Minister · National
Melissa Lee
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.
$79,108
MP travel & accommodation
#91 of 136 MPs
$159,364
Ministerial travel
#30 of 32 ministers
National
Party
MP travel & accommodation
Expenses →Over 8 quarters, as the Parliamentary Service disclosed it.
$35,610
Accommodation
$43,499
Travel
$79,108
Total
Ministerial travel
Expenses →Over 5 quarters, published by the Department of Internal Affairs. International travel is Cabinet-approved and can cover a spouse, staff and accompanying ministers.
$133,881
Domestic
$25,483
International
$159,364
Total
Declared interests
Register of Interests · J.7What Melissa Lee 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
- New Zealand Korea Veterans' Memorial Trust (trustee)
Real property
- Family home – Auckland
- Rental property (owned by superannuation scheme) – Wellington
Retirement schemes
- Chul Ssinjin Superannuation Scheme
Debts owed by the member
- ANZ Bank – mortgage
Overseas travel
- Vanuatu – induction programme for members of the 14th legislature.
- Contributor to travel and accommodation: United Nations Development
- Programme.
- South Korea – Global Korean Politicians Forum. Contributor to travel and
- accommodation: Global Korean Politicians Council.