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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">New Zealand politician (born 1966)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the American reporter, see <a href="/wiki/Melissa_Lee_(journalist)" title="Melissa Lee (journalist)">Melissa Lee (journalist)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output 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class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Luxon" title="Christopher Luxon">Christopher Luxon</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Edmonds" title="Barbara Edmonds">Barbara Edmonds</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">2nd <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Ethnic_Communities" title="Minister for Ethnic Communities">Minister for Ethnic Communities</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />27 November 2023</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Christopher Luxon</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Priyanca_Radhakrishnan" title="Priyanca Radhakrishnan">Priyanca Radhakrishnan</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">28th <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Media_and_Communications" title="Minister for Media and Communications">Minister for Media and Communications</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />27 November 2023 – 24 April 2024</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Christopher Luxon</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Willie_Jackson_(politician)" title="Willie Jackson (politician)">Willie Jackson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Goldsmith_(politician)" title="Paul Goldsmith (politician)">Paul Goldsmith</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Parliament" title="New Zealand Parliament">New Zealand Parliament</a> for the <a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_New_Zealand" class="mw-redirect" title="National Party of New Zealand">National</a> <a href="/wiki/Party_list" class="mw-redirect" title="Party list">Party list</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />8 November 2008</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Lee Ji-yeon<br />이지연</div><br />1966 (age 57–58)<br /><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a><br />New Zealand</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">New Zealand National Party</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Melissa Ji-Yun Lee</b> (<a href="/wiki/Korean_language" title="Korean language">Korean</a>: <span lang="ko">이지연</span>; born 1966<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) is a New Zealand politician. She was elected to the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_House_of_Representatives" title="New Zealand House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a> as a list MP for the <a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_New_Zealand" class="mw-redirect" title="National Party of New Zealand">National Party</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2008_New_Zealand_general_election" title="2008 New Zealand general election">2008 election</a>. She serves as the 11th <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Economic_Development_(New_Zealand)" title="Minister for Economic Development (New Zealand)">Minister for Economic Development</a> and 2nd <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Ethnic_Communities" title="Minister for Ethnic Communities">Minister for Ethnic Communities</a>. She also served as the 28th <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Broadcasting_and_Media" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Broadcasting and Media">Minister for Media and Communications</a> from November 2023 to April 2024. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_career">Early life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melissa_Lee&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lee was born in <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a> and grew up in <a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a> before moving to <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> and then to New Zealand in 1988 with her family. She has a <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts" title="Master of Arts">MA Hons</a> (First Class) in <a href="/wiki/Communication_Studies" class="mw-redirect" title="Communication Studies">Communication Studies</a>. Based in <a href="/wiki/Auckland" title="Auckland">Auckland</a>, she spent twenty three years in journalism, including a five-year stint at the <i><a href="/wiki/Sunday_News_(New_Zealand)" title="Sunday News (New Zealand)">Sunday News</a></i> and writing for numerous publications including <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Zealand_Herald" title="The New Zealand Herald">The New Zealand Herald</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Listener" title="New Zealand Listener">The Listener</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was also the producer of the TV magazine series <i><a href="/wiki/Asia_Downunder" title="Asia Downunder">Asia Downunder</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Member_of_Parliament">Member of Parliament</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melissa_Lee&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Member of Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="width: 440px; float: left; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 1em; border: 4; cellpadding: 2; cellspacing: 0;"> <caption><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Parliament" title="New Zealand Parliament"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">'"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000018-QINU`"'</style><span class="tmp-color" style="color:black">New Zealand Parliament</span></a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="width: 95px;">Years </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 35px;">Term </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 125px;">Electorate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 35px;">List </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 150px;">Party </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_New_Zealand_general_election" title="2008 New Zealand general election">2008</a>–2011 