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MP · #83
Stuart Smith
Kaikōura
· National Party
Pecuniary interests
53 items
Directorships
1 declared
Recent meetings
0 logged
01 Positions
03 Pecuniary interests (2025) Methodology →
as of 2026-05-27 02:24Beneficial interests in, and trusteeships of, trusts
Tayler-Smith Family Trust (trustee and beneficiary)
— Tayler-Smith Family Trust
(Trustee)
Debts owed to you
Tayler-Smith Family Trust – term loan*
— Tayler-Smith Family Trust
Gifts
Rugby test tickets (x2) – SkyCity Entertainment
— SkyCity Entertainment
Rugby test tickets (x2) – Suncorp
— Suncorp
Other companies and business entities
APA Group (stapled securities) (in trust) – petroleum industry
— APA Group
Alibaba Group Holding Limited American Depositary Receipts (in trust) – internet infrastructure, electronic commerce, online financial, and internet content services
— Alibaba Group Holding Limited
Amazon.com Incorporated (in trust) – e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence
— Amazon.com Incorporated
Amcor Public Listed Company Chess Depositary Interests (in trust) – packaging
— Amcor Public Listed Company
Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated Class B (in trust) – insurance, rail transportation, energy generation, and distribution, manufacturing, and retailing
— Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated
Bristol Properties Limited Partnership (in trust) – property investment
— Bristol Properties Limited Partnership
CSL Limited (in trust) – biotechnology
— CSL Limited
Cashel Property Investment Limited (in trust) – property investment
— Cashel Property Investment Limited
Cleanaway Waste Management Limited (in trust) – sustainable waste management
— Cleanaway Waste Management Limited
Contact Energy Limited (in trust) – electricity generation
— Contact Energy Limited
Delegat Group Limited (in trust) – wine
— Delegat Group Limited
Dry Hills Services Limited (in trust) – irrigation scheme related to member's family home
— Dry Hills Services Limited
EBOS Group Limited (in trust) – healthcare, medical, and pharmaceutical products
— EBOS Group Limited
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Limited (in trust) – manufacturing
— Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Limited
Freightways Group Limited (in trust) – transport operator
— Freightways Group Limited
Genesis Energy Limited (in trust) – electricity generation
— Genesis Energy Limited
Heartland Group Holdings Limited (in trust) – financial services
— Heartland Group Holdings Limited
Hectre Group Limited (in trust) – orchard management software
— Hectre Group Limited
JPMorgan American Investment Trust plc (in trust) – investment company
— JPMorgan American Investment Trust plc
Johnson & Johnson Incorporated (in trust) – pharmaceutical and medical technologies
— Johnson & Johnson Incorporated
Macquarie Group Limited (in trust) – financial services
— Macquarie Group Limited
Mainfreight Limited (in trust) – logistics
— Mainfreight Limited
Mastercard Incorporated Class A (in trust) – electronic payments
— Mastercard Incorporated
Meridian Energy Limited (in trust) – electricity generation
— Meridian Energy Limited
Merx (in trust) – property finance
— Merx
Microsoft Corporation (in trust) – software products, services, and devices
— Microsoft Corporation
My Food Bag Group Limited (in trust) – online food delivery
— My Food Bag Group Limited
Nestlé Societe Anonyme American Depositary Receipts (in trust) – food and drink processing
— Nestlé Societe Anonyme
Novo Nordisk A Shares American Depositary Receipts (in trust) – pharmaceutical products
— Novo Nordisk
Nudgee Road Property Trust (in trust) – property investment
— Nudgee Road Property Trust
Osterly Way Investments Limited (in trust) – property investment
— Osterly Way Investments Limited
Ramsay Health Care Limited (in trust) – healthcare
— Ramsay Health Care Limited
ResMed Incorporated Chess Depositary Interests (in trust) – medical devices
— ResMed Incorporated
Ryman Healthcare Limited (in trust) – retirement villages
— Ryman Healthcare Limited
Script Sense (in trust) – pharmacy management software
— Script Sense
Spacecube Limited (in trust) – modular building system
— Spacecube Limited
Spark New Zealand Limited (in trust) – telecommunications
— Spark New Zealand Limited
Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited (in trust) – biopharmaceutical company
— Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited
Transurban Group (stapled securities) (in trust) – transport networks
— Transurban Group
Visa Incorporated Class A (in trust) – electronic payments
— Visa Incorporated
Walmart Incorporated (in trust) – retail
— Walmart Incorporated
Zoetis Incorporated (in trust) – animal health
— Zoetis Incorporated
Overseas travel costs
Tarawa, Kiribati – Help induct new Members of Parliament. Contributor to travel and accommodation: United Nations Development Programme.
