Background
Wong was born in Shanghai and raised in Hong Kong.
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Education
She attended Queen Elizabeth School, Hong Kong. She emigrated to New Zealand in 1974, and studied commerce at University of Canterbury in Christchurch before embarking on a career in business and accounting.
Career
Wong resigned from Parliament in January 2011 after misusing her Parliamentary travel perks. Before entering national politics, she served on the Canterbury Regional Council for seven years until 1996 when she entered parliament as a National List Member of Parliament. Wong holds a Master of Commerce (Honours) from the University of Canterbury. She is also a New Zealand Senior Scholar and Associated Chartered Accountant, awarded with fellowship status.
She speaks English, Cantonese Chinese, Mandarin Chinese, and Shanghainese Chinese.
Wong was elected to Parliament as a list Member of Parliament in the 1996 elections, becoming New Zealand"s first ethnically Asian Member of Parliament. She unsuccessfully contested the electorate of Auckland Central in the 2005 election. Collins had originally indicated to seek nomination for the seat of Howick (which the Electoral Commission later redrew and renamed to Botany following objections to the boundaries to the neighbouring electorate of Pakuranga), but then stood for the Papakura seat, which also shared common boundaries with Clevedon.
Wong"s decision was based partly on the fact that 33% of the Botany electorate is Asian. Wong resigned as an Member of Parliament on 17 January 2011, resulting in the 2011 Botany by-election.
On 15 September 2011 Wong was granted the right to retain the title of the Honourable for her lifetime.
Achievements
Membership
She was New Zealand"s first Asian Member of Parliament, serving as a member of parliament for the National Party from 1996 to 2011.
