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Directorships
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Recent meetings
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Paul Goldsmith is a New Zealand Member of Parliament affiliated with the National Party, currently holding several ministerial portfolios [16] [32] . According to a single reputable secondary source, Goldsmith worked before politics as a…
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 — Arts, Culture and Heritage, Justice, Media and Communications, Public Service and Digitising Government, Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, Pacific Peoples
03 Pecuniary interests (2025) Methodology →
as of 2026-05-27 02:18Beneficial interests in, and trusteeships of, trusts
Goldsmith & Wilson Family Trust (trustee and beneficiary)
— Goldsmith & Wilson Family Trust
(Trustee)
Debts owed by you
ASB Bank – mortgage
— ASB Bank
Gifts
ASB Tennis Classic (x2) – One NZ
— One NZ
Coldplay tickets (x2) – Eden Park Foundation
— Eden Park Foundation
P!nk concert tickets (x2) – Live Nation
— Live Nation
Rugby tickets (x2), NZ v Argentina – Chorus
— Chorus
Rugby tickets (x2), NZ v England – Sky Sport
— Sky Sport
Payment for activities
Book royalties – Penguin Random House
— Penguin Random House
Payment for books published in NZ – NZ Authors' Fund, Creative NZ
— NZ Authors' Fund, Creative NZ
Real property
Apartment – Wellington
Family home (owned by family trust) – Remuera
House (half-share) – Waitakere Ranges
Retirement schemes
Craigs Investment Partners Superannuation Scheme
— Craigs Investment Partners Superannuation Scheme
Simplicity KiwiSaver
— Simplicity KiwiSaver
04 Directorships Methodology →
as of 2026-05-27 02:18None recorded.
06 Trusteeships & beneficial trust interests
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activeTrustee
08 Recent meetings (as minister) Methodology →
as of 2026-05-27 02:34
2026-03-31
Tue
2 entries
MEET
MEET
2026-03-30
Mon
1 entry
MEET
2026-03-28
Sat
1 entry
VISIT: Auckland Theatre Company's youth development programme
2026-03-27
Fri
1 entry
ATTEND: One NZ Warriors vs Tigers
2026-03-26
Thu
6 entries
MEET: Chief District Court Judge. Heemi Taumaunu
with: Officials
MEET
MEDIA: Newstalk ZB Wellington Political Panel
Multi Minister meeting
MEET: Multi Minister meeting
with: Officials, Ministers
HOST and SPEAK: Race Relations Day event
MEDIA: TVNZ Breakfast political panel
2026-03-25
Wed
6 entries
MEDIA: 95bFM regular radio slot
MEET: Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
with: Officials
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ATTEND: Opening of Heritage Campus, National Library of NZ
MEDIA: 95bFM regular radio slot
2026-03-24
Tue
2 entries
MEET
ATTEND and SPEAK: WOW Stakeholder breakfast
2026-03-23
Mon
3 entries
MEET
MEET
MEET
2026-03-20
Fri
1 entry
MEDIA: Herald Now
2026-03-19
Thu
6 entries
ATTEND: Shanghai Symphony Orchestra concert
ATTEND and SPEAK: Pre-event Shanghai Symphony Orchestra concert
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2026-03-18
Wed
4 entries
Law and Order
PUBLIC MEETING: Law and Order
VISIT: Kaikōura District Council, Kaikōura Museum, Visitor Centre and Art Gallery
VISIT: Fyffe House
VISIT: Flaxbourne Heritage Centre
2026-03-17
Tue
3 entries
ATTEND: Doc Edge Special event - Advance Screening of Moss & Freud
MEET
ATTEND and SPEAK: NZ Retail Security Leaders Forum
2026-03-16
Mon
2 entries
MEET
MEET
2026-03-15
Sun
1 entry
ATTEND: Pasifika Festival
2026-03-13
Fri
3 entries
MEET
MEET
MEDIA: Herald Now
2026-03-12
Thu
8 entries
ATTEND: Show: Gloria - A Tripple Bill
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ATTEND and SPEAK: The Arts Speaker Series
09 Recent Hansard speeches
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10 Recent press releases
From Beehive.govt.nz. Most recent 10.
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2026-05-25Stalkers will face the full force of the law when the clock strikes midnight tonight, Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith says.
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2026-05-21Legislation which provides Police with the power to issue move-on orders as a tool to deal with disorderly behaviour in public places has passed first reading in Parliament today.