— United Nations Development Programme
Real property
Apartment (half-share owned by Tayler-Smith Family Trust) – Frankton, Queenstown
Apartment (owned by Tayler-Smith Family Trust) – Thorndon, Wellington
Family home (owned by Tayler-Smith Family Trust) – Dry Hills, Blenheim
Rental property (owned by Tayler-Smith Family Trust) – Redwood, Blenheim
Timeshare week (owned by Tayler-Smith Family Trust) – Queenstown Mews
Retirement schemes
Fisher Funds KiwiSaver Plan
— Fisher Funds KiwiSaver Plan
04 Directorships Methodology →
as of 2026-05-27 02:24None recorded.
06 Trusteeships & beneficial trust interests
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activeTrustee
08 Recent meetings (as minister) Methodology →
No meetings recorded.
09 Recent Hansard speeches
- 2026-08-06
- 2026-08-06
- 2026-08-05
- 2026-07-30
- 2026-07-22
- 2026-06-30
- 2026-06-24
- 2026-05-19
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 15
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2026-08-11Luxon called the urgent in-person meeting as speculation swirled he was losing his grip on the leadership.
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2026-08-11Christopher Luxon's leadership has come under scrutiny again after a series of missteps and clashes with coalition partners, including calling for an MMP referendum.
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2026-08-08Senior National MPs who might have been nervous about the party's polling have been given high list rankings to give them the best shot of returning to Parliament next term.
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2026-07-23Napier councillor Te Kira Lawrence has swept up the opening in the electorate.
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2026-07-21MPs are back in Wellington to debate legislation. This week, for the first time in two months, this includes bills not proposed by the government.
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2026-07-11Louise Upston gives her take on her new part-time full-time job: managing the government's entire legislative programme as Leader of the House.
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2026-05-12The TVNZ political editor resigned after scrutiny over comments she made during drinks in Nicola Willis' office.
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2026-05-12The TVNZ political editor resigned after scrutiny over comments she made during drinks in Nicola Willis' office.
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2026-05-11The relationship between politicians and the media is symbiotic, but it's increasingly coming under pressure.
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2026-05-11Analysis - The relationship between politicians and the media is symbiotic, but it's increasingly coming under pressure.
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2026-05-11Analysis - The relationship between politicians and the media is symbiotic, but it's increasingly coming under pressure.
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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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2026-04-30Maiki Sherman has been suspended from Parliament from May 1 to May 6.
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2026-04-30Maiki Sherman has been suspended from Parliament from May 1 to May 6.
Stuff 13
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2026-08-10Not every MP has answered in the affirmative to the question of whether they back the PM - including a potential challenger in Erica Stanford.
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2026-08-10Christopher Luxon’s role as leader of the National Party is again being questioned, following a week in which he apologised for offending small business owners and caught his MPs off-guard with a policy commitment announced on talkback…
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2026-08-08The list gave the ranking of the party’s candidates, and would determine who would enter Parliament to fulfil National’s share of the party vote won.
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2026-07-27Craig Mackle says Kaikōura is still a great destination for holiday breaks, despite the recent flooding.
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2026-06-15The Prime Minister has directed his office to take a closer look at the entitlements available to former politicians, but is not budging on current MPs’ allowances.
