Biography
Carl Michael Bates is a New Zealand politician, representing the New Zealand National Party as a Member of Parliament since the 2023 New Zealand general election.
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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 Carl Bates voted the same way as National. The votes that reveal an MP’s own view are conscience (personal) votes, where MPs vote individually.
Carl Bates’s conscience votes and key divisions this term are being added from the official record (Hansard / parliamentary divisions).
Declared interests
What Carl Bates 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.
2 Other companies and business entities Greenplan (Dunmore West 2000) Forest Partnership No. 47 – forestry 4 Beneficial interests in, and trusteeships of, trusts The Carpe Diem Trust (beneficiary) Enchanted Trust (beneficiary) Raewyn Bates Family Trust (beneficiary) 6 Real property Former family home (in trust) – Manawatū Rental property (in trust) – Whanganui * Interest rate payable in relation to the debt is less than the normal market interest rate that applied at the time the debt was incurred or, if the terms of the debt have been amended, at the time of the amendment. J. 7 ANNUAL RETURNS AS AT 31 JANUARY 2025 8 Rental apartments (x2, in trust) – Wellington Family home – Whanganui 7 Retirement schemes Craigs KiwiSaver Ninety-One Retirement Annuity Fund – Ninety-One (South Africa) 9 Debts owed to you Sirdar South Africa (Pty) Limited – business loan Protea Kowhai Holdings (Pty) Limited – business loan * 10 Debts owed by you Investec (South Africa) – mortgage on former family home Westpac Bank – mortgage on former family home The Carpe Diem Trust – personal loan * Bank of New Zealand – mortgage on family home 12 Gifts Parliamentary Hunting Trip (one night and hinds) – New Zealand Game Animal Council Hon Andrew
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.
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 National Party, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source ).