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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2026-10-20A specialist parliamentary security team handled more than 200 requests for help in just three weeks.
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2026-10-06解释性报道: 今年是新西兰采用混合成员比例选举制度(MMP制度)的第30年,但要想精确地解释这种制度的运作仍然不容易。
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2026-10-04Explainer - How exactly will our next government be chosen?
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2026-10-02MPs remember the former Speaker during his tangi at Whangaehu Marae.
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2026-09-29The four-term Labour MP is being remembered for his generosity of spirit and a "spine of steel".
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2026-09-28Labour has held the seat for decades but nearly lost it in 2023, only holding on by the slimmest of margins.
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2026-09-26Just about the last thing Parliament did before it adjourned was change its rules. We spoke to the Speaker, Gerry Brownlee, and outline a few of the changes.
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2026-09-22Given a "significant number" of people had access, MPs on the committee say a fulsome inquiry to find the leaker would not be a good use of their time.
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2026-09-22Labour's Camilla Belich says it is a matter of "having the will to prioritise what's important to you as a government".
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2026-09-17There are just three sitting days remaining of this parliamentary term.
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2026-09-15Parliament held a moment of silence to honour the late former MP on Tuesday.
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2026-09-15Riders from Hawke's Bay iwi Ngāti Kahungunu travelled from Waimārama with the petition - which calls for a halt to government plans to amend Treaty provisions.
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2026-09-02In a vividly honest farewell speech, retiring MP Paulo Garcia spoke of wonderment, joy and gratitude, but also of his own experience of hatred and violence and invisibility.
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2026-08-18The cabinet minister challenged PM Christopher Luxon's post and was stripped of his portfolios.
The Spinoff 11
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2026-09-30A poll of polls projects an overhang that could cost Nicola Willis, Chris Bishop, Paul Goldsmith and Gerry Brownlee their seats, but Winston Peters declines to go all-in on vote-splitting, writes Henry Oliver in today’s excerpt from The…
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2026-09-24The 54th parliament has risen for the last time, with leaders saying nice things about their friends and not nice things about their enemies , writes Henry Oliver in today’s excerpt from The Bulletin. To receive The Bulletin in full each…
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2026-09-24Roll out the green carpet: as the parliamentary term draws to a close, it’s time to hand out the gongs for the most memorable moments and momentous mishaps of the past three years in the House of Representatives. Bugger the election…
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2026-09-24It’s so hard to say goodbye to you, 54th parliament. Thank God the good times outweighed the bad. We all have that one flat share we’ll never forget, the one that made you tear your hair out over who’s on chores and seemed at constant risk…
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2026-09-18A week of super urgency has been tough on MPs, and even tougher on Gerry Brownlee and his assistant speakers. It’s parliament’s penultimate sitting week, meaning most of the government workload is complete and everyone else is over it. The…
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2026-09-11People standing back and watching racist abuse on Auckland’s Queen St, Winston Peters telling Lawrence Xu-Nan to go back to his own country. What’s happening? One weekday recently, my wife was on Auckland’s Queen St, waiting to cross at an…
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2026-09-03There were rhymes but little reason in parliament this week. Welcome to the end of parliament’s penultimate sitting block, notable for the government’s heroic ability to splutter tax slogans until their faces turn National Party blue. In…
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2026-09-02I think I can explain what’s going on, writes Joel MacManus. Green MP Tamatha Paul has caused something of a kerfuffle this week by refusing to apologise for claiming that several government MPs had bought new rental properties after…
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2026-08-17Plenty of politicians will line up to cut a ribbon and take credit. Here’s who really deserves the plaudits. When the CRL officially opens on September 13, Len Brown might allow himself a wry smile at the politicians he sees lining up to…
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2026-08-11Possibly. National MPs are in the caucus room determining things like the leadership of New Zealand. In the absence of any information emerging from that meeting, we have taken the obvious path, and made it up. Here is the latest. 9.30am…
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2026-08-11At 9.30am National is holding an emergency caucus meeting to “resolve the issue” of Luxon’s leadership of the party (and the country), writes Henry Oliver in today’s excerpt from The Bulletin. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, …
Stuff 11
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2026-10-20Stuff’s Flip Forecaster shows a clear-out is coming for the caucuses of both National and Labour, thanks to the major party’s historically poor polling.
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2026-10-06Stuff’s Flip Forecaster shows very few possibilities for National to remain in power unless it partners with the Opportunity Party.
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2026-10-02Hundred-strong political delegation remembers the former MP and Speaker of the House as a leader who conducted himself with "quiet resolve and real dignity".
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2026-09-30New Zealand’s electoral system has usually guaranteed jobs for high-ranking list MPs in the big parties. That may no longer be the case.
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2026-09-29The former Labour MP had a deep whakapapa connection to both the Rātana movement and Parliament.
