Rt Hon Gerry Brownlee
01 Positions
03 Pecuniary interests (2025) Methodology →
as of 2026-05-27 02:1604 Directorships Methodology →
as of 2026-05-27 02:1606 Trusteeships & beneficial trust interests
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08 Recent meetings (as minister) Methodology →
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 14
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2026-06-04The Prime Minister says New Zealand and Australia's militaries will "absolutely" be more aligned in the future, adding that the process had already started.
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2026-06-04He is considering a temporary ban of Stuff Digital from Parliament after raising concerns about some of its reporting last month.
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2026-06-04Foreign Minister Winston Peters has expressed surprise that four MPs have been banned from China for a year after visiting Taiwan in May.
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2026-05-31Budget Day is a Broadway production, with dance numbers (emphasis on numbers), undue laughter and applause, and everyone's a critic.
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2026-05-28The Defence Force's project to transform the way the army operates has made some key choices after a decade of research, design and groundwork, government papers show.
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2026-05-19After being ejected from Parliament the ACT Party leader said the Speaker was "obviously very grumpy".
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2026-05-19After being ejected from Parliament the ACT Party leader said the Speaker was "obviously very grumpy".
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2026-05-15Ngāti Ruanui says the Resources Minister's insult in Parliament was 'shameful'.
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2026-05-12Collins' departure brings to an end a 24-year career as an MP, which has seen her hold 18 ministerial portfolios - some of them twice.
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2026-05-12Collins' departure brings to an end a 24-year career as an MP, which has seen her hold 18 ministerial portfolios - some of them twice.
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2026-05-08She confirmed Friday was her last day at TVNZ in a post on social media, saying her position had become "untenable".
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2026-05-08She confirmed Friday was her last day at TVNZ in a post on social media, saying her position had become "untenable".
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2026-04-29Erica Stanford is playing down concerns proposed law changes will open the door to immigration raids.
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2026-04-24The Prime Minister's withdrawal comes not long after the appointment of former Newshub political editor Tova O'Brien as Breakfast co-host.
The Spinoff 14
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2026-05-28The post-budget debate had as many pop culture references as policy arguments. Joel MacManus was there for each of the seven speeches. Nicola Willis The finance minister is the star of budget day and gets the first speech in the…
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2026-05-27We’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…
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2026-05-26From new rentals to redevelopments, some coalition MPs have been upping their ownership of residential properties. MPs from National, New Zealand First and Act have purchased or built at least 25 new rentals, investment properties or…
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2026-05-17Comeback bids, tactical votes and bipartisan hints: a round-up of recent Election 2026 news and analysis, in today’s excerpt from The Bulletin. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign up here . National’s list problem The 2023…
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2026-05-17A win isn’t always the best result, explains Dan Brunskill. The National Party had an awkward problem in 2023: it won too many electorates. A blue wave swept the country on election night. It took a record 43 electorates including Labour…
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2026-05-15This week in parliament, Judith Collins said goodbye, Shane Jones had a showdown and MPs were reminded they’re all capable of immigration dog whistles. Tuesday began a three-week sitting block, but was also the end of the road for one MP…
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2026-05-14The Bay of Plenty MP is the baby of the National Party, a newly-wed and a local boy ‘trying to do my best’. While it seems almost the whole of parliament is here to celebrate Pint of Order’s reopening, it’s not the typical place you’d find…
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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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2026-05-07Is the level of media attention on TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman warranted? Has the media done a good job of covering a story about one of its own? We asked three former political editors. Ever since she presented her first poll as…
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2026-05-03TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman’s suspension from parliament has seen her dropped from a major international trip. Is it a problem that a journalist has herself become a story, asks Catherine McGregor in today’s excerpt from The…
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Stuff 10
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2026-06-04Stuff’s political team is facing a possible suspension from Parliament over a dispute with the Speaker over a photo taken of Social Development Minister Louise Upston.
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2026-05-31I don’t think he agreed with a single thing I said. But I don’t think I’ve ever had someone listen so sincerely, writes Verity Johnson.
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2026-05-15To stop Parliament voting on the bill next week, the Government is relying on Opposition MPs agreeing to an 11th hour change to Parliament’s agenda.
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2026-05-14MPs were also shouting across the House about Labour’s “Chinese-sounding names” scandal and how many children Simeon Brown has.
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2026-05-13Jones lobbed three insults at Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer.
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2026-05-12Judith Collins has given her valedictory speech at Parliament
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2026-05-06The timing of an article about TVNZ’s political editor has led to questions about whether it was an organised political “hit”. The author says that’s not the case, while acknowledging that the National Party was one of the beneficiaries.
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2026-05-01Christopher Luxon is travelling to Singapore on Sunday to sign a deal with their prime minister.
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2026-04-30Speaker Gerry Brownlee is reportedly set to announce the decision on Thursday afternoon, with the ban taking effect from Friday.
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2026-04-22Labour leader Chris Hipkins says he has apologised to Finance Minister Nicola Willis after he suggested she needed “medical help” during a back-and-forth in Parliament.
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2026-05-29Southland National MP Joseph Mooney. PHOTO: ODT FILES Not many politicians volunteer to become involved in a looming scandal, but Southland National MP Joseph Mooney was positively champing at the bit this week to be embroiled in the row…
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1News 4
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2026-06-04Brownlee is set to make a ruling on Stuff Digital's access to the Parliamentary precinct after raising concerns about some of its reporting last month.
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2026-05-19ACT Party leader David Seymour has been booted from the House this afternoon, after calling out Speaker Gerry Brownlee's treatment of his colleague.
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2026-05-12Veteran National Party MP farewells Parliament after 24 years with laughs and tears.
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2026-05-08Sherman said her role became "untenable" after fallout from language used at ministerial function.
NZ Herald 2
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2026-05-07Speaker Gerry Brownlee (second from left) with Act Party leader David Seymour (right) during a pōwhiri at Waitangi in 2025. Photo / Dean Purcell
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Newsroom 1
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2026-06-01Speaker criticises ’pretty nasty’ blockade of island nation amid power and water shortages.
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hdpa-drive Gerry Brownlee: Speaker of the House says China banning NZ MP's is 'disappointing' 2026-06-04 · 30s
Well, that's that would be up to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Foreign Affairs uh uh Winston Peter Rod on Winston Peters. I think he's indicated to his department to go to talk to their officials to find out a little bit more. Uh, from a parliamentary point of view, I don't think there's another we need to do. Uh it is just, as I say, disappointing that after such uh a long period of time, uh, this is the action of taken. I've got to say I led a delegation uh a couple of months ago of parliamentarians to China, and uh very well received there, very well uh hosted.
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