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Minister · National

Chris Bishop

Travel and accommodation, from the disclosures that name them. An MP’s travel is published by the Parliamentary Service; a minister’s travel is published separately by the Department of Internal Affairs. Both are shown here, and not added into a single headline, because they are two different bills.

$2,009
MP travel & accommodation
#113 of 136 MPs
$493,566
Ministerial travel
#8 of 32 ministers
National
Party

MP travel & accommodation

Expenses →

Over 8 quarters, as the Parliamentary Service disclosed it.

$304
Accommodation
$1,704
Travel
$2,009
Total
31 Mar31 Dec

Ministerial travel

Expenses →

Over 9 quarters, published by the Department of Internal Affairs. International travel is Cabinet-approved and can cover a spouse, staff and accompanying ministers.

$225,271
Domestic
$268,295
International
$493,566
Total
31 Mar31 Mar

Declared interests

Register of Interests · J.7

What Chris Bishop declared in the Register of Pecuniary and Other Specified Interests, as at 31 January 2026. The register records that an interest exists, not its value.

Real property

  • Family home – Days Bay, Lower Hutt

Retirement schemes

  • Simplicity KiwiSaver

Managed investment schemes

  • Growth Investment Fund – Simplicity
  • High Growth Investment Fund – Simplicity
  • Balanced Investment Fund – Simplicity
  • Hedged Global Share Investment Fund – Simplicity
  • Unhedged Global Share Investment Fund – Simplicity

Debts owed by the member

  • ANZ Bank – mortgage (x2)

Gifts

  • Tickets to Taite Music Awards and NZ Music Awards – Recorded Music
  • New Zealand
  • Tickets to conference and gala dinner at Building Nations – Infrastructure
  • New Zealand
  • Tickets to All Blacks v Ireland in Chicago & hospitality – Sport NZ
  • Cocktail reception and dinner – Urban Design Forum (New York)