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.