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Minister · National

Paul Goldsmith

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.

$342
MP travel & accommodation
#131 of 136 MPs
$413,266
Ministerial travel
#12 of 32 ministers
National
Party

MP travel & accommodation

Expenses →

Over 8 quarters, as the Parliamentary Service disclosed it.

$0
Accommodation
$342
Travel
$342
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.

$297,109
Domestic
$116,157
International
$413,266
Total
31 Mar31 Mar

Declared interests

Register of Interests · J.7

What Paul Goldsmith 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

  • Goldsmith & Wilson Family Trust (trustee and beneficiary)

Real property

  • Family home (owned by family trust) – Remuera
  • Apartment – Wellington
  • House – Waitakere Ranges

Retirement schemes

  • Simplicity KiwiSaver
  • Craigs Investment Partners Superannuation Scheme

Debts owed by the member

  • ASB Bank – mortgage

Gifts

  • Rugby tickets, NZ v Australia – Eden Park Trust
  • ASB Classic tennis semi-final – Auckland Council Events

Payments for activities

  • Book royalties – Penguin Random House
  • Payments for books published in NZ – NZ Authors’ Fund, Creative NZ
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