Kiwi-Indian MP challenges woke universities... Left-wing MPs FREAK OUT

ACT Tertiary Education spokesperson Dr Parmjeet Parmar calls out Auckland University and MBIE for prioritising indigenous knowledge over science. She has a few choice words to say for her hecklers.

[@JeaneGenie]

We have all had enough of the apartheid system in New Zealand. The sooner it is abolished the better !

[@fatbastard70]

Please engage with anyone who says they have voted for Greens or TPM and convince them not to make the same mistake again. It really is the only way to get rid of stupidity from NZ's Parliament.

[@adelaidewilson7917]

apartheid didnt exit until the colonisers arrive here back in 1800's alot off you out there are descendants from them. im pakeha maori and pacifica n scots a citizen offaotearoa new zealand nga mihi

[@adsdft585]

Yes it has slow been reduced since 1880. This of action again the Indian community that farms in the Waikato, Chinese who had poll taxes, language issues in Pukekohe in schools to local Maori to name a few things. These were often removed by left or centrality governments.

[@logicalanswer3529]

@@adelaidewilson7917 That literally makes no sense and is full of uneducated assumptions.

[@raywheeler3135]

Your answers are literally illogical

[@georgedebruyns3805]

Very impressive and went straight to the core. We are New Zealanders and " let not be judged by the colour of your skin".

[@LeePark-w3l]

An imported scab whos taken kiwi jobs and owns houses that kiwis cant afford

[@MaryAda-wj3dy]

Brilliant speech Dr parmjeet. Keep up the good work. I absolutely support ACT. I absolutely support you. I hope you can break the racial and cuturally mythical ideoligical framework. Thankyou for showing up the racism and I hope more people vote Act next election and give ACT more power to get this country back on track and bring back equality to all NZERS and stop the racism that is engulfing our country.

[@colinrichards3012]

I definitely will be voting ACT, for the first time. You are letting us down on allowing racism to still thrive Mr. Luxon.

[@Allwelfare]

I know lot of labour followers have changed to ACT. I think, ACT might have gotten bigger than the ratings say.

[@richardturner6063]

@@Allwelfare I’ve supported ACT for many years because David Seymour is the genuine article even if you disagree with some policies. He doesn’t facilitate like Baldrick or the Ginger Chip.

[@richardturner6063]

@@MaryAda-wj3dy Māori look down their noses at the minorities which is to their chagrin because Indians and Asians will take them to the cleaners one day.

[@DianeMay-q3g]

@Allwelfare labour to act..that's a big jump..labour's pretty flackey now..down right scarey..

[@TrevorCunningham-o1y]

Well said,great to hear our new Kiwis speaking up and calling out this ideology rubbish

[@joanoconnor5456]

Wow, this lady is amazing So proud to hear her speaking out logic and facts exposing woke ideology

[@sylviagrace3600]

Excellent summarizing thank you

[@logicalanswer3529]

This just goes to show that some people are to irrational to understand that facts by definition can not be racist. Dr Parmjeet Parmar is not afraid to be a realist and speak her mind - Great to see.

[@hanzjensen2154]

@@logicalanswer3529 Wonder what Winston thinks about this one….

[@TheAllEngineering]

@@hanzjensen2154 Who cares !!

[@hanzjensen2154]

@@TheAllEngineering I think a lot of people in NZ care but Seymour is trying to speak for everyone. You didn’t hear Seymour speak out of turn about Winston though did you

[@granabiss_]

@@hanzjensen2154 do you want too email him & find out?

[@Ruben-n5i]

Very well spoken

[@BrianWills-pe6uc]

Thank you very much Dr. Parmjeet Parmar , you are speaking the absolute truth on behalf of all New Zealanders . Well done , I am glad that I voted for the Act Party candidates at the previous Election .

[@alistermacpherson7120]

God forgives sin

[@nevillehill5210]

@@alistermacpherson7120- true …but your point is ?

[@alistermacpherson7120]

@BrianWills-pe6uc As a question where was Dr Parmar born?

[@Cecelia-i1l]

@@alistermacpherson7120 does it really matter where she was born?

[@alistermacpherson7120]

@Cecelia-i1l Apparently some people commenting appear to have a gripe about a Green MP who is Mexican?I am just respectfully pointing out that not ALL MPs are born in NZ.

[@piratephilosophy5404]

Nice speech Ms Parmar, you make me proud to be an ACT supporter.