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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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2026-06-01Social development minister Louise Upston has defended claiming $52,000 a year for an apartment she owns in Wellington, but won’t explain what costs it is covering.
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2026-05-26Social development minister Louise Upston has defended claiming $52,000 a year for an apartment she owns in Wellington, but won’t explain what costs it is covering.
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2026-05-12Judith Collins has given her valedictory speech at Parliament
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2026-05-11TVNZ’s political editor Maiki Sherman announced she was leaving the state broadcaster after two weeks of making headlines.
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2026-05-08TVNZ’s political editor Maiki Sherman has resigned from the state broadcaster after a week of making headlines for her alleged behaviour at Parliament.
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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.
1News 8
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2026-09-08Glen Crowther says he was required to enter a supervised room with no device, pen or paper to review documents related to the Mount Maunganui landslide inquiry.
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2026-08-131News Politics Producer Tom Day reflects on where an extraordinary day in Wellington leaves the National Party.
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2026-08-08The party released its full line-up of election candidates on Saturday afternoon.
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2026-08-05"I would love it for Tom to win. I would absolutely love it. I would love people to give two votes to ACT. The reality is, it is very unlikely."
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2026-08-05"I would love it for Tom [Spooner] to win. I would absolutely love it. I would love people to give two votes to ACT. The reality is, it is very unlikely."
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2026-07-27"There is still plenty room in town and it’s the best the time of year to see the whales," Mayor Craig Mackle said.
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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.
The Spinoff 7
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2026-08-12Luxon survives a leadership challenge, but many questions remain, writes Henry Oliver in today’s excerpt from The Bulletin. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign up here . Yesterday, finally, Luxon had some good news to…
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2026-08-12There’s no reason to doubt the prime minister’s claim that his caucus is united. Provided you ignore all the reasons to doubt his claim that his caucus is united. If Christopher Luxon was clear about one thing at his press conference…
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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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2026-05-12Suspicions 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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2026-05-06A strategic reboot seeks to put Luxon above the fray and the party on the front foot. Something, the thinking must have been, had to change. A drip-feed of disatisfaction from National MPs and staffers together with a pair of energetic…
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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…
NZ Herald 3
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2026-09-08National Party MP Stuart Smith (left) has created a Local Government Amendment Bill to ensure elected members have access to council information, and Tauranga MP Sam Uffindell (centre) backs the bill. Tauranga City councillor Glen Crowther…
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2026-08-11National's leadership question: Who could replace Christopher Luxon as leader and Prime Minister: Chris Bishop, Erica Stanford, or Mark Mitchell? Graphic / Phil Welch NZH 16Mar26 - Who could replace Christopher Luxon (right) as National…
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2026-07-23Nicola Grigg (left), National MP for Selwyn, passes a baby bouncer to fellow MP Katie Nimon. Grigg was in turn given the bouncer by Labour MP Camilla Belich. Photo / Facebook / Nicola Grigg MP
Newsroom 2
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2026-08-12Comment: Wednesday's drama has failed to change any of the underlying reasons driving National Party MPs to agitate for overthrowing Luxon The post Labour’s dream and National’s nightmare: Luxon down but not out appeared first on Newsroom .
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2026-05-12Political pressure, public distrust and a media in meltdown - the country is witnessing a reckoning for journalism. Mark Jennings and Richard Harman join The Detail The post Crisis in the newsroom appeared first on Newsroom .
Otago Daily Times 2
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2026-05-11Maiki Sherman at Parliament. Photo: Aotearoa Media Collective (file) Lillian Hanly of RNZ Opposition MPs say former TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman was "hounded" into resigning, after a "witch-hunt" all while public broadcasters are…
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2026-05-11Maiki Sherman at Parliament. Photo: Aotearoa Media Collective (file) Lillian Hanly of RNZ Opposition MPs say former TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman was "hounded" into resigning, after a "witch-hunt" all while public broadcasters are…
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