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/49th_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="49th New Zealand Parliament">49th</a> </td> <td style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Party_lists_in_the_2008_New_Zealand_general_election#National_Party" title="Party lists in the 2008 New Zealand general election">List</a> </td> <td>37 </td> <td style="background-color:#00529F; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_New_Zealand_general_election" title="2011 New Zealand general election">2011</a>–2014 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/50th_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="50th New Zealand Parliament">50th</a> </td> <td style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Party_lists_in_the_2011_New_Zealand_general_election#National_Party" title="Party lists in the 2011 New Zealand general election">List</a> </td> <td>34 </td> <td style="background-color:#00529F; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_New_Zealand_general_election" title="2014 New Zealand general election">2014</a>–2017 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/51st_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="51st New Zealand Parliament">51st</a> </td> <td style="white-space: nowrap;">List </td> <td>31 </td> <td style="background-color:#00529F; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_New_Zealand_general_election" title="2017 New Zealand general election">2017</a>–2020 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/52nd_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="52nd New Zealand Parliament">52nd</a> </td> <td style="white-space: nowrap;">List </td> <td>31 </td> <td style="background-color:#00529F; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2020_New_Zealand_general_election" title="2020 New Zealand general election">2020</a>–2023 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/53rd_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="53rd New Zealand Parliament">53rd</a> </td> <td style="white-space: nowrap;">List </td> <td>16 </td> <td style="background-color:#00529F; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2023_New_Zealand_general_election" title="2023 New Zealand general election">2023</a>–present </td> <td><a href="/wiki/54th_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="54th New Zealand Parliament">54th</a> </td> <td style="white-space: nowrap;">List </td> <td>13 </td> <td style="background-color:#00529F; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In November 2008, Lee became a List MP in the New Zealand Parliament. Her <a href="/wiki/Maiden_speech" title="Maiden speech">maiden speech</a> included sections in English, <a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ori_language" title="Māori language">Māori</a>, and Korean. In English, she mentioned crime, education, and anti-Asian racism issues in New Zealand. In the Māori section, she mentioned the history of Māori first coming to New Zealand by <a href="/wiki/Canoe" title="Canoe">canoe</a> from <a href="/wiki/Hawaiki" title="Hawaiki">Hawaiki</a> and compared it to her own migration to New Zealand by aeroplane. Near the end of her speech, she thanked, in Korean, all the people that had given her support "simply by virtue of [their] shared heritage".<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lee became the second Korean, and first Korean woman, to win the election to a non-Korean national legislature. (The first Korean elected to a foreign national-level office, <a href="/wiki/Jay_Kim" title="Jay Kim">Jay Kim</a>, became a member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a> in 1992.)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A poll conducted between 10 December 2008 and 19 April 2009 by the Spanish newspaper, <i><a href="/wiki/20_minutos" title="20 minutos">20 minutos</a></i> (20 minutes) ranked Lee as the world's 51st most beautiful female politician.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_term_and_Mt_Albert_by-election,_2008–2011"><span id="First_term_and_Mt_Albert_by-election.2C_2008.E2.80.932011"></span>First term and Mt Albert by-election, 2008–2011</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melissa_Lee&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: First term and Mt Albert by-election, 2008–2011"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the first months of entering Parliament two Conscience votes were taken, Melissa Lee voted against the Misuse of Drugs (Medicinal Cannabis) Amendment Bill<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and the Liquor Advertising (Television and Radio) Bill.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 16 April 2009, Lee announced her candidacy for the National Party nomination in the <a href="/wiki/2009_Mount_Albert_by-election" title="2009 Mount Albert by-election">2009 Mount Albert by-election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She defeated the previous local National candidate, Ravi Musuku, to win selection for the National Party on 4 May 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 13 May 2009, Lee told a candidates' meeting that the <a href="/wiki/SH20_Waterview_Connection" class="mw-redirect" title="SH20 Waterview Connection">SH20 Waterview Connection</a> could divert criminals from <a href="/wiki/South_Auckland" title="South Auckland">South Auckland</a> away from the electorate. Lee apologised the next day, saying "if South Auckland people (find) my comments offensive, I apologise. It wasn't about them. It was about criminals." <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_New_Zealand" title="Prime Minister of New Zealand">Prime Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Key" title="John Key">John Key</a> later said the remark was a "stupid statement to make".<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later that day she apologised again saying, "I apologise unreservedly for the comments I made regarding South Auckland... I sincerely regret my remarks."