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2026-09-17The actor and activist calls on New Zealanders to march over proposed laws that open national parks to commercial development.
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2026-09-16Labour finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds was addressing the House, when Bishop was caught yelling out, “How is your fiscal plan going?”
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2026-09-15But only one horse was given special permission to enter Parliament grounds.
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2026-09-03Greg O'Connor used his valedictory speech to show off his poetry prowess.
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2026-09-02Labour’s Deborah Russell was spotted knitting in the background during Parliament’s Question Time on Wednesday. Some Stuff readers were outraged - are they right to be?
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2026-08-12Christopher Luxon survived a second confidence vote in four months after Defence Minister Chris Penk launched an unsuccessful leadership challenge.
1News 8
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2026-10-19Spoiler alert: This election is going to be really close, writes 1News Politics Producer Tom Day.
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2026-10-02A Parliamentary delegation saw MPs from across the political spectrum pay their respects today to the former Speaker of the House Adrian Rurawhe.
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2026-09-29Rurawhe was Speaker in the last Labour Government’s second term and was an MP in the Te Tai Hauāuru electorate since 2014.
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2026-09-29Rurawhe was Speaker in the last Labour Government’s second term and was an MP in the Te Tai Hauāuru electorate since 2014.
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2026-09-23Given a "significant number" of people had access, the MPs on the committee say a fulsome inquiry to find the leaker would not be a good use of their time.
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2026-09-17The insult allegedly referred to Assistant Speaker Maureen Pugh, according to NZ First MP Casey Costello.
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2026-09-17The meeting comes with just three sitting days left of the parliamentary term.
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2026-08-18"He dared to enact what the rest of the country are asking for, which is a change of prime minister," says one opposition leader.
NZ Herald 3
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2026-09-17Privileges committee chair Chris Bishop has called an urgent meeting over a leaked Fire and Emergency New Zealand inquiry report. Photo / NZME
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2026-09-16Chris Bishop (left) was asked to leave the House on Wednesday by Speaker Gerry Brownlee. Photos / NZME
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2026-09-15Speaker of the House Gerry Brownlee ejected two MPs from the House today, including Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour (inset). Main photo / Mark Mitchell
Newsroom 2
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2026-10-03An officially unwanted campaign by right-wing advocates to ‘Split Your Vote’ risks an upside-down effect for Act in Epsom and Tāmaki The post Goldie’s never needed a personal vote more – might he get it despite himself? appeared first on…
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2026-09-23Comment: Gerry Brownlee held MPs to a double standard, with harsh punishments for the Opposition and leniency for the coalition The post Gerry Brownlee, Parliament’s ineffectual policeman, wraps up chaotic term appeared first on Newsroom .
Otago Daily Times 1
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Copperfields has sold 166,000 cups of coffee.
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5,690 donuts, so that's you, Willie, I think, is it?
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Uh yeah, no, look, you can't make that excuse.
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Do you want to ask the question again without the reference to um uh to a particular style of government?
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Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive (Newstalk ZB) Barry Soper: Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent on Labour's Chris Hipkins taking aim at National over donors 2026-09-23 · 3s
Uh yeah, no, look, you can't make that.
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Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive (Newstalk ZB) Barry Soper: Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent on Labour's Chris Hipkins taking aim at National over donors 2026-09-23 · 1s
Do you want to ask the question again without the reference to um uh to a particular style of government?
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Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive (Newstalk ZB) Barry Soper: Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent on Chris Bishop getting removed from the House 2026-09-16 · 5s
Sorry, I can't I can't warn all the time, and nothing happened. Mr. Bishop's leaving the house by uh volunteering to.
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Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive (Newstalk ZB) Barry Soper: Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent on Chris Bishop getting removed from the House 2026-09-16 · 11s
I know that a topic like spaghetti excites the house. If you add in a bit of pineapple, the place is out of control. So can we just please get …
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Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive (Newstalk ZB) Barry Soper: Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent on Labour's Phil Twyford calling for MBIE's chief executive to lose his job 2026-09-01 · 5s
It's uh it's enough. I hope that's the end of the epittorial session and uh today's parallel.
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Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive (Newstalk ZB) Chlöe Swarbrick: Green Party co-leader defends accusations directed at Speaker Gerry Brownlee 2026-08-04 · 10s
Everyone is making far too much noise in here, and then turning around expecting me to interpret what a whole hundred and twenty-three people are saying. It's ridiculous. Point of …
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Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive (Newstalk ZB) 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 …
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Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive (Newstalk ZB) Gerry Brownlee: Speaker of the House says China banning NZ MP's is 'disappointing' 2026-06-04 · 35s
And I think the relationship between our two countries is quite strong. Um and so this is just one of those little uh glitches you get. Um, and as I …
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