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Pansy Wong

Pansy Wong

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 (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: Dom/1997/0319/1-F

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Manying Ip, Chinese – Recent developments, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/522/pansy-wong (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Manying Ip, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 July 2024.

Comments

Josh
17 July 2015
Pansy Wong was too short lived in the Nat Party. She really brought a great spirit to Auckland - hoping she is doing well now.