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Minister · ACT

David Seymour

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.

$415
MP travel & accommodation
#130 of 136 MPs
$300,751
Ministerial travel
#20 of 32 ministers
ACT
Party

MP travel & accommodation

Expenses →

Over 8 quarters, as the Parliamentary Service disclosed it.

$0
Accommodation
$415
Travel
$415
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.

$298,957
Domestic
$1,794
International
$300,751
Total
31 Mar31 Mar

Declared interests

Register of Interests · J.7

What David Seymour 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.

Trusts

  • BH & VA Seymour Family Trust (beneficiary)
  • Beachcomber Trust (beneficiary)
  • Frere Trust (beneficiary)

Real property

  • Residential home (as discretionary beneficiary of trust) – Whangārei
  • Holiday home (as discretionary beneficiary of trust) – Northland
  • Section (as discretionary beneficiary of trust) – Whangārei
  • Residential home (as beneficiary of trust) – Auckland

Retirement schemes

  • Oakura Superannuation Scheme
  • ASB KiwiSaver

Debts owed to the member

  • Frere Trust – loan*

Debts owed by the member

  • ASB Bank – mortgage

Overseas travel

  • Australia – conference. Contributor to travel and accommodation: Australia
  • New Zealand School of Government.
  • * Interest rate payable in relation to the debt is less than the normal market
  • interest rate that applied at the time the debt was incurred or, if the terms of the
  • debt have been amended, at the time of the amendment.

Gifts

  • Engagement gift – ACT MPs
  • Artwork – Richard J Childs
  • Rugby tickets – Eden Park Trust Board
  • Rugby tickets – Caniwi Capital
  • Concert tickets – Eden Park Trust Board
  • Ceramic vase – Government of Vietnam
  • Beach towel (as part of cumulative gifts from one donor) – Eden Park Trust
  • Board
  • Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo Tickets – Eden Park Trust Board
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