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- 4 May 2026
Background
Hon Penny Simmonds is the National Party Member of Parliament for Invercargill, first elected to that seat in 2020 [29] [39] . Prior to entering Parliament, Simmonds served as Chief Executive of the Southern Institute of Technology (SIT)…
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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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EM Simmonds Trust EM Simmonds Trust (trustee and beneficiary)Penny Simmonds Family Trust Penny Simmonds Family Trust (trustee and beneficiary)
- Real property
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Family cribs (x3; owned by family trust) – Riverton, SouthlandFamily home and farm (jointly owned) – Mabel Bush, SouthlandFarm (jointly owned) – Ryal Bush, SouthlandRental property (owned by family trust) – Invercargill
- Retirement schemes
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AMP KiwiSaver AMP KiwiSaver
Companies Office links
as of 27 May 2026Directorships, shareholdings, and trusteeships filed against this person in the Companies Office register.
Trusteeships
Recent press
39 articles across 6 outletsRNZ 20
- Government overhauls tertiary institutions' research funding system
- What scientists really think of this year's Budget
- Scientists not holding out hope for big Budget boost after year of cuts and sector overhaul
- Government considered phasing out fees-free university scheme before axing it
- Political parties negotiate controversial Gene Technology Bill, as progress stalls
- 95 percent of fast track amendment bill submitters opposed to changes
- Minister raises concerns over fish heading south due to warming waters
- Vocational education minister reveals first polytech council appointments post te pukenga
- Uk bans wet wipes containing plastics but nz won t government says
- Penny simmonds concerned less than 50 percent of trainees completing apprenticeships
- Schools across aotearoa reaffirm commitment to te tiriti o waitangi after changes to education act
- Education minister erica stanford marks ministry 7 10 doubling previous rating
- Gore district plan delayed until 2026
- Environment minister accused of using position to influence council s legal process
- About 190m needed to restart polytechnics consultants reports
- Government announces 2m for tasman flood waste clean up
- Vocational education penny simmonds says staff to student ratios at polytechnics abysmal
- Media minister melissa lee demoted from cabinet penny simmonds stripped of portfolio
- Labour s chris hipkins says disability minister penny simmonds should be sacked
- Wananga must be protected term penny simmonds
NZ Herald 9
- Political parties negotiate on controversial Gene Technology Bill, as progress stalls
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- Government taken to court over tectonic changes to disability funding
- Govt reveals mega ministry merger combining housing transport and environment
- Is te pukenga drowning in over 250m of debt executives reject penny simmonds claim say real figure is one fifth of that amount
- Planting a pretty flower garden when you cant pay the rent minister penny simmonds slams te pukenga priorities
- Prime minister christopher luxons reshuffle of melissa lee penny simmonds should keep all ministers on their toes claire trevett
- Election 2023 meet penny simmonds the invercargill mp tipped for cabinet
- Invercargill mp penny simmonds tells wellington to get out of the way