Race-based hiring has no place in our universities. I’ve written to Auckland University’s Vice-Chancellor demanding they scrap discriminatory, potentially illegal requirements from their job ad.

𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗲-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗼𝘁 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 ACT spokesperson for Tertiary Education and Skills, Dr Dr Parmjeet Parmar is raising the alarm after a concerned parent raised concerns that a major engineering firm is

Auckland Uni is hiring based on race. That’s wrong. I’ve asked the Race Relations Commissioner to investigate after the Uni failed to justify it.

𝗔𝗖𝗧 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 ACT Immigration spokesperson Dr Dr Parmjeet Parmar has welcomed the announcement of the Immigration (Enhanced Risk Management) Amendment Bill, saying it restores integrity to the immigration system.

If someone is born overseas, and their parents are too, they must apply for New Zealand citizenship. Some argue certain ethnic groups should receive citizenship automatically based on ancestry. Here’s what I think.

I'm pleased to confirm some changes to the Government's polytech legislation: removing a Treaty clause and DEI provisions for polytech leadership. These changes were advocated by ACT at select committee.

𝗔𝗖𝗧 𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗨𝗻𝗶 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝗹𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 ACT Tertiary Education spokesperson Dr Dr Parmjeet Parmar has written to the University of Auckland Council urging it to

I have written to the Auckland University Council making it clear that they should not only accept the Senate’s advice to make the compulsory Treaty course optional, but go further by addressing the unfairness to this year’s cohort.

Great to speak with Q+A about my bill to end race-based policies in universities. Watch the interview here: youtube.com/watch?v=VxQnQ1…

𝗩𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲: 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 ACT’s Tertiary Education spokesperson Dr Dr Parmjeet Parmar is celebrating the University of Auckland's council vote tonight to make the Waipapa Taumata Rau course