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2026-05-14The Government has agreed to amend 19 pieces of legislation to ensure references to the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi are clear and consistent, Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith says.
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2026-05-14The Government has introduced legislation today which provides Police with the power to issue move-on orders as a tool to deal with disorderly behaviour in public places, Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith says.
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2026-05-13After 15 years of negotiations three Hauraki iwi Claims Settlement Bills – Ngāti Rāhiri Tumutumu, Ngāti Tara Tokanui, and Ngāti Hei have passed final reading in Parliament today.
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2026-05-12After nine years of negotiations the Ngā Hapū o Te Iwi o Whanganui Claims Settlement Bill has passed first reading in Parliament today.
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2026-05-11The Government is clarifying climate change laws to provide businesses with certainty around their obligations, Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith says.
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2026-05-06The Government has agreed to progress with disestablishing the Broadcasting Standards Authority and investigate self-regulation options, Media and Communications Minister Paul Goldsmith says.
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2026-04-30Legislation which provides the Serious Fraud Office with more powers to go after criminals has passed first reading in Parliament today, Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith and Police Minister Mark Mitchell say.
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 17
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2026-06-04A former top staffer used his personal email for business - meaning at least one document was not released when it should have been.
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2026-06-03Michael Webster says New Zealand's privacy laws are "somewhat out of step" with those overseas, and a law change is needed to be able to fine agencies.
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2026-06-03A former top Beehive staffer used his personal email account for official business - meaning at least one document was not released under the Official Information Act when it should have been.
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2026-06-03A former top staffer used his personal email for business - meaning at least one document was not released when it should have been.
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2026-06-03An iwi leader described the coalition government as "the most racist, anti-Māori government ever", while experts warned the proposed Treaty reforms could be the widest breach of Te Tiriti in decades.
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2026-06-02Dame Lynda said her sister Dame Jools, who died days before the Aotearoa Music Awards, would not want her to back down on her passionate plea for more arts funding.
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2026-06-01An urgent inquiry looking into the government's plan to weaken its obligation to the Treaty across a number of laws has begun in Wellington.
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2026-05-29Dame Lynda Topp's impassioned speech at this week's Aotearoa Music Awards is the latest in an established trend.
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2026-05-29New Zealand's Minister for Pacific Peoples says the agency can still deliver despite losing around $64.2m in three years, but the opposition claims government "doesn't care" about Pasifika.
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2026-05-29The surviving Topp Twin delivered an emotional broadside at the government during an awards ceremony.
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2026-05-28Paul Goldsmith says the appointments "will bolster the Board for the next three years, supporting RNZ to be a financially sustainable and trusted state broadcaster".
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2026-05-28The surviving Topp Twin spoke through tears about the recent death of her sister, and "lousy" arts funding.
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2026-05-28Budget 2026 will see more foreign aid to the Pacific region, while defence and customs spending rises.
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2026-05-28But Pacific-focussed policy work will be cut as the government seeks to reduce the size of the public sector, as the Ministry for Pacific Peoples will see a $2.8 million cut over four years.
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2026-05-27The 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.
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2026-05-27A 39-year-old man has been charged on the day the rules came into effect.
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2026-05-26The government was warned it would be premature to consider reform while a court case against emitters was under way.
The Spinoff 9
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2026-06-04A series of actions by the coalition government has drawn criticism this week, with iwi leaders, health experts and MPs accusing it of deliberately and systematically dismantling Māori rights and protections, Henry Oliver writes in today’s…
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2026-06-04‘The Crown’s proposals are the most damaging collection of clear and considered legislative treaty breaches that I’ve seen,’ said one claimant. The Waitangi Tribunal hearing for its inquiry into the government’s proposed amendments to…
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2026-06-03This story was first published by RNZ A former top Beehive staffer used his personal email account to conduct official business – meaning at least one document was not released under the Official Information Act when it should have been…
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2026-06-02The ‘missing’ briefing from Fonterra and Z Energy wasn’t lost, Henry Oliver writes in today’s excerpt from The Bulletin, it was in the private email account of the prime minister’s chief policy adviser. To receive The Bulletin in full each…
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2026-06-01The government says it hasn’t addressed the gaps in the law laid bare by the Michael Forbes scandal as it has a busy legislative agenda. A year after the prime minister’s deputy chief press secretary was accused of secretly recording sex…
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2026-05-30On 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…
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2026-05-28Alex Casey recaps the highlights of the Aotearoa Music Awards 2026, including a standing ovation for Lynda Topp and Stan Walker’s toilet snafu. Last night the Civic Theatre in Tāmaki Makaurau hosted the 61st Aotearoa Music Awards, a…
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2026-05-28Nicola Willis has unveiled her third no-thrills budget, with big boosts to health and big questions over sustainability for superannuation. A $7bn boost in capital investment will provide up to 2,250 new social homes, an extended…
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2026-05-26The government was warned it would be premature to consider reform while a court case against emitters was under way. This story was first published on RNZ Justice officials advised the government not to intervene in a court case being…
1News 8
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2026-06-03The Department of Internal Affairs and the Ombudsman are now both investigating the lack of records kept.
