Plain Politics NZ

Minister · ACT

Karen Chhour

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.

$196
MP travel & accommodation
#133 of 136 MPs
$291,154
Ministerial travel
#21 of 32 ministers
ACT
Party

MP travel & accommodation

Expenses →

Over 8 quarters, as the Parliamentary Service disclosed it.

$0
Accommodation
$196
Travel
$196
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.

$271,528
Domestic
$19,626
International
$291,154
Total
31 Mar31 Mar

Party donations

Electoral Commission · 2025

In the 2025 annual return of party donations, Karen Chhour is named as donating over the $5,000 disclosure threshold:

Declared interests

Register of Interests · J.7

What Karen Chhour 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.

Company directorships and controlling interests

  • Kazzer Services Limited – New Zealand-made clothing and property
  • management

Trusts

  • Coulter Family Trust (trustee)

Real property

  • Family home (jointly owned) – Auckland

Retirement schemes

  • Bank of New Zealand KiwiSaver

Managed investment schemes

  • YouWealth account – Bank of New Zealand