Parliament today reflected a diverse range of faces - with new MPs from a range of backgrounds entering the Beehive.
There has also been a noticeable increase of Māori MPs coming in to Parliament - with Labour's Māori caucus going up to 15 members, the Greens to 3, ACT also to 3 and also Rawiri Waititi from the Māori Party.
The number of Pasifika MPs has also increased to more than 9 percent - though National's lost all of their Pasifika MPs.
Commentator, teacher and writer, Emmaline Pickering-Martin, spoke to Māni Dunlop.
