Women In Super presents an Auckland Industry Breakfast with Hon. Pansy Wong

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

Pansy Yu Fong Wong was born in Shanghai, China, and grew up in Hong Kong. She moved to Christchurch in 1974, where she lived for 28 years, and attended Canterbury University, where she gained her Master of Commerce (Honours).

She is an Associated Chartered Accountant and has also been awarded as a Fellow.

Pansy first entered politics as a Canterbury Regional Councillor in 1989, and first entered Parliament in 1996 as a National List MP and New Zealand's first Asian MP. She moved to Auckland in 2002 and won the seat of Botany with a margin of over 10,000 in the 2008 General Election thus making her the first Asian to win an electorate as well as the first Minister of Cabinet of Asian ethnicity.

Her busy life and determination to serve the country would not be possible without the support of her husband, Malaysian born businessman, Sammy Teck Seng Wong. Her interests include reading (particularly thrillers), walking (door knocking), wine and sake appreciation, travel, and working.

Date: Wednesday 22 April 2009
Time: 7.30am - 9.00am
Venue: Presidents Room, The Auckland Club, 6th Floor, 34 Shortland Street, Auckland

Cost:
$30.00 (GST inclusive) per head for current WIS members
$40.00 (GST inclusive) per head for non-members

For further information contact: Mel Hewitson (WiS) (04) 494 2484 or mel.hewitson@alliancebernstein.com

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