Parmjeet Parmar: No expiry date for serious crime

New Zealand’s promise to new arrivals is straightforward: contribute, obey our laws, and you can build a wonderful life here. But that promise carries an equally clear expectation – the privilege of residency cannot be abused. For those who are not citizens, this is a social contract, and it must be upheld.

Chris Lynch: ACT MP raises alarm over race-based hiring in engineering internship

The ACT Party is calling out what it describes as race-based discrimination in a major engineering firm’s internship recruitment process, warning the practice reflects a dangerous shift from merit-based hiring to identity politics.

ACT spokesperson for Tertiary Education and Skills, Dr Parmjeet Parmar, said a concerned parent alerted her to an application form for a summer engineering internship that stated Māori, Pasifika, Aboriginal, or Torres Strait Islander applicants would automatically be advanced to the interview stage.

Matua Kahurangi: More race-based bullsh*t in our universities

ACT MP calls out University of Auckland’s Māori-only job programme

Once again, race-based policies are rearing their divisive head in New Zealand’s public institutions, this time at the University of Auckland. ACT MP Dr Parmjeet Parmar has called out the university over a job listing that appears to blatantly breach the Human Rights Act 1993 by explicitly requiring applicants to be of Māori descent.

Matua Kahurangi: ‘Support based on race is racism’

On Wednesday, ACT Party MP Dr. Parmjeet Parmar posted on X, highlighting what she described as a "divisive and unfair" practice at Victoria University of Wellington. She shared a screenshot of an email sent to students enrolled in the LAWS121: Introduction to New Zealand Legal System course, announcing a practice exam session restricted to Māori and Pasifika (MPI) students.