First Assistant Speaker of the House of Representatives
In office 26 November 2020 – 6 December 2023
Speaker
Trevor Mallard (2020–2022) Adrian Rurawhe (2022–2023)
Preceded by
Ruth Dyson
Succeeded by
Maureen Pugh
7th Minister for Building and Construction
In office 26 October 2017 – 6 November 2020
Prime Minister
Jacinda Ardern
Preceded by
Nick Smith
Succeeded by
Poto Williams
Minister for Ethnic Communities
In office 26 October 2017 – 6 November 2020
Prime Minister
Jacinda Ardern
Preceded by
Judith Collins
Succeeded by
Priyanca Radhakrishnan
65th Minister of Customs
In office 27 June 2019 – 6 November 2020
Prime Minister
Jacinda Ardern
Preceded by
Kris Faafoi
Succeeded by
Meka Whaitiri
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Panmure-Ōtāhuhu Manukau East (2014–2020)
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 September 2014
Preceded by
Ross Robertson
Majority
18,626
Personal details
Born
c. 1968 (age 55–56) Tonga
Political party
Labour
Spouse
Damon Salesa
Alma mater
University of Auckland
Profession
Public servant
Jennifer Teresia Salesa (née Latu, born c. 1968)[1] is a New Zealand politician and member of the Labour Party who has served as a Member of Parliament since 2014. She was first elected as MP for Manukau East, and after its abolition in 2020 won the replacement electorate of Panmure-Ōtāhuhu. She served as a Cabinet Minister in the Sixth Labour Government as Minister for Building and Construction, Minister of Customs (from 2019) and Minister for Ethnic Communities from 2017 until 6 November 2020.
^"Roll of members of the New Zealand House of Representatives, 1854 onwards" (PDF). New Zealand Parliament. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
Jennifer Teresia Salesa (née Latu, born c. 1968) is a New Zealand politician and member of the Labour Party who has served as a Member of Parliament since...
Salesa is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Damon Salesa (born 1972), Samoan New Zealand academic JennySalesa (born 1968), New Zealand...
Damon Ieremia Salesa (born 30 December 1972) is a New Zealand academic. Of Samoan descent, he is the first Pacific person to hold the position of vice-chancellor...
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End of Life Choice Act 2019 should come into force. New Zealand First MP Jenny Marcroft proposed an amendment to include a referendum on the grounds that...
First (2011), Christchurch East MP Poto Williams (2013), Manukau East MP JennySalesa (2014) and Anahila Kanongata'a-Suisuiki (2017). The 2020 New Zealand...
was appointed as Minister Responsible for the Earthquake Commission; JennySalesa as Minister of Customs; and Peeni Henare became Minister of Civil Defence...
was appointed as Minister Responsible for the Earthquake Commission; JennySalesa as Minister of Customs; and Peeni Henare became Minister of Civil Defence...
Mahuta, Stuart Nash, Damien O'Connor, David Parker, Grant Robertson, JennySalesa, Carmel Sepuloni, Phil Twyford, and Megan Woods. The Labour ministers...
Rurawhe (Labour) until 24 August 2022 Assistant Speaker of the House: Hon. JennySalesa (Labour) Assistant Speaker of the House: Hon. Jacqui Dean (National)...
Defence and Minister of Customs, which were assumed by Peeni Henare and JennySalesa respectively. On 6 December 2019, Faafoi apologised to Prime Minister...
meeting, where the outcome of the election was to be announced, Labour MPs JennySalesa and Shanan Halbert confirmed on Twitter that Hipkins would be the new...
the 2014 election and the 2020 electorate adjustment it was held by JennySalesa, a member of the Labour Party, who also won the replacement Panmure-Ōtāhuhu...
Opposition. She was the second female leader of the National Party, after Jenny Shipley. She led the party to its second-worst defeat in the party's history...
and strong". Ardern is New Zealand's third female prime minister after Jenny Shipley (1997–1999) and Helen Clark (1999–2008). She is a member of the...
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Association, who called on Ardern and Minister for Ethnic Communities JennySalesa to demand a public apology from Jones and to address the Indian community's...
the coalition dissolved in 1998 following the replacement of Bolger by Jenny Shipley as prime minister. In 1999, New Zealand First returned to opposition...
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Incumbent Assumed office 6 December 2023 Speaker Gerry Brownlee Preceded by JennySalesa Member of the New Zealand Parliament for West Coast-Tasman Incumbent...
Labour Party Jacinda Ardern Clare Curran Iain Lees-Galloway JennySalesa Kris Faafoi David Clark William Sio Phil Twyford Poto Williams Stuart Nash Meka...
Pacific Journalism Review. 23 (1): 225–244. Retrieved 4 May 2023. Ritchie, Jenny; Johnson, Alan (2011). "Early childhood care and education". Left Further...
Labour Party Jacinda Ardern Clare Curran Iain Lees-Galloway JennySalesa Kris Faafoi David Clark William Sio Phil Twyford Poto Williams Stuart Nash Meka...
Labour Party Jacinda Ardern Clare Curran Iain Lees-Galloway JennySalesa Kris Faafoi David Clark William Sio Phil Twyford Poto Williams Stuart Nash Meka...
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