@jeremy_pm She is NOT new to New Zealand. Wikipedia page says she moved to NZ in 1995 and University of Auckland 2003 doctoral thesis. MP means she has NZ citizenship.

She was List MP for #NZ #National Party from 20 September 2014 - 17 October 2020.
There is no reason for being ignorant of TeTiriti or matters related to #Aotearoa NZ

She campaigned for National in Mt Roskill electorate during that period even though she didn't live in the electorate. Had an electorate office in Stoddard rd, Mt Roskill.

Hansard has her speech for 3rd reading of the Waitangi National Trust Board Amendment Bill https://www.parliament.nz/mi/pb/hansard-debates/rhr/document/51HansS_20151119_00001039/parmar-parmjeet-waitangi-national-trust-board-amendment

Mt Roskill voters turned off by Parmar's 'negative' campaign says Roshan Nauhria.

Most Indians who voted in the Mt Roskill byelection swung their support behind Labour's Michael Wood to keep National's Parmjeet Parmar out, the third-placed candidate says.

from NZ Herald 4 Dec 2016 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/mt-roskill-voters-turned-off-by-parmars-negative-campaign-says-roshan-nauhria/I2Q4SLPCQ4ICOTJJOBFGSS3XOU/

Michael Wood who won was for many years a member of the local board in the area and lived in the area. So he was known to voters.

NZ’s feeblest John Key parrot is on the brink of a shellacking in Mt Roskill
https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/26-11-2016/nzs-feeblest-john-key-parrot-is-on-the-brink-of-a-shellacking-in-mt-roskill Nov 2016

Which started with "Parmjeet Parmar made a constituent cry at an electorate meeting in a Mt Roskill school hall last Monday evening."

She moved to ACT for 2023 elections and campaigned for the Pakuranga Electorate where she was living at least since Sept 2014, if not earlier

31 May 2023: Former National MP Parmjeet Parmar switches to #ACT for 2023 election
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/491045/former-national-mp-parmjeet-parmar-switches-to-act-for-2023-election

#NZPol #AoNZPol #GiveNothingToRacism