<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the by-election, Lee attracted only 3,542 votes, coming a distant second to <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour's</a> <a href="/wiki/David_Shearer" title="David Shearer">David Shearer</a>'s 13,260 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the by-election, allegations were made in May 2009 that Lee's production company Asia Vision had spent <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_on_Air" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand on Air">New Zealand on Air</a> money making a promotional video for the National Party ahead of the 2008 election. Lee called the allegations "ridiculous", saying that all work on the video was done by volunteers. The <a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Aotearoa_New_Zealand" title="Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand">Green Party</a> referred the video to the <a href="/wiki/Electoral_Commission_(New_Zealand)" title="Electoral Commission (New Zealand)">Electoral Commission</a>, saying that it should have been declared as an election expense.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An investigation conducted by <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_on_Air" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand on Air">New Zealand on Air</a> later cleared Lee of the charge of misuse of funding.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Later in 2009, Lee used NZ$100,000 of contingency funding to increase the <a href="/wiki/Markup_(business)" title="Markup (business)">markup</a> for <i>Asia Downunder</i> in violation of her contract with New Zealand on Air, which she described as "an innocent error".<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2011, Lee courted controversy when, after she had made a speech supporting the controversially rushed-through copyright law 92A,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it emerged that hours earlier she had tweeted "Ok. Shower... Reading ... And then bed! listening to a compilation a friend did for me of K Pop. Fab. Thanks Jay"<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which a journalist argued appeared to contradict their stance on law 92A.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_term,_2011–2014"><span id="Second_term.2C_2011.E2.80.932014"></span>Second term, 2011–2014</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melissa_Lee&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Second term, 2011–2014"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/2011_New_Zealand_general_election" title="2011 New Zealand general election">2011 general election</a>, Melissa Lee increased her electoral vote in the Mt Albert electorate but failed to unseat David Shearer, who retained the seat by a margin of 10,021 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 20 December 2011, John Key announced that Lee and <a href="/wiki/John_Hayes_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="John Hayes (New Zealand politician)">John Hayes</a> would become <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Private_Secretary" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Private Secretary">Parliamentary Private Secretaries</a>, a role not in use for several years.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Key appointed her to the portfolio of Ethnic Affairs, given the heavy workload of <a href="/wiki/Judith_Collins" title="Judith Collins">Judith Collins</a> as the newly appointed <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Justice" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Justice">Minister of Justice</a>. In January 2014, Lee was appointed Chairperson of the Social Services Select Committee.<sup id="cite_ref-NZ_Parliament_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NZ_Parliament-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There were several conscience votes during the 50th Parliament surrounding issues of the legal alcohol purchase age and <a href="/wiki/Same-Sex_Marriage" class="mw-redirect" title="Same-Sex Marriage">Same-Sex Marriage</a>. In these votes, Lee voted against the <a href="/wiki/Marriage_(Definition_of_Marriage)_Amendment_Act_2013" title="Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Act 2013">Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Act 2013</a><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and voted in favour of retaining the Alcohol Purchase age at 18 in the Alcohol Reform Bill.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Third_term,_2014–2017"><span id="Third_term.2C_2014.E2.80.932017"></span>Third term, 2014–2017</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melissa_Lee&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Third term, 2014–2017"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/2014_New_Zealand_general_election" title="2014 New Zealand general election">2014 general election</a>, Melissa Lee failed to win the Mt Albert electorate. Her Labour opponent David Shearer retained the seat by 10,656 votes, a moderate decrease on the previous election, while National won a substantially increased party vote, winning the party by 3,536.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the 2014 election, Lee was appointed to chair the Commerce Select Committee while also retaining her position as Parliamentary Private Secretary for Ethnic Communities, the position being renamed to reflect the change in name of the eponymous Ministry and Minister, Lee has been joined by <a href="/wiki/Jacqui_Dean" title="Jacqui Dean">Jacqui Dean</a> as a Parliamentary Private Secretary since the retirement of John Hayes at the 2014 Election. Lee also has one <a href="/wiki/Private_Members_Bill" class="mw-redirect" title="Private Members Bill">Private Members Bill</a> waiting to be drawn from the ballot: the Accident Compensation (Recent Migrants and Returning New Zealanders) Amendment Bill.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2015, <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_First" title="New Zealand First">New Zealand First</a> <a href="/wiki/Ron_Mark" title="Ron Mark">Ron Mark</a> was criticised by members of all parties when he told Lee to <a href="/wiki/Go_back_to_where_you_came_from" title="Go back to where you came from">go back to Korea</a> in parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fourth_term,_2017–2020"><span id="Fourth_term.2C_2017.E2.80.932020"></span>Fourth term, 2017–2020</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melissa_Lee&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Fourth term, 2017–2020"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/2017_New_Zealand_general_election" title="2017 New Zealand general election">2017 general election</a> in mid-September 2017, Melissa Lee was re-elected on the National Party List.