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Hon Brooke van Velden
Tāmaki
· ACT New Zealand
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Hon Brooke van Velden is a New Zealand politician currently serving as Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety [12] and a member of the ACT Party [15] . Before entering politics, van Velden held a number of roles in the private sector…
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 or disputed.
01 Positions
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Cabinet Minister — Internal Affairs, Workplace Relations and Safety
03 Pecuniary interests (2025) Methodology →
as of 2026-05-27 02:26Debts owed by you
ASB Bank – mortgage
— ASB Bank
Gifts
Painting (on loan) – family member
Tickets (x2) All Blacks v Argentina test match, Eden Park – Suncorp
— Suncorp
Tickets (x2) P!nk – Eden Park Trust
— Eden Park Trust
Real property
Family home – Auckland
Retirement schemes
ASB KiwiSaver
— ASB KiwiSaver
04 Directorships Methodology →
None recorded.
08 Recent meetings (as minister) Methodology →
as of 2026-05-27 02:35
2026-02-25
Wed
5 entries
MBIE officials
MEET: MBIE officials
MEET: Age Concern
DIA officials
MEET: DIA officials
MEET: Covid-19 Commissioners
MEET: The NZ Society of Authors, Public Lending Right Advisory Group and The Coalition for Books
2026-02-24
Tue
2 entries
MEET
SPEAK: Waikato Chamber of Commerce
2026-02-23
Mon
7 entries
Hon Brown
PHONE-CALL: Hon Brown
with: Hon Brown
WorkSafe officials
MEET: WorkSafe officials
MBIE officials
MEET: MBIE officials
Cabinet Committee
ATTEND: Cabinet Committee
ATTEND: Cabinet
DIA officials
MEET: DIA officials
MEET: Public Service Commission
2026-02-19
Thu
2 entries
MEET: Cabinet office
Cabinet Committee
ATTEND: Cabinet Committee
2026-02-18
Wed
5 entries
MEET: Retail NZ
MEET: Tik Tok
ATTEND: WorkSafe Board Meeting
Tim van de Molen MP
PHONE-CALL: Tim van de Molen MP
with: Tim van de Molen MP
Cabinet Committee
ATTEND: Cabinet Committee
2026-02-17
Tue
2 entries
MBIE officials
MEET: MBIE officials
MEET
2026-02-16
Mon
3 entries
ATTEND: Executive Council
ATTEND: Cabinet
DIA officials
MEET: DIA officials
2026-02-11
Wed
4 entries
ATTEND: Business NZ Back to Business 2026 event
MEET: Employment Relations Authority Chief
MEET: MSAA Trust and FAMANZ
Cabinet Committee
ATTEND: Cabinet Committee
2026-02-10
Tue
2 entries
MEET
Cabinet Committee
ATTEND: Cabinet Committee
2026-02-09
Mon
4 entries
MEET: ACT Ministers/Parliamentary Under-Secretary
MBIE officials
MEET: MBIE officials
ATTEND: Executive Council
ATTEND: Cabinet
2026-02-05
Thu
4 entries
MEDIA: Waitangi stand-up
ATTEND: Kai hakari for Crown
ATTEND: Government Pōwhiri
ATTEND: Briefing for Government Pōwhiri
2026-02-03
Tue
1 entry
Diane Ah-Chan
MEET: Diane Ah-Chan
with: Diane Ah-Chan
2026-02-02
Mon
4 entries
MEET: Public Service Commission
MBIE officials
MEET: MBIE officials
ATTEND: Cabinet
DIA officials
MEET: DIA officials
09 Recent Hansard speeches
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10 Recent press releases
From Beehive.govt.nz. Most recent 10.
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2026-06-04New Zealanders will soon face fewer unnecessary barriers to proving who they are under a refreshed anti-money laundering Identity Verification Code of Practice announced today.
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2026-06-02Workplace Relations and Safety Minister and Internal Affairs Minister Brooke van Velden will travel to Geneva this month where she will represent New Zealand at the International Labour Conference.
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2026-05-27Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke van Velden has today announced the elevation of Dallas Welch to Chair of the Remuneration Authority [the Authority].
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2026-05-19Internal Affairs Minister Brooke van Velden has announced today that a new Chair has been appointed to the Fire and Emergency New Zealand Board [the Board].
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2026-05-11After six years of not meeting timeliness targets, citizenship by grant processing has been within target timeframes for the past six months consecutively.
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2026-05-05Minister of Internal Affairs Brooke van Velden announced today that a test to strengthen the citizenship by grant process will be introduced from late 2027.
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2026-05-04Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke van Velden is seeking feedback from the public on their experiences with employment advocates, how employment disputes are experienced in practice, and where improvements could be made.
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50 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 20
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2026-05-20"This was a coalition commitment that hadn't yet been achieved. Now we're doing it," Paul Goldsmith says.
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2026-05-13Explainer - Would-be citizens will have to pass a test starting next year: What might that look like and how do other countries do it?
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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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2026-05-08Explainer - Would-be citizens will have to pass a test starting next year: What might that look like and how do other countries do it?
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2026-05-07Internal Affairs is on the hunt for companies interested in implementing the test - but they'll have to be able to prevent "cheating".
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2026-05-07Internal Affairs is on the hunt for companies interested in implementing the test - but they'll have to be able to prevent "cheating".
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2026-05-06The Prime Minster says the new questions are very similar to what Australia and the UK have been doing for years.
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2026-05-06The Prime Minster said the new questions were very similar to what Australia and UK had been doing for years.
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2026-05-06Citizenship applicants will be quizzed on the responsibilities of being a citizen from late next year, but critics are wondering what the point is.
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2026-05-06Applicants will be quizzed on the "responsibilities and privileges" of citizenship and will need at least 75 percent of questions correct to pass.
