Lin Nah<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.nz/@jeremy_pm" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jeremy_pm</span></a></span> 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.</p><p>She was List MP for <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NZ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/National" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>National</span></a> Party from 20 September 2014 - 17 October 2020. <br>There is no reason for being ignorant of TeTiriti or matters related to <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Aotearoa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aotearoa</span></a> NZ </p><p>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. </p><p>Hansard has her speech for 3rd reading of the Waitangi National Trust Board Amendment Bill <a href="https://www.parliament.nz/mi/pb/hansard-debates/rhr/document/51HansS_20151119_00001039/parmar-parmjeet-waitangi-national-trust-board-amendment" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">parliament.nz/mi/pb/hansard-de</span><span class="invisible">bates/rhr/document/51HansS_20151119_00001039/parmar-parmjeet-waitangi-national-trust-board-amendment</span></a></p><p>Mt Roskill voters turned off by Parmar's 'negative' campaign says Roshan Nauhria.</p><p>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.</p><p>from NZ Herald 4 Dec 2016 <a href="https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/mt-roskill-voters-turned-off-by-parmars-negative-campaign-says-roshan-nauhria/I2Q4SLPCQ4ICOTJJOBFGSS3XOU/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nzherald.co.nz/nz/mt-roskill-v</span><span class="invisible">oters-turned-off-by-parmars-negative-campaign-says-roshan-nauhria/I2Q4SLPCQ4ICOTJJOBFGSS3XOU/</span></a></p><p>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. </p><p>NZ’s feeblest John Key parrot is on the brink of a shellacking in Mt Roskill <br><a href="https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/26-11-2016/nzs-feeblest-john-key-parrot-is-on-the-brink-of-a-shellacking-in-mt-roskill" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thespinoff.co.nz/politics/26-1</span><span class="invisible">1-2016/nzs-feeblest-john-key-parrot-is-on-the-brink-of-a-shellacking-in-mt-roskill</span></a> Nov 2016 </p><p>Which started with "Parmjeet Parmar made a constituent cry at an electorate meeting in a Mt Roskill school hall last Monday evening." </p><p>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 </p><p>31 May 2023: Former National MP Parmjeet Parmar switches to <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/ACT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACT</span></a> for 2023 election <br><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/491045/former-national-mp-parmjeet-parmar-switches-to-act-for-2023-election" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rnz.co.nz/news/political/49104</span><span class="invisible">5/former-national-mp-parmjeet-parmar-switches-to-act-for-2023-election</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NZPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NZPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/AoNZPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AoNZPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/GiveNothingToRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiveNothingToRacism</span></a></p>