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Pansy Wong
Information
Date:
17 March 2010
Contact details
Parliament Office
Private Bag 18888
Parliament Buildings
Wellington 6160
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Hon Pansy Wong

Member for Botany, National Party

Honours/decorations

New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993

Current parliamentary roles

  • Associate Minister for Disability Issues
  • Minister for Ethnic Affairs
  • Minister of Women's Affairs
  • Associate Minister for ACC
  • Associate Minister of Energy and Resources

Former parliamentary roles

  • Member, Commerce select committee 21 December 1999-18 June 2002
  • Spokesperson, Ethnic Affairs 15 August 2002-2 November 2003
  • Spokesperson, Tourism 15 August 2002-2 November 2003
  • Deputy Chairperson, Government administration select committee 27 August 2002-4 November 2003
  • Spokesperson, Asian Relationships 2 November 2003-26 October 2005
  • Associate Spokesperson, Commerce 2 November 2003-26 October 2005
  • Associate Spokesperson, Revenue 2 November 2003-1 December 2006
  • Member, Finance and expenditure select committee 4 November 2003-11 August 2005
  • Member, Regulations review committee 4 November 2003-7 April 2004
  • Liaison with Asian New Zealanders 26 October 2005-1 December 2006
  • Member, Commerce select committee 9 November 2005-5 December 2006
  • Member, Transport and Industrial Relations Committee -3 October 2008

Personal details

Born Shanghai, China, married. Speaks English, Cantonese, Mandarin and Shanghaiese. New Zealand’s first member of Parliament of Asian ethnic origin

Education/qualifications

  • MCom (Hons), University of Canterbury
  • Fellow, Associate Chartered Accountant, Institute of Chartered Accountants

Career

  • Former Chairperson, Christchurch Town Hall Board
  • Former Audit Supervisor, Ernst & Young
  • Former Director, Healthlink, South Crown Health Enterprise
  • Former member, Lincoln University Council
  • Former Chairperson, Canterbury Westland Branch of the NZ Society of Accountants
  • Former Director, New Zealand Tourism Board
  • Former Group Financial Controller, Smith's City Group Ltd
  • Former member, Government appointed Tax Simplification Taskforce
  • Former Director, Trust Bank Canterbury Regional Board
  • Former Chairperson, Finance Standing Committee, Canterbury Regional Council
  • Councillor, Canterbury Regional Council 1989-1991
  • Director, Lincoln Ventures Ltd 9 December 1993-28 February 1997

Awards

Winner, Inaugural Award of the Community Access Radio Programme, National Mobil Radio Awards 1993

Community activities

  • Chairperson, NZ Chinese Youth Trust
  • Board member, Asia NZ Foundation
  • Former President, Canterbury Chinese Cultural Centre
  • Former Council member, Canterbury Medical Research Foundation
  • Instigator, first Chinese broadcasting programme in NZ
  • Patron, Chinese Conservation Trust
  • Former Co-ordinator, fund raising group for Chinese Display Gallery, Canterbury Museum
  • Member, Advisory Board, College of Business and Economics, University of Canterbury
  • Organiser, inaugural Oriental Extravaganza, Christchurch Winter Festival of Arts
  • Former Trustee, Ferrymead Historic Trust Park
  • Former member, Garden City Trust (Festival of Flowers)
  • Former member, National Finance Committee, Girl Guides Association of NZ
  • Former member, Financial Advisory Committee, National Council of Women of NZ Inc
  • Former Advisory Board member, New Zealand Asia Institute, University of Auckland