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2026-05-06A group of organisations is asking for a probe into whether the government's law changes are discrimination.
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2026-05-06From late next year citizenship applicants will be quizzed on the responsibilities of being a citizen but critics are wondering what the point is.
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2026-05-06A group of organisations lodged the complaint asking the United Nations to investigate whether the government's pay equity law changes amount to systemic discrimination against women.
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2026-05-06Applicants will be quizzed on the "responsibilities and privileges" of citizenship and will need at least 75 percent of questions correct to pass.
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2026-05-06Applicants will be quizzed on the "responsibilities and privileges" of citizenship and will need at least 75 percent of questions correct to pass.
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2026-05-06Applicants will be quizzed on the "responsibilities and privileges" of citizenship and will need at least 75 percent of questions correct to pass.
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2026-05-04Smaller organisations risk missing out, the body representing the community voluntaries says.
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2026-05-03In a historic first, Parliament used a new rule to debate slavery legislation that has wide support in the House, but that government coalition partners don't agree on.
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2026-04-29Part-time and shift workers say they'll lose money under leave changes - but the minister in charge says it's unavoidable.
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2026-04-29Part-time and shift workers say they'll lose money under leave changes - but the minister in charge says it's unavoidable.
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2026-06-03The sanctioning of four New Zealand MPs for visiting Taiwan could be a sign that smaller allies are no longer exempt from China’s pressure, Henry Oliver writes in today’s excerpt from The Bulletin. To receive The Bulletin in full each…
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2026-05-17A win isn’t always the best result, explains Dan Brunskill. The National Party had an awkward problem in 2023: it won too many electorates. A blue wave swept the country on election night. It took a record 43 electorates including Labour…
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2026-05-07It’s time for a political health check-up six months out from the election, writes Madeleine Chapman in today’s excerpt from The Bulletin. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign up here . National brings in the cash A…
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2026-05-07Step aside, Brooke van Velden. We’ve done the thinking on a citizenship test and we’re bringing forward the rollout date. What does it mean to be a New Zealander? Minister of internal affairs Brooke van Velden reckons we can boil that down…
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2026-05-06Following the move, the internet will be riddled with conspiracies and misinformation. In other words, not much will change. The government’s decision to play the Goodnight Kiwi ad on the Broadcasting Standards Authority was announced in a…
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2026-05-04Brooke van Velden ran a strong campaign to win Tāmaki off National in 2020. Liam Hehir weighs up what will be different in this election’s match-up. In September 2023, I wrote that Brooke van Velden winning Tāmaki was possible but…
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NZ Herald 6
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2026-05-14New Zealand's proposed citizenship test has sparked a nationwide identity debate. Photo / Getty Images
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2026-05-06Act MP Brooke van Velden is leaving politics and will be replaced by James Christmas as the party's candidate for the Tāmaki electorate. Photo / Supplied
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2026-05-06Internal Affairs Minister Brooke van Velden said the test strengthens the meaning of being a citizen. Photo / Mark Mitchell
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Stuff 6
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2026-06-02Parliament voted, among other things, to make it easier to host a boxing contest, amend the Patents Act, and keep track of sperm donors.
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2026-05-20The clock is ticking on the government’s need to respond to a select committee inquiry into social media which recommended an age restriction to be introduced for accessing social media platforms.
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2026-05-16The deputy Act leader said her due date is “within days” of this year’s General Election.
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2026-05-06The Prime Minister has brushed off concerns about new 2027 exams, saying affirming freedom of speech and equal rights is a good thing.
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2026-05-05The Government plans to introduce a new citizenship exam next year, testing people about the things “New Zealanders believe in”.
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2026-04-29Part-time and shift workers have told MPs they’ll lose money under proposed leave entitlement changes - but the minister in charge says that’s unavoidable.
1News 5
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2026-05-27Of Finance Minister Nicola Willis' three Budgets so far, today's has arrived with the least fanfare. Here's what might be in store today.
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2026-05-20The Public Service Commission sent the new logo to all ministries and departments this week, telling them to update their websites by the end of June.
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2026-05-16In a post to Facebook, the outgoing deputy leader and minister said she and her partner were "thrilled".
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2026-05-12A proposed multiple-choice exam raises deeper questions about identity, values, and what might be left out.
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2026-05-08The test on various topics around New Zealand life and government would be required for many applying for citizenship from next year.
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2026-05-05From The Detail: Firefighters are battling bosses under pressure to cut costs, but FENZ's failures have seen the organisation face Parliamentary scrutiny The post Fanning the flames of firefighters’ discontent appeared first on Newsroom .
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2026-04-30From The Detail: A Bill to trace modern slavery in the supply lines of businesses has the near complete approval of Parliament - here's what it does, and doesn't do The post Modern slavery bill a triumph of parliamentary cooperation…
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 Brooke van Velden: Internal Affairs Minister on the new NZ citizenship test to be launched for migrants 2026-05-06 · 67s
Well, the questions are essentially about our shared responsibilities and privileges of obtaining New Zealand citizenship or, you know, to break it down. obeying New Zealand laws, behaving as a responsible New Zealander and not acting against the interests of New Zealand as well as the privileges of you know getting passports, being able to stand for elections and the rights to live and return to New Zealand. So the questions are, I can't go into detail on the specific questions but I can give you a flavour of them about you know freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of association, whether or not men and women have have equal rights, whether or not there's protections from discrimination, who can report abuse or violence towards partners, whether or not we have free elections. But they're all good things that ultimately everybody in New Zealand should be proud of and every new migrant to our country should also be proud to uphold. So there's nothing radical in here but I think it's time that in our beautiful little country we actually start being proud of the fundamental basic. Human rights and democratic freedoms that make us so great.
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