Story: Chinese
Accountant Pansy Wong was the first Asian member of Parliament, and in 2004 was the National Party spokesperson on ethnic affairs and tourism. New Zealand educated, and a speaker of English, Cantonese, Mandarin and Shanghaiese, she is able to mediate between people of different cultural backgrounds in New Zealand.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
Reference: Dom/1997/0319/1-F
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