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lee stood against Labour Party leader <a href="/wiki/Jacinda_Ardern" title="Jacinda Ardern">Jacinda Ardern</a> in the Mt Albert electorate but was defeated by a margin of 15,264 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the formation of a <a href="/wiki/Sixth_Labour_Government_of_New_Zealand" title="Sixth Labour Government of New Zealand">Labour-led coalition government</a> on 19 October 2017, the National Party became the main opposition party in Parliament. Lee is currently the National Party's spokesperson for broadcasting, communications, and digital media, and ethnic communities. She is also a member of the Economic Development, Science and Innovation select committee.<sup id="cite_ref-NZ_Parliament_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NZ_Parliament-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2018, Lee challenged the Broadcasting Minister <a href="/wiki/Clare_Curran" title="Clare Curran">Clare Curran</a> about her undisclosed meeting with Carol Hirschfield, the head of content at <a href="/wiki/Radio_New_Zealand" title="Radio New Zealand">Radio New Zealand</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Curran initially claimed the meeting had been coincidental but later admitted that it had been prearranged. Lee accused Curran of engaging in a cover-up.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In mid-September 2019, Lee raised the issue in Parliament about Asian children being denied measles vaccinations at their local clinic on the pretext that <a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ori_people" title="Māori people">Māori</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pasifika_New_Zealanders" title="Pasifika New Zealanders">Pasifika</a> children were being given priority. In response, the Waikato <a href="/wiki/District_Health_Board" class="mw-redirect" title="District Health Board">District Health Board</a> acknowledged that it was prioritizing Maori and Pacific children due to their lower vaccination rate and poorer health outcomes.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_New_Zealand" title="COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand">COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand</a> in mid-July 2020, Lee raised the plight of Dowook Kang, a six-year-old Korean child who was unable to attend school since his father, a temporary visa holder, was unable to return to New Zealand due to lock down travel restrictions. Under New Zealand law, international students under the age of ten are unable to attend schools without the presence of a parent or guardian. <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Education_(New_Zealand)" title="Minister of Education (New Zealand)">Education Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Hipkins" title="Chris Hipkins">Chris Hipkins</a> declined to intervene, citing policy issues.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fifth_term,_2020–2023"><span id="Fifth_term.2C_2020.E2.80.932023"></span>Fifth term, 2020–2023</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melissa_Lee&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Fifth term, 2020–2023"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/2020_New_Zealand_general_election" title="2020 New Zealand general election">2020 New Zealand general election</a>, Lee contested <a href="/wiki/Mount_Albert_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Mount Albert (New Zealand electorate)">Mount Albert</a> and came second place behind Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Jacinda_Ardern" title="Jacinda Ardern">Jacinda Ardern</a>, who retained the seat by a final margin of 21,246 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Lee was able to return to Parliament via the National Party list.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lee was one of only eight MPs to vote against the <a href="/wiki/Conversion_Practices_Prohibition_Legislation_Act_2022" title="Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Act 2022">Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Act 2022</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2022, Lee introduced the Fair Trading (Gift Card Expiry) Amendment Bill which requires gift cards to have a minimum validity period of three years, aiming to mitigate approximately $10M in annual consumer losses from expired gift cards.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sixth_term,_2023–present"><span id="Sixth_term.2C_2023.E2.80.93present"></span>Sixth term, 2023–present</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melissa_Lee&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Sixth term, 2023–present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lee contested <a href="/wiki/Mount_Albert_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Mount Albert (New Zealand electorate)">Mount Albert</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2023_New_Zealand_general_election" title="2023 New Zealand general election">2023 New Zealand general election</a> and came second place behind <a href="/wiki/Helen_White_(politician)" title="Helen White (politician)">Helen White</a> by just 20 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Lee sought a judicial recount, White's margin dropped to 18 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, she was re-elected to Parliament on the National Party list.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In late November, Lee assumed the positions of <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Economic_Development_(New_Zealand)" title="Minister for Economic Development (New Zealand)">Minister for Economic Development</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Ethnic_Communities" title="Minister for Ethnic Communities">Minister for Ethnic Communities</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Media_and_Communications" title="Minister for Media and Communications">Minister for Media and Communications</a>, and Associate <a href="/wiki/Accident_Compensation_Corporation" title="Accident Compensation Corporation">Accident Compensation Corporation</a> (ACC) Minister in the <a href="/wiki/Sixth_National_Government_of_New_Zealand" title="Sixth National Government of New Zealand">National-led coalition government</a>'s cabinet.