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Jenny Marcroft
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Pecuniary interests
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01 Positions
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary — Media and Communications, Oceans and Fisheries
03 Pecuniary interests (2025) Methodology →
as of 2026-05-27 02:21Beneficial interests in, and trusteeships of, trusts
Jennifer Marcroft Trust (trustee)
— Jennifer Marcroft Trust
(Trustee)
Debts owed by you
ASB – mortgage
— ASB
Real property
Family residential section – Warkworth, Auckland
Retirement schemes
ASB KiwiSaver
— ASB KiwiSaver
04 Directorships Methodology →
as of 2026-05-27 02:21None recorded.
06 Trusteeships & beneficial trust interests
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activeTrustee
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.
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2026-08-13National's president Sylvia Wood said the party would find a replacement for the Kaipara ki Mahurangi seat.
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2026-07-31This week, a clutch of MPs discussed topics raised in recent petitions. Their choices and angles were interesting.
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2026-06-13Defy Definition protest organisers estimated 10,000 people across five cities marched against the bill and say the Bill erases transgender and intersex people.
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2026-06-01Explainer - A new bill would define gender in the law, and there's a month to make public submissions on it. Here's how.
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2026-05-24Winston Peters made the announcement as part of a speech in Whangārei on Sunday afternoon.
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2026-05-22Members' Day at Parliament this week offered a smorgasbord of political tactics and motivations that may lie beyond simple legislating.
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2026-05-20The Bill seeking to define the term "woman" in law is being debated in parliament today.
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2026-05-20Supporters of the bill say it is a matter of clarity, but opposition parties have described it as divisive and a "time warp".
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2026-05-20The Bill seeking to define the term "woman" in law is being debated in parliament today.
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2026-07-31This week in parliament: the PM drew a line in the sand over a promising up-and-comer, and things only got worse for a ‘certain politician’. Plus, for the first time ever, you can now legally read this column in English. The hubbub the…
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2026-07-29There have been more than 40,000 public submissions made on the definition of a woman and man bill, but what about the submissions that have been rejected? Alex Gordon spent three weeks researching and writing their public submission…
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2026-07-29I have a pussy and a pair of tits but I don’t know where to shop for clothes, shoes and chocolates. Veronica Schmidt works through her gender identity with the help of NZ First. Before New Zealand First began its campaign to define men and…
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2026-06-11Labour is back in the spotlight, writes Henry Oliver in today’s excerpt from The Bulletin. So how’d their first week go? To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign up here . On The Spinoff today, Lyric Waiwiri-Smith welcomes…
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2026-06-08While there’s no quick fix, a few proposals for tackling the rising cost of our universal pension scheme get thrown around regularly. So what’s the best plan of action? The Spinoff asked three experts to weigh in. Every day, New Zealand…
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2026-06-02Evacuees from at least five former homes have found safe haven in Winston Peters’ big gazebo. Not since the formation of United Future in 1995 has one party provided such a refuge for the exiles of existing parties. New Zealand First’s…
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2026-05-24Politicians backing a bill to define the terms ‘woman’ and ‘man’ in law reckon they’re doing it to support new mothers. Alice Neville isn’t so sure. In announcing his party’s support of the Legislation (Definitions of Woman and Man)…
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2026-05-22Contentious bills ruled the week in parliament. It’s overwhelming how much has happened this week in parliament and around it. For the last two months, the House has either sat in extended sittings or under urgency as the government tries…
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2026-05-20NZ First submits members’ bills the way other parties write press releases. This week, one made it all the way to the house, writes Catherine McGregor in today’s excerpt from The Bulletin. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, …
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2026-05-12Suspicions and hot takes abound, but what do we actually know about what went down between two journalists at parliament, and the backdrop against which the aftermath played out? To echo the words of Te Pāti Māori MP Oriini Kaipara, it’s…
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2026-04-29Lifting heavy vehicle restrictions could be a sensible response to the fuel crisis, or it could invite new problems. Another week, another fuel crisis headache. This time, the government is proposing lifting certain heavy vehicle…
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2026-09-07Senior journalist Paula Penfold examines an NZ First candidate’s abortion claims against the law, official data and medical practice.
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2026-09-03Jenny Marcroft, the NZ First MP behind the controversial proposal to legally define “man” and “woman”, fronted the select committee considering her bill this week.
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2026-09-02Daryl Habraken appeared in the 2020 season of The Bachelorette New Zealand as the mole.
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2026-08-26A NZ First candidate has resigned after screenshots surfaced online, purportedly showing him shopping around a number of political parties for a shot at candidacy.
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2026-07-28Following Stuart Nash’s resignation over sexist remarks, a New Zealand First candidate has offered another definition a woman - someone who knows where to shop
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2026-06-13People of all ages were spotted in the crowd carrying signs and transgender flags in defiance of the bill.
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2026-05-24Vince Cocurollo’s candidacy was announced at a rally in Whangārei on Sunday.
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2026-05-20A new bill defining gender has been advanced to the Select Committee, following rigorous debate in the House on Wednesday night.
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2026-05-20ACT leader David Seymour hopes a new bill defining gender will stop people from talking about “chest feeding”, as he prefers the term “breastfeeding”.
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2026-06-14The Legislation (Definitions of Woman and Man) Amendment Bill passed its first reading in Parliament last month and is open for submissions until July 2.
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2026-05-24Winston Peters says Whangārei is a gateway to Northland and its many attractions and should be "a Cinderella City" no more.
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2026-05-23While members' bills are often associated with conscience votes and major social reform, most are far less glamorous.
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2026-05-20Supporters of a bill seeking to legally define the terms "woman" and "man" say it is a matter of clarity, but opposition parties have described it as divisive and a "time warp".
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2026-08-25Scientists Chris Pook and Julia Schaletzky challenge an article contributed to Newsroom that they believe moved a political position into a scientific conclusion The post Sex definition: Science is not a political prop appeared first on…
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2026-07-01Comment: Scientific reality challenges the simple binaries NZ First seeks to enforce, and exposes the deep flaws of legislating a strict two-sex model The post Marcroft’s sex definition bill fails basic science appeared first on Newsroom .
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2026-06-29There are tens of thousands people in NZ born with variations in sex characteristics, but NZ First’s Jenny Marcroft says they don’t have a place in her law change
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2026-06-26A protest sign at last weekend’s rally raises the suspicion that American culture wars have informed a member’s Bill aiming to define gender. Photo: Gerard O'Brien Those alarmed by a new front in the culture wars tell Tom McKinlay it looks…
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2026-05-20The trans flag. NZ First's Bill would define "woman" in law as "an adult human biological female", and "man" as "an adult human biological male". Photo: RNZ Lauren Crimp of RNZ National and Act will support a New Zealand First member's…
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