MP
Electorate
LA
Jenny Salesa
Jenny Salesa
Electorate MP
LabourParty
ElectorateRole
Panmure-ŌtāhuhuElectorate
ActiveStatus
2014Entered
Majority
Active MP Panmure-Ōtāhuhu electorate

Biography

Jennifer Teresia Salesa 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 and Minister for Ethnic Communities from 2017 until 6 November 2020.

Source: Wikipedia

Impact this term

54th Parliament · since the 2023 general election

2
Roles & spokesperson areas
1
Select committees
1
Members’ bills in the ballot
987
Written questions
Speeches in the House
Being added

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Policies they shape, and why

Bills they’ve worked on

Members’ bill in the ballot (awaiting a first-reading draw)
Justices of the Peace (Regulating Justices) Amendment Bill
In ballot
NZ Parliament — Bills · as at 28 August 2026

Voting record

Most votes in Parliament are party votes, where MPs vote as a block with their party. So on the large majority of votes Jenny Salesa voted the same way as Labour. The votes that show an MP’s own view are conscience (personal) votes, where MPs vote individually.

No conscience (personal) votes are recorded for Jenny Salesa this term. These votes are rare, because Parliament decides most matters by party vote. We record them from Hansard as they occur.

Declared interests

What Jenny Salesa has declared in the official register: directorships, property, trusts, debts and gifts. Registers actual and potential conflicts of interest; it is not a measure of wealth.

2 Other companies and business entities Praescient Limited – property 6 Real property Family home (jointly owned) – Auckland Property (owned by Praescient Limited) – Auckland Apartment (jointly owned by Kaha’u Superannuation Fund) – Auckland Apartment (jointly owned by Kaha’u Superannuation Fund) – Wellington Two acres of land, no dwellings (99-year lease) – Haveluloto, Tonga 7 Retirement schemes 401(k) Fidelity superannuation scheme, United States of America 401(k) John Hancock superannuation scheme, United States of America Fisher Funds TWO KiwiSaver Scheme TIAA-Cref retirement account, United States of America Kaha’u Superannuation Fund 10 Debts owed by you Kiwibank – mortgage J. 7 ANNUAL RETURNS AS AT 31 JANUARY 2026 49 Hon Carmel

Register of Pecuniary Interests (parliament.nz) · as at 31 January 2026

Taxpayer-funded expenses

Travel and accommodation paid by Parliamentary Service for 1 January – 31 March 2026. Ministers’ expenses are disclosed separately.

$13,347
Total this quarter
$8,626
Accommodation
$4,720
Travel
Members' expense disclosure (parliament.nz)

Roles & responsibilities

Spokesperson — Ethnic Communities
Spokesperson — Pacific Peoples
At a glance
Electorate
Panmure-Ōtāhuhu
Role
Electorate MP
Entered Parliament
2014

Committees

Regulations Review
Participation
Members’ bills (ballot)
1
Written questions
987
Speeches Being added
Official links
Profile on parliament.nz

Latest coverage

News and video mentioning Jenny Salesa, from the sources on our coverage page.

Sources

Details sourced from parliament.nz and the public record. Bills, written questions, declared interests and expenses refresh automatically from Parliament’s official sources; conscience votes are recorded from Hansard as they occur. Photo: New Zealand Labour Party, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source ).