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2024, Lee in her capacity as Media and Communications Minister confirmed that she was working with officials to develop a plan to support the New Zealand media following reports of job and programme cuts at <a href="/wiki/TVNZ" title="TVNZ">TVNZ</a>, and a proposal by <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Discovery_New_Zealand" title="Warner Bros. Discovery New Zealand">Warner Bros. Discovery New Zealand</a> to scrap its <a href="/wiki/Newshub" title="Newshub">Newshub</a> news service.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2024, Lee expressed sympathy for <a href="/wiki/TVNZ" title="TVNZ">TVNZ</a> and <a href="/wiki/Newshub" title="Newshub">Newshub</a> journalists and other employees following the confirmation of hundreds of job losses in the media sector, stating it was a "terrible day" for the media industry but that it was also a global issue and that the "media needed to transition." However, she declined to elaborate on details of her plan to help the media sector and was unable to give a timeframe for when Cabinet would consider her paper. One of her ideas has included reviewing the Broadcasting Act.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lee has also expressed opposition to the <a href="/wiki/Sixth_Labour_Government_of_New_Zealand" title="Sixth Labour Government of New Zealand">previous Labour Government</a>'s Fair News Digital Governing Bill, which proposed forcing social media platforms to pay media companies for distributing their content. Labour leader <a href="/wiki/Chris_Hipkins" title="Chris Hipkins">Chris Hipkins</a> criticised Lee's response to the media sector's woes, saying that she had "more than enough time" to come up with solutions.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She was removed from her role as <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Media_and_Communications" title="Minister for Media and Communications">Minister for Media and Communications</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Cabinet" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand Cabinet">Cabinet</a> position by Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Luxon" title="Christopher Luxon">Christopher Luxon</a> due to controversy surrounding the closure of <a href="/wiki/Newshub" title="Newshub">Newshub</a> and her response to it. <a href="/wiki/Paul_Goldsmith_(politician)" title="Paul Goldsmith (politician)">Paul Goldsmith</a> assumed her Media and Communications portfolio while Climate Change and Revenue Minister <a href="/wiki/Simon_Watts" title="Simon Watts">Simon Watts</a> assumed her place in Luxon's cabinet.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In late July 2024, Lee declined to speak and motion that the Government's Regulatory Systems (Social Security) Amendment Bill be read during its first reading in Parliament despite her position as the duty minister on that day. The bill's sponsor <a href="/wiki/Louise_Upston" title="Louise Upston">Louise Upston</a> was absent from Parliament at the time. 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<li><b><a href="/wiki/Jack_Marshall" title="Jack Marshall">Jack Marshall</a></b> (1972–1974)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Robert_Muldoon" title="Robert Muldoon">Robert Muldoon</a></b> (1974–1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_McLay" title="Jim McLay">Jim McLay</a> (1984–1986)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Jim_Bolger" title="Jim Bolger">Jim Bolger</a></b> (1986–1997)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Jenny_Shipley" title="Jenny Shipley">Jenny Shipley</a></b> (1997–2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_English" title="Bill English">Bill English</a> (2001–2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Brash" title="Don Brash">Don Brash</a> (2003–2006)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/John_Key" title="John Key">John Key</a></b> (2006–2016)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Bill_English" title="Bill English">Bill English</a></b> (2016–2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Bridges" title="Simon Bridges">Simon Bridges</a> (2018–2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Todd_Muller" title="Todd Muller">Todd Muller</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judith_Collins" title="Judith Collins">Judith Collins</a> (2020–2021)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Luxon" title="Christopher Luxon">Christopher Luxon</a></b> (2021–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#00529F; color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party#Party_Presidents" title="New Zealand National Party"><span style="color:white;">Party presidents</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Sir George Wilson</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claude_Weston" title="Claude Weston">Claude Weston</a></li> <li>Alex Gordon</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilfrid_Sim" title="Wilfrid Sim">Sir Wilfrid Sim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_McKenzie" title="Alex McKenzie">Sir Alex McKenzie</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Meadowcroft&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jack Meadowcroft (page does not exist)">Jack Meadowcroft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ned_Holt" title="Ned Holt">Ned Holt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Chapman_(party_president)" title="George Chapman (party president)">Sir George Chapman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sue_Wood" title="Sue Wood">Sue Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neville_Young" title="Neville Young">Neville Young</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Collinge" title="John Collinge">John Collinge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Tisch" title="Lindsay Tisch">Lindsay Tisch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoff_Thompson_(politician)" title="Geoff Thompson (politician)">Geoff Thompson</a></li> <li>John Slater</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Boag" title="Michelle Boag">Michelle Boag</a></li> <li>Judy Kirk</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Goodfellow_(politician)" title="Peter Goodfellow (politician)">Peter