Hon Rachel Brooking
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Rachel Brooking is a Labour Party member of Parliament [42] [43] , confirmed as having held a seat since 2020 [26] , and is associated with the Dunedin electorate [27] . Brooking was educated at the University of Otago [19] . According to…
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
03 Pecuniary interests (2025) Methodology →
as of 2026-05-27 02:1604 Directorships Methodology →
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ended 2026-06-04Director
06 Trusteeships & beneficial trust interests
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08 Recent meetings (as minister) Methodology →
09 Recent Hansard speeches
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12 In the news Methodology →
18 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.
The Spinoff 10
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2026-05-26Labour’s justice spokesperson was once interviewed by a teddy bear posing as one of our best-known broadcasters. Having passed three member’s bills over three years, you could say Labour MP Camilla Belich has luck on her side. But that…
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2026-05-13Lauded by the government as a modernisation that will cut red tape, the Conservation Amendment Bill has passed its first reading – to claims of ‘commercialisation over conservation’ from opponents. The government is pushing on with…
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2026-04-29‘Even though I’m in politics, I hate labels.’ She’s a twin already, but first term Green MP Lan Pham is adopting me as hers. While the rain lashes against the windows of Huxley’s, we’re bundled up in matching red turtleneck and brown coat…
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RNZ 5
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Otago Daily Times 3
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2026-06-05Dunedin Labour MP Rachel Brooking. PHOTO: ODT FILES Last weekend Parliament did what it always does on Budget week — sit until all hours of the day and night passing legislation under urgency.
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2026-05-29RIP the Ministry for the Environment, 1986-2026.
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2026-05-15Rachel Brooking MP. PHOTO: ODT FILES This week the government progressed a range of legislation which will preserve New Zealand’s species and environments for generations to come.
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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