Biography
Melissa Ji-Yun Lee is a New Zealand politician. She was elected to the House of Representatives as a list MP for the National Party in the 2008 election. She served as the 11th Minister for Economic Development and 2nd Minister for Ethnic Communities from November 2023 to January 2025. She also served as the 28th Minister for Media and Communications from November 2023 to April 2024.
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54th Parliament · since the 2023 general election
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Policies they shape — and why
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Bills they’ve worked on
Voting record
Most votes in Parliament are party votes — MPs vote as a block with their party, so on the large majority of votes Melissa Lee voted the same way as National. The votes that reveal an MP’s own view are conscience (personal) votes, where MPs vote individually.
Melissa Lee’s conscience votes and key divisions this term are being added from the official record (Hansard / parliamentary divisions).
Declared interests
What Melissa Lee 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.
6 Real property Family home – Auckland Rental property (owned by superannuation scheme) – Wellington 7 Retirement schemes Chul Ssinjin Superannuation Scheme 10 Debts owed by you ANZ Bank – mortgage 12 Gifts World of WearableArt tickets (x2) – World of WearableArt Coldplay concert tickets (x2) – Eden Park Trust Nancy
Register of Pecuniary Interests (parliament.nz) · as at 31 January 2025Taxpayer-funded expenses
Travel and accommodation paid by Parliamentary Service for 1 October – 31 December 2025. Ministers’ expenses are disclosed separately.
Details sourced from parliament.nz and the public record. Bills, written questions, speeches and voting records are being added from Parliament’s official register and Hansard. Photo: Unknown photographer, CC BY 3.0 (source ).