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Parmjeet Parmar

Parmar: More accountable benefit system will respect taxpayers

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

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’

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  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

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

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...

Oath-taking should reflect our society

By Parmjeet Parmar, Pakuranga-based ACT List MP I’m always glad to see police visible in Pakuranga. But I understand for families and businesses impacted by...

Concerns over housing must be taken seriously

By Parmjeet Parmar, Pakuranga-based ACT List MP Everywhere we look in Pakuranga, homes are being built. This is a good sign for future generations who...

Striking balance on immigration a tricky business

By Parmjeet Parmar, Pakuranga-based ACT List MP The Accredited Employer Work Visa scheme was set up by Labour in reaction to worker shortages post-Covid. It...
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