Written By: Mountain Tui - Date published: 6:31 pm, September 14th, 2025 - 20 commentsCategories: Christopher Luxon, michael wood, national, same old national - Tags: brightline tax, Carl Bates, cgt, conflict of interest, landlord25 - That’s the number of undeclared properties (mostly rentals) that National Party MP Carl Bates omitted from the MP interest registry. Many of the properties are rentals in Whanganui, making Bates’ family one of the biggest private landlords in his electorate. As a National MP who votes on laws, Bates significantly benefits from the ~$3bn in tax breaks that Luxon gave people like himself and the first term Whanganui MP. PS Last week, Carl Bates had to delete this embarrassing post where he forgot he was praising and defending himself from his own account. Source article: Carl Bates is a mega landlord