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Simon Court
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· ACT New Zealand
Pecuniary interests
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Directorships
2 declared
Recent meetings
0 logged
01 Positions
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary — Infrastructure, RMA Reform
03 Pecuniary interests (2025) Methodology →
as of 2026-05-27 02:17Beneficial interests in, and trusteeships of, trusts
P & S Court Trust (beneficiary)
— P & S Court Trust
(Beneficiary)
Company directorships and controlling interests
Strategic Engineering New Zealand Limited (not trading) – project management, construction management, and technical support
— Strategic Engineering New Zealand Limited
(Director)
Debts owed by you
ASB Bank – mortgages (x2)
— ASB Bank
Gifts
Corporate hospitality, events at Eden Park: P!nk, Luke Combs, All Blacks v England, Blues v Chiefs – Eden Park NZ National Stadium
— Eden Park NZ National Stadium
Corporate hospitality, rugby game – Thompson Lewis Limited for Todd Corp
— Thompson Lewis Limited
Real property
Family home (P & S Court Trust) – Glenholme, Rotorua
— P & S Court Trust
Family home (P & S Court Trust) – Whangaparāoa, Auckland
— P & S Court Trust
Family home (jointly owned) – Thorndon, Wellington
Family home (jointly owned) – Waitakere, Auckland
Retirement schemes
Fisher Funds KiwiSaver Scheme
— Fisher Funds KiwiSaver Scheme
04 Directorships Methodology →
as of 2026-06-04 17:20- ended 2026-06-04
06 Trusteeships & beneficial trust interests
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activeBeneficiary
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.
RNZ 21
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2026-09-06Political parties made a number of major announcements on Sunday, aimed at lowering the burden on taxpayers and helping first home buyers.
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2026-09-06Party vows to scrap net zero target, repeal the Zero Carbon Act, seek a "better deal" under the Paris Agreement and more if elected in November .
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2026-09-04Under the party's new transport policy, such "non-functional art" would no longer be eligible for money from the National Land Transport Fund.
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2026-08-29A clutch of MPs from across the House, spent long days considering the minutiae of two bills designed to replace the RMA.
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2026-08-20Representatives from National, Labour, Opportunity, the Greens, New Zealand First, and ACT set out their party's climate change policies and credentials at the Aotearoa Society of Adaptation Professionals conference at Te Papa in…
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2026-08-19The urgent debate on Chris Penk's demotion was an eclectic collection of reckons that sometimes resembled a goodbye tribute. We discuss the event, with pictures.
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2026-08-18Climate activist Mike Smith called it a "dark day for democracy" but the minister in charge says it gives businesses certainty.
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2026-08-18The cabinet minister challenged PM Christopher Luxon's post and was stripped of his portfolios.
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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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2026-08-12The plan to sign the deal was cancelled after the National Party caucus was called to the capital.
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2026-08-06Labour, National, the Greens, NZ First and ACT met last night for the Big Infrastructure Debate.
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2026-07-30The English Language Bill has passed its third and final reading at Parliament.
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2026-07-25Parliament's first Members' Day in months illustrates how a select committee can hone legislation and gain support.
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2026-07-19Without the funds, it's likely the plant would've had to close.
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2026-07-07Labour has joined the solar election policy contest, with a policy package that has some similarities to National's.
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2026-07-02Labour has announced it would repeal the legislation if it wins government.
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2026-07-01RNZ has requested the document, and Luxon told RNZ his office was working on releasing it.
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2026-06-24The party would also allow people to install solar panels without the need for council consent.
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2026-06-10The party is proposing a new target where short-lived gases like methane would only be required to cause 'no additional warming'.
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2026-06-07Scott O'Donnell missed more than a third of meeting agenda items and left about seven months into his term.
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2026-06-07Scott O'Donnell missed more than a third of meeting agenda items and left about seven months into his term.
The Spinoff 10
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2026-09-10Best nearby bars. Best journeys. Worst journeys. Best shopping. Best parks. Here’s how to get the best bang for your 5.5 billion bucks. For Aucklanders, watching the City Rail Link open is a feeling akin to a communist witnessing the fall…
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2026-08-28Two MPs said goodbye and the days blurred into one as urgency ruled the week. A hole was ripped in the space-time continuum by the House of Representatives this week. Thanks to urgency, MPs have been trapped in a never-ending Tuesday as…
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2026-08-09The Spinoff reveals the parliamentarians with the most clout among their peers (according to scientific data, which should not be questioned). Every three years, New Zealand holds a nationwide popularity contest. The prize? Control over…
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2026-07-27While coalition partner NZ First ties itself in knots defining women, National seems to just be cottoning on to the fact that women exist. Mum was the word at the Hippo playground in Botany, where Christopher Luxon was positively glowing…
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2026-07-24The week in parliament was marked by intra-coalition potshots, patsies and a former politician hoist with his own petard. Tuesday’s question time was preempted by a series of lows and a brief high. The lows: the passing of former finance…
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2026-07-08The energy election is ramping up, and for the first time, three parties are campaigning on getting more households powered by solar. It’s election season and rooftop solar is becoming a kitchen-table issue. With both major parties…
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2026-06-21Unfurl the money hose and fire up the cash bazooka: it’s time for a brief history of parliament’s favourite fiscal figures of speech. It’s election year and the polls are tight, so politicians of all stripes are ratcheting up the rhetoric…
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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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2026-05-26From 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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2026-05-22Contentious 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…
Stuff 8
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2026-09-06The ACT Party would dismantle New Zealand’s headline climate goals and laws if in power and restore subsidies of up to 90% to some of the country’s largest emitters.
