My Net Worth: Chris Penk, Government minister

My Net Worth: Chris Penk, Government minister
Before entering Parliament, Chris Penk was a lawyer and a naval officer. (Image: Mark Mitchell)
Cécile Meier
Chris Penk was elected to Parliament in 2017 as successor to former prime minister Sir John Key in the northwest Auckland seat of Helensville. His electorate is now called Kaipara Ki Mahurangi. His ministerial portfolios are Building and Construction, Land Information, Veterans, and Small Business and Manufacturing, and he is also Associate Minister of Immigration and also of Defence (he is a former navy officer, and his service included time at Government House as aide-de-camp to the Governor-General). The Kelston Boys' High School ol...

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