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MP · #76
Hon Dr Deborah Russell
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· Labour Party
Pecuniary interests
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Directorships
0 declared
Recent meetings
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01 Positions
03 Pecuniary interests (2025) Methodology →
as of 2026-05-27 02:23Debts owed by you
ASB Bank – mortgage (jointly held)
— ASB Bank
Real property
Family home (jointly owned) – Titirangi, Auckland
House (jointly owned) – Karori, Wellington
Retirement schemes
ASB KiwiSaver – ASB Group Investments Limited
— ASB Group Investments Limited
UniSaver (New Zealand) superannuation scheme – Mercer (NZ) Limited
— Mercer (NZ) Limited
UniSuper (Australia) superannuation scheme – UniSuper Management Pty Limited
— UniSuper Management Pty Limited
04 Directorships Methodology →
None recorded.
08 Recent meetings (as minister) Methodology →
No meetings recorded.
09 Recent Hansard speeches
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12 In the news Methodology →
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 22
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2026-09-07Chris Hipkins has announced an urgent review to fix the Emissions Trading Scheme.
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2026-08-20Representatives from National, Labour, Opportunity, the Greens, New Zealand First, and ACT set out their party's climate change policies and credentials at the Aotearoa Society of Adaptation Professionals conference at Te Papa in…
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2026-08-09The party would set a target so 15 percent of government contracts went to small businesses and start-ups, if elected.
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2026-07-02Labour has announced it would repeal the legislation if it wins government.
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2026-06-18The Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport will start operating from 1 July.
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2026-06-15The senior Beehive staffer who failed to disclose a crucial document from lobbyists had provided some of the information relevant at the time a request was made, but not all of it.
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2026-06-08Labour has named 30 newcomers on its list as it heads into the campaign.
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2026-06-07Labour has named 30 newcomers on its list as it heads into the campaign.
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2026-07-26She had dreams of being a train driver, a basketball player and a te reo teacher, but MP isn’t a bad plan B – even if she hasn’t had a decent night’s sleep in a decade. For third-term Labour MP Willow-Jean Prime, “the juggle is real”. A…
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2026-06-19The highlights and lowlights of a long week at parliament. While you were watching the Fifa World Cup, parliament was busy hosting a tournament of its own. Theoretically, the scrutiny week game is all about accountability. In action, it’s…
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2026-06-02A characterisation made without rejection? Not on Nicola Willis’s watch. If you’ve been watching Nicola Willis over the past week, you might have noticed the finance minister is fond of responding to a question or statement thus: “I reject…
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NZ Herald 5
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2026-09-07Labour leader Chris Hipkins has promised action on climate change. Photo / Mark Mitchell
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2026-07-02Labour's climate spokeswoman Deborah Russell announced Labour would repeal the bill. Photo / Mark Mitchell
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Stuff 5
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2026-09-02Labour’s Deborah Russell was spotted knitting in the background during Parliament’s Question Time on Wednesday. Some Stuff readers were outraged - are they right to be?
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2026-08-08Labour says the policy will make it easier for small businesses to bid for government work and stop agencies asking for information they already have.
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2026-06-07He compared Labour’s selection process to the secretive Vatican conclave that elects popes.
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2026-06-07Mark Cameron suffered a heart failure just before Christmas, meaning he can’t have a kidney transplant
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2026-05-12The Government is moving to ban climate change litigation based in tort law against businesses and against itself.
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2026-07-03Vanessa Weenink, and knitting. House. PHOTO: FACEBOOK It was hardly the most momentous news from Parliament, but disappointing nonetheless.
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2026-07-02Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith. Photo: RNZ Russell Palmer of RNZ Legislation preventing lawsuits against companies for climate-changing emissions under tort law has passed its first reading in Parliament.
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2026-06-07By Russell Palmer of RNZ Labour has unveiled its list for the November election with 30 newcomers.
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2026-09-02Comment: More than half of NZ’s planned emissions cuts to 2030 are now at risk, says Climate Change Commission The post We the voters must remind politicians of their climate obligations appeared first on Newsroom .
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2026-06-07The rankings reward some of the party's emerging talent while some sitting MPs have slipped down the list, facing a tougher road back into Parliament The post Walters, Tangaere-Manuel and newcomers among biggest winners in new Labour list…
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2026-06-07Barbara Edmonds has jumped 15 places to third as the party introduces a wave of new faces.
13 Commentary topics Methodology →
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14 Press topics Methodology →
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