Biography
Barbara Rachael Fati Palepa Edmonds is a New Zealand politician. She was elected as the Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Mana, representing the Labour Party, in 2020. She served as the Minister of Internal Affairs, Minister for Pacific Peoples, Minister of Revenue and Minister for Economic Development in the final year of the Sixth Labour Government.
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54th Parliament · since the 2023 general election
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Policies they shape — and why
Bills they’ve worked on
Voting record
Most votes in Parliament are party votes — MPs vote as a block with their party, so on the large majority of votes Barbara Edmonds voted the same way as Labour. The votes that reveal an MP’s own view are conscience (personal) votes, where MPs vote individually.
Barbara Edmonds’s conscience votes and key divisions this term are being added from the official record (Hansard / parliamentary divisions).
Declared interests
What Barbara Edmonds has declared in the official register — directorships, property, trusts, debts and gifts. Registers actual and potential conflicts of interest; it is not a measure of wealth.
6 Real property Family home (jointly owned) – Porirua Family home (jointly owned) – Ōtāhuhu, Auckland 7 Retirement schemes Milford KiwiSaver (active growth fund) 10 Debts owed by you ANZ Bank – mortgage 11 Overseas travel costs England – meetings with global reinsurers. Contributor to travel: Insurance Council of New Zealand. 12 Gifts Match tickets and hospitality for ANZ Netball Cup semi-final (x2 tickets) and final (x1 ticket) and Silver Ferns (x1 ticket), as part of Parliamentary Netball Team – ANZ All Blacks rugby tickets (x2) and hospitality – AIA Insurance Tennis tickets (x2) and hospitality – Tennis Auckland Tākuta
Register of Pecuniary Interests (parliament.nz) · as at 31 January 2025Taxpayer-funded expenses
Travel and accommodation paid by Parliamentary Service for 1 October – 31 December 2025. Ministers’ expenses are disclosed separately.
Roles & responsibilities
Details sourced from parliament.nz and the public record. Bills, written questions, speeches and voting records are being added from Parliament’s official register and Hansard. Photo: New Zealand Labour Party, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source ).