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Hon Dr Duncan Webb

Christchurch Central · New Zealand Labour Party

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Pecuniary interests

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Directorships

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Recent meetings

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Duncan Webb is a Labour Party [27] Member of Parliament for Christchurch Central [21] , a seat he has held since 2017 [21] . Prior to entering Parliament, Webb pursued careers in both academia and law. According to a single reputable…

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01 Positions

• Committee Chair — Privileges
• Committee Member — Justice

03 Pecuniary interests (2025) Methodology →

as of 2026-05-27 02:26

Beneficial interests in, and trusteeships of, trusts

TA DA Trust (trustee and beneficiary) — TA DA Trust (Trustee)

Company directorships and controlling interests

Duncan Webb Lawyer Limited (not trading) – legal services — Duncan Webb Lawyer Limited (Director)

Debts owed by you

ANZ Bank – mortgage/home loan — ANZ Bank

Managed investment schemes

ANZ Investment Funds – ANZ Bank — ANZ Investment Funds

Payment for activities

Book royalties – LexisNexis New Zealand Limited — LexisNexis New Zealand Limited

Real property

Family home (owned by trust) – Christchurch

Share in family home (owned by trust) – Wellington

Retirement schemes

Fisher Funds KiwiSaver Plan — Fisher Funds KiwiSaver Plan

04 Directorships Methodology →

as of 2026-05-30 17:18

• Duncan Webb Lawyer Limited

  Director
  ended 2026-05-30

06 Trusteeships & beneficial trust interests

• TA DA Trust

  Trustee
  active

08 Recent meetings (as minister) Methodology →

No meetings recorded.

09 Recent Hansard speeches

• Bills — Taxation (Budget Measures) Bill (No 3)
  2026-05-28
• Bills — Taxation (Budget Measures) Bill (No 3)
  2026-05-28
• Debates — Handling of Documents Under Official Information Act—Prime Minister’s Office
  2026-05-26
• Motions — Regulatory Standards (Excluded Legislation) Notice 2026—Approval and Regulations Review Committee Report
  2026-05-26
• Bills — Summary Offences (Move-on Orders) Amendment Bill
  2026-05-21
• Bills — Public Finance (Prohibition on Providing Public Funds to Gangs) Amendment Bill
  2026-05-20
• Bills — Social Security (Jobseeker Support and Accommodation Supplement) Amendment Bill
  2026-05-19
• Bills — Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Amendment Bill
  2026-05-14

12 In the news Methodology →

48 articles

Coverage 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

• New Zealand to raise China's 'entirely inappropriate' ban on four MPs directly, Christopher Luxon says

  Luxon stressed New Zealand would raise the matter directly with China itself "nation-to-nation."
  2026-06-05
• Christopher Luxon heads to Australia for annual meeting with Anthony Albanese

  The Prime Minister says New Zealand and Australia's militaries will "absolutely" be more aligned in the future, adding that the process had already started.
  2026-06-04
• Winston Peters asks officials to 'express concern' with Chinese counterparts over MP travel bans

  Foreign Minister Winston Peters has expressed surprise that four MPs have been banned from China for a year after visiting Taiwan in May.
  2026-06-04
• 'Intimidation': China bans four NZ MPs after Taiwan trip

  MP Laura McClure says she's "quite surprised and shocked" by the decision, given similar visits have occurred for years.
  2026-06-03
• 'This isn't Hogwarts': Vanishing lobbying distracts from Government's budget narrative

  The Government's agenda for this week is focused on Thursday's Budget, but the House has been distracted, including by a lack of lobbying transparency.
  2026-05-27
• Move-on orders bill passes first reading following heated debate

  The justice minister says the bill won't criminalise homelessness but Labour's Carmel Sepuloni says it's "purely ideological" and insists it will.
  2026-05-21
• Parliament adjourns for the year with barbed words
  2025-12-17
• Gang patch ban likely behind increase in drug possession charges justice ministry ceo says
  2025-12-04
• Scrutiny week top cops field questions in parliament
  2025-12-02
• Regulatory standards bill back in the house after a highly engaged public submission period
  2025-11-05
• Sometimes parliament needs plot summaries
  2025-10-16
• Slowest folk on the planet luxon says he wants votes to be counted faster
  2025-09-28
• New electoral legislation won t speed up official results
  2025-09-25
• Electoral amendment bill submitters want fewer restrictions more sausages
  2025-09-25
• Labour police minister condemn firearms vetting changes made by former deputy commissioner
  2025-09-23
• Government passes adoption bill under urgency
  2025-09-21
• Peeni henare mistaken labour won t repeal gang patch ban
  2025-08-21
• Bill to ban protesting outside private homes passes first reading
  2025-08-21

The Spinoff 13

• Four MPs have been banned from China for visiting Taiwan

  The 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…
  2026-06-03
• From Herbs to Head Like a Hole: MPs on their favourite local albums

