19 Oct 2020

NZ's Asian population under-represented in 53rd Parlaiment

From Midday Report, 12:46 pm on 19 October 2020

One of the minority groups not well-represented in Parliament after the weekend's election is our Asian population.

About 5 percent of the 120 MPs are of Asian descent - despite 15 percent of New Zealand's population identifying as Asian in the last census, made up of more than 30 different ethnicities.

Māni Dunlop spoke to the National Director of Asian Family Services, Kelly Feng.