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Background
Hon Chris Penk is a New Zealand politician currently serving as Minister of Defence and Member of Parliament, most recently representing the Kaipara ki Mahurangi electorate [37] [40] [49] . Penk was educated at Kelston Boys' High School…
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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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The Barkley Trust The Barkley Trust (trustee and beneficiary)
- Debts owed by you
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SBS Bank SBS Bank – home loans
- Gifts
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The Eden Park Trust Coldplay concert tickets (x2) in Auckland (November 2024) – The Eden Park Trust
- Managed investment schemes
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Consilium Limited Synergy Investments – Consilium Limited
- Real property
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The Barkley Trust Family home (owned by The Barkley Trust) – Waitakere, Auckland
- Retirement schemes
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Australian Defence Force Superannuation Scheme Australian Defence Force Superannuation SchemeBooster KiwiSaver Booster KiwiSaver
Companies Office links
as of 27 May 2026Directorships, shareholdings, and trusteeships filed against this person in the Companies Office register.
Trusteeships
Recent press
50 articles across 7 outletsOtago Daily Times 15
- 'A couple of small, modular reactors': New pitch for nuclear power in NZ
- Defence on agenda as Luxon meets with Australian PM
- Take a study break on TV’s Love Island
- Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
- Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
- The percentage debate
- Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
- PM's office rules out change to nuclear-free status
- How to go back in time for just £25
- Weighty issues face SpaceX’s starship programme
- Cartoonist's view — Yeo
- 'What the f***!': Dame Lynda Topp blasts government in awards speech
- Dame Lynda Topp blasts government in emotional speech
- Announcements ahead of Budget 2026
- What's been announced ahead of Budget Day
RNZ 11
- Christopher Luxon, Anthony Albanese trade 'tongue-in-cheek' barbs after leaders' meeting
- No expectation NZ will revise nuclear-free stance, but there could be disadvantages - expert
- 'Couple of small, modular reactors': A new pitch for nuclear power in New Zealand
- Pacific news in brief for 5 June
- Christopher Luxon heads to Australia for annual meeting with Anthony Albanese
- Pete Hegseth's 'freeloading' snipe: Should NZ be worried?
- Non-negotiable: Christopher Luxon says nuclear-free stance not changing
- Nuclear free status changes not on the table, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's office says
- NZ prioritising talks with British, Australian navies to potentially replace Anzac frigates
- Budget 2026: What has been announced so far
- Defence minister receives a single briefing regarding the Iran war
Stuff 8
- US green lights sale of military helicopters to NZ in a $2.6b deal
- We aren’t ‘freeloaders’, and we won’t be changing our nuclear-free policy, PM says
- ‘Wellington created a monster’: What do people make of Wayne Brown’s governing style?
- Labour will ‘never change’ New Zealand’s nuclear-free status, Hipkins says
- ‘No surprise’: Government responds after Hegseth says NZ defence spending ‘not enough’
- Thousands of unclaimed WWII medals may never be returned to families
- Auckland faultline is now considered active - and could trigger a major earthquake
- You asked, Nicola Willis answered. Here’s what she said
1News 8
- Luxon, Albanese trade 'tongue-in-cheek' barbs after leaders' meeting
- US 'freeloading' claim puts heat on NZ's independent foreign policy
- Hipkins says new policy coming soon, Labour still working through Budget
- Discussion on NZ's anti-nuclear stance could be 'helpful' - Penk
- Pete Hegseth says NZ is 'freeloading' off American military
- Dame Lynda Topp blasts Government in awards show speech
- Govt's Budget 2026 spending and cuts – everything we know so far
- Govt's Budget 2026 spending and cuts – everything we know so far
The Spinoff 5
- Gone By Lunchtime: Hardcore lobbying and the emotional senior staffer
- This week shattered any illusions New Zealand is a faraway haven
- One MP, One Pint: Ricardo Menéndez March on why he’s grateful to Winston Peters
- New Zealand will stay nuclear free (mainly because it can’t afford not to)
- Are we really just a bunch of (military) freeloaders?