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Carl Bates
NationalCurrent MP
Career MP Salary
$516,000
3 years tracked
Career MP Expenses
$141,223
3 years of data
Professional Background
Updated 3 Feb 2026No biographical information available
Education
Not specified
Qualifications
None listed
Salary & Role History
3 years of remuneration data| Year | Primary Role | Salary Category | Annual Salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ordinary MP | Ordinary MP | $175,400(highest) |
| 2024 | Ordinary MP | Ordinary MP | $172,000 |
| 2023 | Ordinary MP | Ordinary MP | $168,600 |
| Total Career Earnings (3 years) | $516,000 | ||
Salary data from Remuneration Authority. Annual salary based on highest-paid role held during the year.
Expense History
Role types: MP (Parliament) · Minister (Executive)
| Year | Role | Accommodation | Travel | Inter-Parl. | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellington | Other | Air | Surface | VIP | ||||
| 2025 | MP | $28,000 | - | - | $25,699 | - | - | $56,340 |
| 2024 | MP | $37,956 | - | $11,000 | $29,363 | - | - | $82,120 |
| 2023 | MP | $1,043 | - | $663 | $1,055 | - | - | $2,762 |
MP expenses from Parliament disclosure. Minister expenses disclosed separately via DIA Executive disclosure. Years showing '-' may indicate the person held a ministerial role during that period.
Cross-Sector Roles
Crown Entity Roles (1)
- Member of ParliamentCurrent
Declared Financial Interests
2 years of declarations202518 declared interests▼
Other Companies & Business Interests (1)
- •Greenplan (Dunmore West 2000) Forest Partnership No. 47 – forestry
Trusts (3)
- •The Carpe Diem Trust (beneficiary)
- •Enchanted Trust (beneficiary)
- •Raewyn Bates Family Trust (beneficiary)
Real Property (4)
- •Former family home (in trust) – Manawatū
- •Rental property (in trust) – Whanganui 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.
- •Rental apartments (x2, in trust) – Wellington
- •Family home – Whanganui
Retirement Schemes (2)
- •Craigs KiwiSaver
- •Ninety-One Retirement Annuity Fund – Ninety-One (South Africa)
Debts Owed to the Member (2)
- •Sirdar South Africa (Pty) Limited – business loan
- •Protea Kowhai Holdings (Pty) Limited – business loan*
Debts (Mortgages & Loans) (4)
- •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
Gifts (2)
- •New Zealand Game – Parliamentary Hunting Trip (one night and hinds)
- •– Animal Council
202417 declared interests▼
Other Companies & Business Interests (1)
- •Greenplan (Dunmore West 2000) Forest Partnership No. 47 – forestry
Trusts (3)
- •The Carpe Diem Trust (beneficiary)
- •Enchanted Trust (beneficiary)
- •Raewyn Bates Family Trust (beneficiary)
Real Property (3)
- •Former family home (in trust) – Manawatu
- •Rental property (in trust) – Whanganui
- •Rental apartments (x2; in trust) – Wellington
Retirement Schemes (2)
- •Craigs KiwiSaver
- •Ninety One Retirement Annuity Fund – Ninety One (South Africa)
Debts Owed to the Member (3)
- •Sirdar South Africa (Pty) Limited – business loan
- •Protea Kowhai Holdings (Pty) Limited – business loan*
- •Blue Jandal Properties SA (Pty) Limited – business loan*
Debts (Mortgages & Loans) (3)
- •Investec (South Africa) – mortgage on former family home
- •Westpac Bank – mortgage on former family home
- •The Carpe Diem Trust – personal loan*
Payment for Activities (2)
- •Directorship income (concluded December 2023) – Trysome Automotive
- •Engineering (Pty) Limited (South Africa)
Source: Register of Pecuniary and Other Specified Interests of Members of Parliament
Data Sources
- MP expenses from Parliament.nz
- CE remuneration from Te Kawa Mataaho
- Financial interests from Register of Pecuniary Interests