Goodfellow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Wood" title="Sylvia Wood">Sylvia Wood</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#00529F; color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/53rd_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="53rd New Zealand Parliament"><span style="color:white;">Current members of parliament</span></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Names without electorates are list MPs</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>Leader</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Luxon" title="Christopher Luxon">Christopher Luxon</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Botany_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Botany (New Zealand electorate)">Botany</a>)</span></dd> <dt>Deputy leader</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Nicola_Willis" title="Nicola Willis">Nicola Willis</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Miles_Anderson_(politician)" title="Miles Anderson (politician)">Miles Anderson</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Waitaki_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waitaki (New Zealand electorate)">Waitaki</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Bates" title="Carl Bates">Carl Bates</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Whanganui_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Whanganui (New Zealand electorate)">Whanganui</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Bayly" title="Andrew Bayly">Andrew Bayly</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Port_Waikato_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Port Waikato (New Zealand electorate)">Port Waikato</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Bidois" title="Dan Bidois">Dan Bidois</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Northcote_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Northcote (New Zealand electorate)">Northcote</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Bishop" title="Chris Bishop">Chris Bishop</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Hutt_South" title="Hutt South">Hutt South</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cameron_Brewer" title="Cameron Brewer">Cameron Brewer</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Upper_Harbour_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Upper Harbour (New Zealand electorate)">Upper Harbour</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simeon_Brown" title="Simeon Brown">Simeon Brown</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Pakuranga_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Pakuranga (New Zealand electorate)">Pakuranga</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerry_Brownlee" title="Gerry Brownlee">Gerry Brownlee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Butterick" title="Mike Butterick">Mike Butterick</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Wairarapa_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Wairarapa (New Zealand electorate)">Wairarapa</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamish_Campbell" title="Hamish Campbell">Hamish Campbell</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Ilam_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Ilam (New Zealand electorate)">Ilam</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Cheung" title="Carlos Cheung">Carlos Cheung</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Mount_Roskill_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Mount Roskill (New Zealand electorate)">Mount Roskill</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judith_Collins" title="Judith Collins">Judith Collins</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Papakura_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Papakura (New Zealand electorate)">Papakura</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Costley" title="Tim Costley">Tim Costley</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/%C5%8Ctaki_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Ōtaki (New Zealand electorate)">Ōtaki</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Doocey" title="Matt Doocey">Matt Doocey</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Waimakariri_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waimakariri (New Zealand electorate)">Waimakariri</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Fleming_(politician)" title="Greg Fleming (politician)">Greg Fleming</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Maungakiekie_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Maungakiekie (New Zealand electorate)">Maungakiekie</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paulo_Garcia_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Paulo Garcia (New Zealand politician)">Paulo Garcia</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/New_Lynn_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="New Lynn (New Zealand electorate)">New Lynn</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Goldsmith_(politician)" title="Paul Goldsmith (politician)">Paul Goldsmith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicola_Grigg" title="Nicola Grigg">Nicola Grigg</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Selwyn_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Selwyn (New Zealand electorate)">Selwyn</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Hamilton_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Ryan Hamilton (New Zealand politician)">Ryan Hamilton</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Hamilton_East_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Hamilton East (New Zealand electorate)">Hamilton East</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dana_Kirkpatrick" title="Dana Kirkpatrick">Dana Kirkpatrick</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/East_Coast_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="East Coast (New Zealand electorate)">East Coast</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Kuriger" title="Barbara Kuriger">Barbara Kuriger</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Taranaki-King_Country" title="Taranaki-King Country">Taranaki-King Country</a>)</span></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Melissa Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Lu" title="Nancy Lu">Nancy