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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
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.

$203,190
Domestic
$0
International
$203,190
Total
31 Mar31 Mar

Declared interests

Register of Interests · J.7

What 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