Minister · National
Penny Simmonds
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.
$1,339
MP travel & accommodation
#120 of 136 MPs
$203,190
Ministerial travel
#27 of 32 ministers
National
Party
MP travel & accommodation
Expenses →Over 8 quarters, as the Parliamentary Service disclosed it.
$0
Accommodation
$1,339
Travel
$1,339
Total
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.
$203,190
Domestic
$0
International
$203,190
Total
Declared interests
Register of Interests · J.7What Penny Simmonds 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
- EM Simmonds Trust (trustee and beneficiary)
- Penny Simmonds Family Trust (trustee and beneficiary)
Real property
- Family home and farm (jointly owned) – Mabel Bush, Southland
- Farm (jointly owned) – Ryal Bush, Southland
- Family cribs (x3; owned by family trust) – Riverton, Southland
- Rental property (owned by family trust) – Invercargill
Retirement schemes
- AMP KiwiSaver