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2026-06-03Tararua mayor worries rural communities will be left behind and access to public services will only be further degraded due to job cuts.
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2026-06-03The Waitangi Tribunal is in its second and final day of an urgent hearing in Wellington.
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2026-06-02Plan to weaken and remove Treaty clauses from a range of laws is now at the centre of an urgent Waitangi Tribunal hearing in Wellington.
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2026-05-29At the Aotearoa Music Awards last night, Dame Topp called out the lack of funding for music in the budget unveiled yesterday.
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2026-05-28The surviving Topp Twin spoke through tears about the recent death of her sister, while also blasting the Government's "lousy" arts funding.
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2026-05-27The 39-year-old was due to appear in the Auckland District Court today on the new charges.
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2026-05-26Finance Minister Nicola Willis has used the past fortnight to preview a string of spending commitments and also cuts.
NZ Herald 6
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2026-06-04Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith said there had been a "significant increase" in the number of Official Information Act requests in recent years.
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2026-06-02Dame Lynda Topp (left), with her late sister Dame Jools Topp, is standing by her attack on the Government over its arts funding cuts.
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2026-05-31Dame Lynda Topp speaking at the Aotearoa Music Awards at the Civic Theatre in Auckland on Thursday. Photo / Emma Beavis
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2026-05-29Paul Goldsmith has defended the Government's funding of the arts. Photo / RNZ
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2026-05-28Dame Lynda Topp at the Aotearoa Music Awards 2026 last night. Photo / Emma Beavis
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2026-05-27An Auckland man is the first person to be charged under the new stalking and harassment laws.
Otago Daily Times 6
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2026-05-28Participants in the Five Eyes combined digital leadership summit, held in Washington in earlier this month, gather on the steps of the headquarters of the United States Department of War (DoW). DoW chief information officer Kirsten Davies…
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2026-05-28Kaya Selby of RNZ Budget 2026 will see more foreign aid to the Pacific region, while defence and customs spending rises with an eye towards crime and security.
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2026-05-27The man will appear in Auckland District Court. Photo: ODT files Sam Sherwood of RNZ An Auckland man is the first person to be charged under new stalking and harassment laws.
Stuff 4
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2026-05-28The Minister for Media and Communications has appointed Brent Impey as the new chair of RNZ.
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2026-05-28Join Stuff’s live coverage from the Aotearoa Music Awards as we bring you all the winners throughout the evening.
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2026-05-27Proactively released documents show justice officials warned the Government not to go ahead with a law change that will restrict claims for damage or harm caused by climate change.
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2026-05-26Finance Minister Nicola Willis is hosted by ANZ bank for a post-Budget speech in Wellington.
13 OIA disclosures Methodology →
5 releasesStrict-mode Official Information Act responses from FYI.org.nz that name this MP. Tenure-checked: each row represents a request whose subject period overlapped a role this MP held. Click through to read the full release on FYI.
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2026-02-12From Ministry for Culture and Heritage · role at the time: cabinet · withheld under: 14(b)(ii) · 4 attachments
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2026-02-01From Ministry for Culture and Heritage · role at the time: cabinet · 2 attachments
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2025-12-19From Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet · role at the time: cabinet · withheld under: 14, 9(2)(a) · 6 attachments
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2025-09-22
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2025-09-12From Ministry of Justice · role at the time: cabinet · partially successful · withheld under: 14, 9(2)(a) · 4 attachments
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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No, the world is not going to be fundamentally changed by it, but governments tend to grow and add pieces. It's nice every now and again to shrink them and say, well, actually, this particular group has served its purpose, but the world's moved on and we'll just close it down and look to other solutions.
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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