Penny Simmonds and Chris Penk - National MP's

Join your hosts, Haley Rachel Rolls and Harita Gandhi-Kashyap as we chat to New Zealand National Party MP's Penny Simmonds MP and Chris Penk MP about Education, Youth Crime, Māori Representation, Ram Raids, Boot Camps, and more.

11/09/2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkyqI_kSyJQ&ab_channel=ConversationsWithW%C4%81hine-NCWNZRadio

Penny Simmonds MP is the Member of Parliament for Invercargill, New Zealand, elected in 2020. She is currently the Opposition Spokesperson for Tertiary Education, Spokesperson for Disability Issues Associate Spokesperson for Agriculture, and Associate Spokesperson for Transport, and sits on the Health Select Committee.
Prior to her election to MP, Penny was Chief Executive of Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) from 1997 – 2020. 

Chris Penk is MP for Kaipara ki Mahurangi, and joined the Royal New Zealand Navy in 2000, which included serving as an officer of the watch on the HMNZS Te Kaha. He also worked at Government House as aide-de-camp to the Governor-General in 2003. Later, Chris joined the Australian Defence Force and fulfilled his dream of serving in submarines, being appointed navigating officer of HMAS Sheean in 2006, and finally was stationed in the Northern Arabian Gulf in late 2007.

Chris returned to New Zealand in 2008 where he completed his legal training. This culminated in his admission to the bar in 2010 and working as staff solicitor in Auckland. In late 2015 he established his own firm, leaving Ong & Penk Lawyers behind in late 2017 to enter Parliament as successor to Sir John Key.

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