Lu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_McCallum" title="Grant McCallum">Grant McCallum</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Northland_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Northland (New Zealand electorate)">Northland</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Todd_McClay" title="Todd McClay">Todd McClay</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Rotorua_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Rotorua (New Zealand electorate)">Rotorua</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_MacLeod" title="David MacLeod">David MacLeod</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/New_Plymouth_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="New Plymouth (New Zealand electorate)">New Plymouth</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Meager" title="James Meager">James Meager</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Rangitata_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Rangitata (New Zealand electorate)">Rangitata</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Mitchell_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Mark Mitchell (New Zealand politician)">Mark Mitchell</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Whangapar%C4%81oa_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Whangaparāoa (New Zealand electorate)">Whangaparāoa</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Mooney_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Joseph Mooney (New Zealand politician)">Joseph Mooney</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Southland_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Southland (New Zealand electorate)">Southland</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rima_Nakhle" title="Rima Nakhle">Rima Nakhle</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Takanini_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Takanini (New Zealand electorate)">Takanini</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katie_Nimon" title="Katie Nimon">Katie Nimon</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Napier_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Napier (New Zealand electorate)">Napier</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Penk" title="Chris Penk">Chris Penk</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Kaipara_ki_Mahurangi" title="Kaipara ki Mahurangi">Kaipara ki Mahurangi</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tama_Potaka" title="Tama Potaka">Tama Potaka</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Hamilton_West_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Hamilton West (New Zealand electorate)">Hamilton West</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maureen_Pugh" title="Maureen Pugh">Maureen Pugh</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/West_Coast-Tasman" title="West Coast-Tasman">West Coast-Tasman</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suze_Redmayne" title="Suze Redmayne">Suze Redmayne</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Rangit%C4%ABkei_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Rangitīkei (New Zealand electorate)">Rangitīkei</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shane_Reti" title="Shane Reti">Shane Reti</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Whang%C4%81rei_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Whangārei (New Zealand electorate)">Whangārei</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Rutherford" title="Tom Rutherford">Tom Rutherford</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Plenty_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Bay of Plenty (New Zealand electorate)">Bay of Plenty</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penny_Simmonds" title="Penny Simmonds">Penny Simmonds</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Invercargill_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Invercargill (New Zealand electorate)">Invercargill</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Simpson_(politician)" title="Scott Simpson (politician)">Scott Simpson</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Coromandel_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Coromandel (New Zealand electorate)">Coromandel</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Smith_(politician)" title="Stuart Smith (politician)">Stuart Smith</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Kaik%C5%8Dura_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Kaikōura (New Zealand electorate)">Kaikōura</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erica_Stanford" title="Erica Stanford">Erica Stanford</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/East_Coast_Bays_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="East Coast Bays (New Zealand electorate)">East Coast Bays</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Uffindell" title="Sam Uffindell">Sam Uffindell</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Tauranga_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Tauranga (New Zealand electorate)">Tauranga</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Upston" title="Louise Upston">Louise Upston</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Taup%C5%8D_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Taupō (New Zealand electorate)">Taupō</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_van_de_Molen" title="Tim van de Molen">Tim van de Molen</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Waikato_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waikato (New Zealand electorate)">Waikato</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Watts" title="Simon Watts">Simon Watts</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/North_Shore_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="North Shore (New Zealand electorate)">North Shore</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Wedd" title="Catherine Wedd">Catherine Wedd</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Tukituki_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Tukituki (New Zealand electorate)">Tukituki</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanessa_Weenink" title="Vanessa Weenink">Vanessa Weenink</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Banks_Peninsula_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Banks