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2026-09-04Funding from the National Land Transport Fund has historically contributed millions of dollars to roadside public artwork.
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2026-09-02The controversial Northern Irish group have been granted a special direction for their shows here in 2027.
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2026-08-06Engineers challenged to downgrade their ‘gold-plated’ dreams when it comes to infrastructure projects.
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2026-08-05Five senior MPs will outline how they would tackle New Zealand’s biggest infrastructure challenges.
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2026-07-19Finance Minister Nicola Willis said Golden Bay Cement would receive the funding to continue manufacturing cement and clinker at its Whangārei plant until at least the end of 2040.
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2026-06-30The Ombudsman has upheld a complaint against the Prime Minister’s office for its handling of an official information request, which resulted in a document showing industry lobbyists met with Christopher Luxon’s chief policy adviser not…
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2026-06-25Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour says a council’s “clipboard wielders” need to allow a family to build their dream home on a lifestyle block and “live their life”.
NZ Herald 5
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2026-09-04The 12-metre Te Manu Rangimaarie sculpture at the Piarere roundabout cost $630,599. Photo / NZTA
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2026-09-04Act says New Zealand does not need to accept deteriorating roads. Photo / Michael Craig
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2026-08-20Climate activist Mike Smith says new legislation passed in Parliament was “expressly designed” to prevent his case against big businesses from proceeding to trial. Photo / Johnny Blades, VNP
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2026-08-12Waitomo Deputy Mayor Eady Manawaiti (from left), Waitomo Mayor John Robertson, Rural Communities Minister Mark Patterson, Ōtorohanga Mayor Rodney Dow and Waitomo councillor Dan Tasker at Parliament. Photo / Mark Patterson
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2026-07-20Prime Minister Christohper Luxon and RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Otago Daily Times 3
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2026-07-02Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith. Photo: RNZ Russell Palmer of RNZ Legislation preventing lawsuits against companies for climate-changing emissions under tort law has passed its first reading in Parliament.
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2026-07-01Prime Minister Christopher Luxon. Photo: RNZ Russell Palmer of RNZ The Prime Minister says his office is working on publicly releasing another lobbying document connected to a transparency saga.
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2026-06-24National says it would allow people to install solar without the need for council consent. Photo: Getty Images Lauren Crimp of RNZ National has promised to help households shift to solar power through low interest loans, if it is…
1News 2
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2026-09-06The party said the proposed changes would help prevent production and jobs from moving offshore.
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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.
Newsroom 1
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2026-09-08From The Detail: A small part of big road project budgets is spent on something beautiful – but under Act, it would take a back seat The post Proposal to cut roadside art might not save us much appeared first on Newsroom .
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But we do know from a number of projects that there are actually some very expensive pieces of art. 630,000 odd dollars for a 12 meter sculpture of a bird …
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Look, Act is not opposed to having art and nice things on the road, but what we say very clearly is that road money is for roads. People are paying …
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The Front Page (NZ Herald) Should your fuel tax and road-user charges pay for roadside sculptures? 2026-09-04 · 37s
But it's got to be fit for purpose. Like if you think about the uh white amount of harbour crossing the Auckland Harbor Bridge or the new road that's been …
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The Front Page (NZ Herald) Should your fuel tax and road-user charges pay for roadside sculptures? 2026-09-04 · 46s
Well, for seven years leading up to the early 2020s, uh, the money that should have been spent on rehabs and resurfacing simply wasn't. Now, you know, I wasn't in …
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Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive (Newstalk ZB) Simon Court: ACT infrastructure spokesman says 'lowest-cost safe option' will be prioritised 2026-09-04 · 44s
But we do know from a number of projects that there are actually some very expensive pieces of art. $630,000 odd dollars for a 12-meter sculpture of a bird in …
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Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive (Newstalk ZB) Simon Court: ACT infrastructure spokesman says 'lowest-cost safe option' will be prioritised 2026-09-04 · 53s
What are these anything else things that you're talking about? So if you look at the Northern Corridor uh roading project near Albany and North Auckland, uh NZTA paid to …
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Good morning, Mike. Does Watchdog have teeth? Uh the watchdog will have teeth. Uh the new urban land market officer is going to look at what's actually happening in the …
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We have this concept of uh planning for capacity, and what we've seen in Auckland is arguments between the minister, Chris Fisher, who I work with on resource management reform …
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Mike Hosking Breakfast (Newstalk ZB) Simon Court: Parliamentary Under-Secretary for RMA Reform on the introduction of a new watchdog for council zoning 2026-08-19 · 16s
We have this concept of uh planning for capacity, and what we've seen in Auckland is arguments between the the Minister, Chris Bishop, who I work with on resource management …
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Mike Hosking Breakfast (Newstalk ZB) Simon Court: Parliamentary Under-Secretary for RMA Reform on the introduction of a new watchdog for council zoning 2026-08-19 · 15s
Well, the legislation's going to be passed in the next few weeks. Uh the resource will be a good thing. Well, we've we've got the committee stage next week where …
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Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive (Newstalk ZB) The Huddle: Is there a gender issue in politics? 2026-05-04 · 1s
Not train elections nearly.
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Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive (Newstalk ZB) Chris Bishop: Associate Finance Minister on the prospect of the Cook Strait ferry costs blowing out 2026-05-04 · 28s
Well, I mean, short answer is who knows and who knows if that's actually what's going on, but I think it makes a lot of But people feel pretty uncomfortable. …
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