MP
Electorate
NA
Vanessa Weenink
Vanessa Weenink
Electorate MP
NationalParty
ElectorateRole
Banks PeninsulaElectorate
ActiveStatus
2023Entered
Majority
Active MP Banks Peninsula electorate

Biography

Vanessa Joan Weenink is a New Zealand politician. She was elected as a Member of the New Zealand House of Representatives for Banks Peninsula, representing the National Party, in the 2023 New Zealand general election. She is a doctor by training.

Source: Wikipedia

Impact this term

54th Parliament · since the 2023 general election

0
Roles & spokesperson areas
2
Select committees
1
Members’ bills in the ballot
0
Written questions
Speeches in the House
Being added

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Policies they shape, and why

Bills they’ve worked on

Members’ bill in the ballot (awaiting a first-reading draw)
Crimes (Sexual Violence Consent Reform) Amendment Bill
In ballot
NZ Parliament — Bills · as at 28 August 2026

Voting record

Most votes in Parliament are party votes, where MPs vote as a block with their party. So on the large majority of votes Vanessa Weenink voted the same way as National. The votes that show an MP’s own view are conscience (personal) votes, where MPs vote individually.

No conscience (personal) votes are recorded for Vanessa Weenink this term. These votes are rare, because Parliament decides most matters by party vote. We record them from Hansard as they occur.

Declared interests

What Vanessa Weenink 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.

1 Company directorships and controlling interests Weenink Medical Limited – healthcare 4 Beneficial interests in, and trusteeships of, trusts VJ Weenink Trust (trustee and beneficiary) Pelorus River Trust (trustee and beneficiary) 6 Real property Family home (jointly owned) – Christchurch Family home (trust owned) – Christchurch Apartment (trust owned) – Wellington 7 Retirement schemes Private superannuation scheme – Pelorus River Trust Medical Assurance Society KiwiSaver Scheme – Medical Funds Management Limited 8 Managed investment schemes Wealth Builder – NZ Funds 10 Debts owed by you Westpac Bank – mortgages (x2) 11 Overseas travel costs Colombia – conference. Contributor to travel and accommodation: European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights. 14 Payment for activities Per diem payment for conference attendance and incidentals paid by European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights. ANNUAL RETURNS AS AT 31 JANUARY 2026 64 Helen

Register of Pecuniary Interests (parliament.nz) · as at 31 January 2026

Taxpayer-funded expenses

Travel and accommodation paid by Parliamentary Service for 1 January – 31 March 2026. Ministers’ expenses are disclosed separately.

$17,840
Total this quarter
$8,598
Accommodation
$9,242
Travel
Members' expense disclosure (parliament.nz)
At a glance
Electorate
Banks Peninsula
Role
Electorate MP
Entered Parliament
2023

Committees

Economic Development Science and InnovationEducation and Workforce
Participation
Members’ bills (ballot)
1
Written questions
0
Speeches Being added
Official links
Profile on parliament.nz

Latest coverage

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Sources

Details sourced from parliament.nz and the public record. Bills, written questions, declared interests and expenses refresh automatically from Parliament’s official sources; conscience votes are recorded from Hansard as they occur. Photo: New Zealand National Party, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source ).