Peninsula (New Zealand electorate)">Banks Peninsula</a>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#00529F; color:white;;width:1%">National governments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_National_Government_of_New_Zealand" title="First National Government of New Zealand">First</a> (1949–57)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_National_Government_of_New_Zealand" title="Second National Government of New Zealand">Second</a> (1960–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_National_Government_of_New_Zealand" title="Third National Government of New Zealand">Third</a> (1975–84)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_National_Government_of_New_Zealand" title="Fourth National Government of New Zealand">Fourth</a> (1990–99)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifth_National_Government_of_New_Zealand" title="Fifth National Government of New Zealand">Fifth</a> (2008–17)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sixth_National_Government_of_New_Zealand" title="Sixth National Government of New Zealand">Sixth</a> (2023–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#00529F; color:white;;width:1%">Shadow cabinets</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_of_Keith_Holyoake" title="Shadow Cabinet of Keith Holyoake">Holyoake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_of_Jack_Marshall" title="Shadow Cabinet of Jack Marshall">Marshall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Shadow_Cabinet_of_Robert_Muldoon" title="First Shadow Cabinet of Robert Muldoon">Muldoon I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Shadow_Cabinet_of_Robert_Muldoon" title="Second Shadow Cabinet of Robert Muldoon">Muldoon II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_of_Jim_McLay" title="Shadow Cabinet of Jim McLay">McLay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_of_Jim_Bolger" title="Shadow Cabinet of Jim Bolger">Bolger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_of_Jenny_Shipley" title="Shadow Cabinet of Jenny Shipley">Shipley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Shadow_Cabinet_of_Bill_English" title="First Shadow Cabinet of Bill English">English I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_of_Don_Brash" title="Shadow Cabinet of Don Brash">Brash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_of_John_Key" title="Shadow Cabinet of John Key">Key</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Shadow_Cabinet_of_Bill_English" title="Second Shadow Cabinet of Bill English">English II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_of_Simon_Bridges" title="Shadow Cabinet of Simon Bridges">Bridges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_of_Todd_Muller" title="Shadow Cabinet of Todd Muller">Muller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_of_Judith_Collins" title="Shadow Cabinet of Judith Collins">Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_of_Christopher_Luxon" title="Shadow Cabinet of Christopher Luxon">Luxon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#00529F; color:white;;width:1%">Leadership elections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1936_New_Zealand_National_Party_leadership_election" title="1936 New Zealand National Party leadership election">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_New_Zealand_National_Party_leadership_election" title="1940 New Zealand National Party leadership election">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_New_Zealand_National_Party_leadership_election" title="1957 New Zealand National Party leadership election">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_New_Zealand_National_Party_leadership_election" title="1972 New Zealand National Party leadership election">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_New_Zealand_National_Party_leadership_election" title="1974 New Zealand National Party leadership election">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_New_Zealand_National_Party_leadership_election" title="1984 New Zealand National Party leadership election">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_New_Zealand_National_Party_leadership_election" title="1986 New Zealand National Party leadership election">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_New_Zealand_National_Party_leadership_election" title="1997 New Zealand National Party leadership election">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_New_Zealand_National_Party_leadership_election" title="2001 New Zealand National Party leadership election">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_New_Zealand_National_Party_leadership_election" title="2003 New Zealand National Party leadership election">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_New_Zealand_National_Party_leadership_election" title="2006 New Zealand National Party leadership election">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_New_Zealand_National_Party_leadership_election" title="2016 New Zealand National Party leadership election">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_New_Zealand_National_Party_leadership_election" title="2018 New Zealand National Party leadership election">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2020_New_Zealand_National_Party_leadership_election" title="May 2020 New Zealand National Party leadership election">May 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2020_New_Zealand_National_Party_leadership_election" title="July 2020 New Zealand National Party leadership election">July 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_New_Zealand_National_Party_leadership_election" title="2021 New Zealand National Party leadership election">2021</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#00529F; color:white;;width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Reform_Party_(New_Zealand)" title="Reform Party (New Zealand)">Reform Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Party_(New_Zealand)" title="United Party (New Zealand)">United Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Liberal_Party" title="New Zealand Liberal Party">Liberal Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teal_Deal" title="Teal Deal">Teal Deal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United%E2%80%93Reform_Coalition" 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