Submitted by flabbywoofwoof t3_yeefzt in worldnews
razor_eddie t1_ityu5rt wrote
Reply to comment by dwwilson in New Zealand women lawmakers outnumber men for the first time. by flabbywoofwoof
It's actually 6.7%, but don't let that get in the way of your hate.
"The 53rd Parliament has eight MPs who identify as being of Asian ethnicity, the same number as in the previous Parliament. Overall, MPs who identify as being of Asian ethnicity comprise 6.7% of the parliament, which is less than half the share (15.1%) of the population who identified as being of the Asian ethnic group in the 2018 census (15.1%)."
The nice thing is that, even though Asian representation remained static, and Maori representation dipped slightly to 25 MPs, the number of Pasifica MPs rose, and we got the first 2 MELAA (Middle Eastern/Latin American/African) MPs.
10% (a little over) LGBTQ+, but still far too many Gen X.
Cherry-picking only gives a tenth of the actual story.
Bobby_feta t1_itz3lsi wrote
Interestingly that actually aligns nearly perfectly with the Asian demographic % from 20 years ago. Since then the demographic has been increasing by about 50% each census, mostly through immigration. First gen migrants are significantly less likely to enter into politics for really obvious reasons, so actually it makes sense.
Not saying that more can’t be done of course, but yeah, this 1% vs 15% is misleading on both counts
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