Paul Goldsmith
List MP, Epsom
Paul Goldsmith is the Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, Minister of Justice, Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, Minister for Media and Communications, Minister for Pacific Peoples and Minister for Public Service and Digitising Government.
Born in Mt Eden and having attend Auckland Grammar School. Paul lives with his wife and their four children in the Epsom electorate.
First elected off the National Party list in 2011, Paul served as the Chair of the Parliamentary Finance and Expenditure Select Committee. Following the 2014 General Election he was appointed Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and Associate Minister for ACC.
In 2016 Paul was appointed Minister of Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment, Minister for Science and Innovation, and Minister for Regulatory Reform, and served in the Cabinet until the 2017 General Election.
Before entering Parliament, Paul created his own business as a historian and biographer focusing on New Zealand’s history and economic development. He has published 10 books, his last were biographies of Alan Gibbs (Serious Fun) and Sir William Gallagher (Legend).
Paul is an enthusiastic pianist and has a broad interest in the arts, he is a 2nd dan black belt in Tae Kwon Do and plays for the Parliamentary Cricket team.
“ National is focused on supporting Epsom and your livelihood. “
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