  On the final day of New Zealand Music Month, MPs from across the political spectrum tell The Spinoff about their most beloved homegrown records. Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick: Successor by Anthonie Tonnon  “It’s hard not to choose…
  2026-05-30
• Echo Chamber: Christopher Luxon and the disappearing documents

  We’ve all misplaced something at work. But if your office is a ministerial one, you might expect a bit more urgency in finding out where it went. You’d think the people preaching the loudest about getting their books in order would at…
  2026-05-27
• Does new zealand need to make english official
  2026-02-25
• Echo chamber taxes and turtles all the way down
  2026-02-13
• One mp one pint lawrence xu nan on being everyones favourite pub quiz pick
  2026-02-12
• One mp one pint green mp kahurangi carter wants you to make more memes
  2025-12-11
• Echo chamber under more scrutiny act more stupidly
  2025-12-05
• Echo chamber never mind te pati maori heres a bollocks bill
  2025-10-17
• One mp one pint calling bullshit on the government with duncan webb
  2025-10-10
• One mp one pint cameron luxton might be the greenest act mp
  2025-10-01
• Woodend bypass and the many overlooked complexities of tolling roads
  2025-09-04
• Echo chamber todd stephensons big break
  2025-08-21

Otago Daily Times 6

• Defence on agenda as Luxon meets with Australian PM
  2026-06-04
• Peters seeks clarity on China travel bans
  2026-06-04
• China bans Christchurch MPs after Taiwan visit

  Clockwise from top left: Duncan Webb, Laura McClure, Maureen Pugh and David Wilson. Photos: RNZ/Supplied Craig McCulloch of RNZ China has barred four New Zealand MPs from entering the country for a year after they visited Taiwan - in a…
  2026-06-03
• West Coast's Pugh among MPs in China ban

  Clockwise from top left: Duncan Webb, Laura McClure, Maureen Pugh and David Wilson. Photos: RNZ/Supplied Craig McCulloch of RNZ China has barred four New Zealand MPs from entering the country for a year after they visited Taiwan - in a…
  2026-06-03
• Heated debate for move-on orders bill

  A person’s belongings lie next to a bench in George St, central Dunedin. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH/ODT Giles Dexter of RNZ The move-on orders legislation has passed its first reading, following a heated debate at Parliament.
  2026-05-21
• Move-on orders bill sparks heated debate

  A person’s belongings lie next to a bench in George St, central Dunedin. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH/ODT Giles Dexter of RNZ The move-on orders legislation has passed its first reading, following a heated debate at Parliament.
  2026-05-21

NZ Herald 4

• Why Beijing’s move raises stakes for NZ-China ties – The Front Page

  New Zealand MPs who visited Taiwan recently included David Wilson (second left), Duncan Webb (fourth left), Maureen Pugh (fifth right) and Laura McClure (fourth right).
  2026-06-05
• China sanctions four New Zealand MPs who visited Taiwan in political first

  New Zealand MPs during their visit to Taiwan, with David Wilson (second left), Duncan Webb (fourth left), Maureen Pugh (fifth right) and Laura McClure (fourth right).
  2026-06-03
• Winston are you in labour extends olive branch to nz first offering to repeal regulatory standards act this term
  2025-11-25
• Labour mp duncan webb to resign as mp wont seek re election
  2025-10-20

1News 4

• NZ will raise China's 'inappropriate' ban on MPs directly, Luxon says

  Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says he appreciates Australia's support over China's "entirely inappropriate" ban of four New Zealand MPs from its shores.
  2026-06-05
• Australia joins concern over NZ MPs being banned from China

  Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said the ban was "not appropriate" and the country was "concerned" by China's move.
  2026-06-04
• NZSIS warns Kiwis about targeting by Chinese spies over job, networking sites

  NZSIS has joined its Five Eyes partners in highlighting what it described as an increased effort by Chinese intelligence to recruit individuals with access to classified information.
  2026-06-03
• Four Kiwi MPs banned from China for a year after Taiwan visit

  National's Maureen Pugh, Labour's Duncan Webb, ACT's Laura McClure and NZ First's David Wilson visited in May as part of a cross-party Parliamentary group.
  2026-06-03

Stuff 3

• China doubles down on Kiwi MP travel ban, says they shouldn’t be surprised

  Four MPs faced a travel ban preventing them from visiting China in response to a visit to Taiwan last month.
  2026-06-04
• Four New Zealand MPs banned from China for one year after Taiwan visit

  The MPs who took part in the five-day visit in May were National’s Maureen Pugh, Labour’s Duncan Webb, ACT’s Laura McClure and NZ First’s David Wilson.
  2026-06-03
• The census change that could block a new Māori seat

  Proposed law change risks delaying new electorate boundaries until 2030, sparking claims of voter suppression.
  2026-04-14

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.

26 Apr24 May

Treaty Principles Bill

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Government Accountability

4

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.

31 May

One China Principle

12

New Zealand Mp Taiwan Visit

6

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