Accountant Pansy Wong became New Zealand’s first Asian member of Parliament in 1996, and from 2008 to 2010 was Minister of Ethnic Affairs and Women’s Affairs. New Zealand educated, and a speaker of English, Cantonese, Mandarin and Shanghaiese, she was able to mediate between people of different cultural backgrounds.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
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Pansy Wong was too short
Josh (not verified)
17 July 2015
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