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MP · #63
Dr Parmjeet PARMAR
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· ACT New Zealand
Pecuniary interests
20 items
Directorships
9 declared
Recent meetings
0 logged
01 Positions
03 Pecuniary interests (2025) Methodology →
as of 2026-05-27 02:22Beneficial interests in, and trusteeships of, trusts
King Family Trust (trustee and beneficiary)
— King Family Trust
(Trustee)
Company directorships and controlling interests
Core Ceuticals Pacific Limited (not trading)
— Core Ceuticals Pacific Limited
(Director)
King Trustee Management Limited – owns trust
— King Trustee Management Limited
(Director)
Kiwi Empire Confectionery Limited – confectionery and food manufacturing
— Kiwi Empire Confectionery Limited
(Director)
Nanak Deep Investments Limited – investment property
— Nanak Deep Investments Limited
(Director)
Debts owed by you
ANZ Bank – mortgage
— ANZ Bank
Debts owed to you
Bank of New Zealand – bank account
— Bank of New Zealand
King Family Trust – trust maintenance
— King Family Trust
Managed investment schemes
AMP Unit Trust (x2) – Lifetime Asset Management
— AMP Unit Trust
Other companies and business entities
Dreamland Distributors Limited (not trading)
— Dreamland Distributors Limited
Genesis Energy (shares) – power company
— Genesis Energy
(Shareholder)
Mercury NZ Limited (shares) – power company
— Mercury NZ Limited
(Shareholder)
Ninian Holdings Limited – retail business
— Ninian Holdings Limited
Vector Limited (shares) – power company
— Vector Limited
(Shareholder)
Real property
Commercial property – Mount Wellington, Auckland
Family home (owned by trust) – Eastern Beach, Auckland
Residential rental property – Half Moon Bay, Auckland
Residential rental property – Remuera, Auckland
Residential rental town houses (x4) – Bucklands Beach, Auckland
Retirement schemes
AMP KiwiSaver
— AMP KiwiSaver
04 Directorships Methodology →
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activeDirector
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ended 2026-05-29Director
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ended 2026-05-29Director
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ended 2026-05-29Director
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ended 2026-05-29Director
06 Trusteeships & beneficial trust interests
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activeTrustee
08 Recent meetings (as minister) Methodology →
No meetings recorded.
09 Recent Hansard speeches
- 2026-05-19
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- 2026-05-13
12 In the news Methodology →
43 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.
RNZ 18
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2026-05-29The Social Security (Modernisation) Amendment Bill was rushed through Parliament on Friday under urgency.
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2026-05-29Coalition parties say the proposed law would make welfare system administration more efficient.
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2026-05-18Organised by the Indian Cultural Society Waikato, the meeting brought Māori, Indian and wider South Asian communities together under one roof.
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2026-05-15While she remains committed to introducing legislation this year, the Prime Minister wants it before the election.
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2026-05-14Labour, National and most small parties have reached broad agreement on the issue of online harm faced by young New Zealanders.
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2026-05-10The government wants to replace the heavy hand of the state with self-regulation for media. Would that work?
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2026-05-05Elements of the policy are likened to a discriminatory poll tax that was imposed on Chinese immigrants from the 19th century.
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2026-05-01MPs questioned the Broadcasting Standards Authority's role in the digital era during a select committee briefing, while the regulator also signalled a need for reform.
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2026-04-30The haka performed by a former Te Pāti Māori president last month appeared to mock Indian cultural practices.
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2026-04-30Analysis - Fractures between the coalition parties have been slowly expanding .
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2026-04-30The haka performed by a former Te Pāti Māori president last month appeared to mock Indian cultural practices.
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2026-04-25Parliament's weekly free debate can give an insight into the mood and politics of both MPs and parties.
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2026-04-25New translations reveal slurs that organisers and anti-racism groups say have no place on the "highly esteemed" stage.
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The Spinoff 13
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2026-05-31I grew up thinking I was a Kiwi. As a young person, I thought Kiwis were born in Aotearoa, grew up here, or made it home. I didn’t think there was any more to it – turns out I was wrong. The word Kiwi comes from te reo Māori, but Māori…
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2026-05-26From new rentals to redevelopments, some coalition MPs have been upping their ownership of residential properties. MPs from National, New Zealand First and Act have purchased or built at least 25 new rentals, investment properties or…
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2026-05-19The Act Party MP is the only Indian politician in government, but she doesn’t want her ethnicity to define her. Despite her efforts to remain personally opaque, Act’s Parmjeet Parmar is one of those MP who doubles as a magnet for online…
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2026-05-14The Bay of Plenty MP is the baby of the National Party, a newly-wed and a local boy ‘trying to do my best’. While it seems almost the whole of parliament is here to celebrate Pint of Order’s reopening, it’s not the typical place you’d find…
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2026-04-23A haka in the news for mocking Indian cultural elements reminds Liam Rātana of a saying about racism that we should all take note of. Our attention shouldn’t be on the haka by Te Pae Kahurangi that took aim at Act MP Parmjeet Parmar. It’s…
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2026-04-22This story was originally published on RNZ . Former Te Pāti Māori president Che Wilson has sparked debate following a controversial haka performed at the Tainui Regional Kapa Haka competition over the weekend. The haka, directed at ACT MP…
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NZ Herald 4
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2026-05-30The Government passed a law allowing AI to assist in benefit decisions, aiming to modernise welfare. Photo / Michael Craig
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2026-05-15Education Minister Erica Stanford plans to update on a social media ban for under-16s next month. Photo / Mark Mitchell
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Otago Daily Times 4
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2026-05-30Social Development Minister Louise Upston. Photo: RNZ RNZ Digital reporters The government says a new law, which will allow the Ministry of Social Development to use AI to make benefit decisions, will modernise New Zealand's welfare system.
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2026-05-30Social Development Minister Louise Upston. Photo: RNZ RNZ Digital reporters The government says a new law, which will allow the Ministry of Social Development to use AI to make benefit decisions, will modernise New Zealand's welfare system.
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2026-05-29National's Scott Simpson introduced the bill. Photo: RNZ By Lauren Crimp of RNZ
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2026-05-15Erica Stanford. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH By Russell Palmer of RNZ
1News 3
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2026-05-29The Social Security (Modernisation) Amendment Bill passed its third reading in Parliament on Friday, rushed through the house under urgency.
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2026-05-29The Social Security (Modernisation) Amendment Bill passed its third reading in Parliament on Friday, rushed through the house under urgency.
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2026-05-15Coalition partner ACT says the situation remains a "mess that needs to be tidied up", meaning the future of the project remains in some doubt.
Newsroom 1
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2026-04-25Former MP Louisa Wall writes on the haka that was aimed at Act MP Parmjeet Parmar, and argues public messages are strongest keeping to the issue The post In haka as in life, play the ball not the person appeared first on Newsroom .
12.5 Heard on radio
Verbatim segments from podcasts and radio where this MP was the speaker, attributed via the manually-reviewed voice-reference library and pre-seeked to the moment the segment starts.
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hdpa-drive Dr Parmjeet Parmar: ACT MP on being reportedly targeted by a haka over the weekend 2026-04-23 · 23s
I believe because I stand for equal treatment for all and I also have a members bill which is about not allocating any taxpayers money for universities where there is any allocation based on race and there are so many things that we are doing in that space to ensure that we remove the two-tier system that we have in our country, the system that it...
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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