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Tuesday, April 15, 2025

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Parmjeet Parmar

Parmar: Visiting India with PM revealed huge trade potential

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By Parmjeet Parmar, Pakuranga-based ACT List MP I recently returned from an official visit to India with the Prime Minister. As an Indian-born MP, the...

Parmar: Fairer, more realistic wage rules

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By Parmjeet Parmar, Pakuranga-based ACT List MP A positive change for employers (and for the cost of living) is now in effect. The Accredited Employer...

‘Mortgage relief welcome, but we can do better’

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By Parmjeet Parmar, Pakuranga-based ACT List MP Every night on the 6pm news, the political media in Wellington seems to focus on a different...

Parmar: More accountable benefit system will respect taxpayers

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By Parmjeet Parmar, Pakuranga-based ACT List MP According to the latest Ministry of Social Development figures, 6.5 per cent of the working-age population –...

Opinion: Your money shouldn’t be spent on superstition

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By Parmjeet Parmar, Pakuranga-based ACT List MP It’s disheartening to see taxpayer money given to projects that border on superstition and pseudoscience. An example recently...

Opinion: ‘Push for tikanga Māori undermines choice at university’

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By Parmjeet Parmar, Pakuranga-based ACT List MP Many young Kiwis are now looking ahead to the start of the university year. Three or more years...

We all deserve a break

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By Parmjeet Parmar, Pakuranga-based ACT List MP Just like many readers of this column, my colleagues and I have been very busy wrapping up...

Only 4.8 per cent of bus fare evaders fined

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By Parmjeet Parmar, Pakuranga-based ACT List MP I’ve written before about the problem of crime and anti-social behaviour on Auckland buses. I can now share...

Unity and belonging central to bills

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By Parmjeet Parmar, Pakuranga-based ACT List MP I was very proud to recently stand on behalf of ACT and support the Citizenship (Western Samoa)...

Parmar: Bus safety must be improved

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By Parmjeet Parmar, Pakuranga-based ACT List MP When you take the bus in Pakuranga or anywhere in Auckland you deserve to feel safe, and...

Protecting small businesses from unfair licensing rules

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By Parmjeet Parmar, Pakuranga-based ACT List MP Every week I hear from local businesses still feeling the impact of poor policy decisions by past...

Quarterly plan drives positive change

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By Parmjeet Parmar, Pakuranga-based ACT List MP It has been almost a year since the election, and in Parliament the Coalition has been incredibly...

Consequences coming for attacks on bus drivers, lone workers

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  By Parmjeet Parmar, Pakuranga-based ACT List MP Like many Aucklanders, I’ve been alarmed and saddened by recent reports of attacks on public transport, including...

Uni’s compulsory Treaty courses damage learning experience

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By Parmjeet Parmar, Pakuranga-based ACT List MP From next year, the University of Auckland will require all first-year students to complete a ‘Waipapa Taumata...

Hope on the horizon for struggling families

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By Parmjeet Parmar, Pakuranga-based ACT List MP Taking a taxi recently, I got talking with the driver. He told me about the business he used...
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