpe Diem Trust The Carpe Diem Trust – personal loan*Westpac Bank Westpac Bank – mortgage on former family home
- Debts owed to you
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Protea Kowhai Holdings (Pty) Limited Protea Kowhai Holdings (Pty) Limited – business loan*Sirdar South Africa (Pty) Limited Sirdar South Africa (Pty) Limited – business loan
- Gifts
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New Zealand Game Animal Council Parliamentary Hunting Trip (one night and hinds) – New Zealand Game Animal Council
- Other companies and business entities
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Greenplan (Dunmore West 2000) Forest Partnership No. 47 Greenplan (Dunmore West 2000) Forest Partnership No. 47 – forestry
- Real property
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Family home – WhanganuiFormer family home (in trust) – ManawatūRental apartments (x2, in trust) – WellingtonRental property (in trust) – Whanganui
- Retirement schemes
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Craigs KiwiSaver Craigs KiwiSaverNinety-One Retirement Annuity Fund Ninety-One Retirement Annuity Fund – Ninety-One (South Africa)
Companies Office links
as of 27 May 2026Directorships, shareholdings, and trusteeships filed against this person in the Companies Office register.
Trusteeships
Recent press
17 articles across 5 outletsRNZ 10
- Thousands sign petition to allow autistic 5-year-old to stay in NZ
- The House: Most parties find common ground against 'digital robber barons'
- Law change will make workers' lives 'materially worse', MPs told
- Proposed leave bill will make workers' lives 'materially worse', select committee hears
- Social media ban backed by online harm inquiry prompting act disagreement
- Porangahau residents want forestry law changes after massive blaze
- Whanganui embraces chance to host waikato medical school s placements
- Tech giants warn against banning under 16s from social media
- Inquiry to look into national s carl bates failure to declare properties
- Mediawatch property news pumping up the market