Robyn McDonald

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Robyn McDonald is a former New Zealand politician.

She was an MP from 1996 to 1999, representing the New Zealand First party. She was first elected to Parliament in the 1996 elections as a list MP, and when New Zealand First splintered, she was one of the MPs who remained with the party core.

In the 1999 elections, however, she was ranked in 20th place on the New Zealand First party list, a surprisingly low position for a sitting MP.This was perhaps due to the controversy she created by taking a first class trip to Paris to study internet shopping within weeks of becoming a Minister of the Crown. She later apologised.

She was not returned to Parliament. Later, McDonald was appointed to a position in Development Wainuiomata, an organisation promoting economic and population growth in the Wainuiomata area.She is now working for the SPCA and is known as Robyn Kippenberger.