[@chriscuthbert-scott253]

Are you a proud PEDO PARTY supporter

[@BrendanPowerMusic]

Absolutely spot-on and damn right! Well done Parmjeet for calling out this nonsensical and deeply damaging Labour endorsed policy whereby so-called "Maori Ways of Knowing" are passed off as 'science'... The fact it's been adopted by Auckland University is utterly shocking! In their desperation to be 'culturally aware' they're now making it compulsory for every student to do a course on the Treaty of Waitangi and Maori tikanga in their first year. That's great for those who wish to do so, but it should not be IMPOSED on all students. Parmjeet is an excellent example of New Zealand's more recent and highly diverse wave of immigrants bringing worldly common sense to a country that's been navel-gazing and agonising about the wrongs of past colonial history for far too long! They are aspirational and want their kids to be educated in world-class universities - of which NZ used to have several... These taxpayer funded institutions do themselves and, more importantly, their students, no favours by adopting and imposing this pseudo-science gibberish of 'indigenous knowledge ' as officially part of the curriculum. The illustrious British scientist Richard Dawkins was astonished to discover what was happening in our country on a recent visit to NZ, and rightly called it out. Sadly he was jeered and heckled, just as the gallery is rudely doing here trying to drown out Parmjeet's speech. It's about time the present government got proactive and put an IMMEDIATE stop to this counterproductive cultural woke madness in New Zealand universities! Finally, Parmjeet's ending comments about how recent immigrants - full Kiwi citizens like everyone else, with the same rights and responsibilities - are having to endure rude and intolerant abuse from Maori activists when they exercise their right to have a say in the way New Zealand is governed. It's great for them and the country to have such a brave and robust spokesperson standing up for their voice. I'm sure they will play a significant part in the next election in putting ACT into government in a much stronger position.

[@DianeMay-q3g]

@@BrendanPowerMusic mm Richard Dawkins..mythology taught as science..bonkers

[@daledj6768]

Beautiful hearing the country called New Zealand ✌️

[@joanoconnor5456]

@@daledj6768 music to my ears

[@Cecelia-i1l]

@JimmyJenks-u8v why are you so hateful and what do you fear?

[@granabiss_]

@JimmyJenks-u8v Jimmmmmy... Where did you get the hate & fear from in that comment? Maybe it's yourself that has hate & fear that this country of new Zealand is actually called new Zealand 🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿

[@newzyj]

Powerful speaker. This is where I want my tax payer dollars going! Clearly upset the rabble who lack basic decorum

[@PeterBroederlow]

Then go to India

[@Allwelfare]

​@@PeterBroederlowIt's worse in India. That's why most indians leave. They don't want NZ to get worse as India. Besides, try an an Indian work visa, it's not easy.

[@sharonbatty8427]

She may not be from India

[@MargaretAllen-x5t]

@@PeterBroederlow She is here legally and is a New Zealand Citizen so has the right to be heard as part of the 80%. I am an immigrant and of the 15 grandchildren I have who are all citizens,6 are part Māori and I want all of them to be treated and given equal opportunities to flourish and stay here as Kiwis. Equality is before equity in my opinion.

[@andrewchristison2575]

​@@PeterBroederlowracist

[@brianrassie3526]

Wow it takes an immigrant to bash the common belief that maori are more equal .... well said

[@raywheeler3135]

If NZ isn't working out for immigrants they should go back to where they came from. Why should the people born here have to adjust to fit in around these interlopers

[@CharacterDev]

Sadly, pakeha people are raised to believe they are beneath Maori in NZ and they accept it, along with all the racist comments they get from Maori. That's why I admire immigrants like this lady who step up and say they won't be treated as a second class citizen because they're not Maori.

[@Revan8888]

​@@CharacterDev North of the Strait, perhaps. The South know all are equal, and would never use that inaccurate "P" word in place of European/White.

[@CharacterDev]

@ I agree - I don't like the term pakeha either, mainly because I've been racially abused so many times by Maori in the North Island (they call out "f_off pakeha" when you walk past their state-owned home that my taxes pay for). Maori are the most racist people I've met in any country I've lived in. They make South Africa's racism look tame.

[@1960vanessa]

Thank you! Well said. I am also an immigrant and I am sick and tired of the discrimination in New Zealand.

[@YouTubeCensorsComments]

I'm also sick and tired of being blamed for things my ancestors never had a hand in.

[@raywheeler3135]

I'm sick and tired of immigrants moving to my country then expecting us to change to fit around them. If NZ isn't working out for you then go back to where you came from

[@ddrulzz1]

What an awesome speaker

[@iainseymour-hart3347]

This brave MP is right! The government need to review university WOKE practices and bring back common sense.

[@WDS-h2y]

True kiwi one of the best. Reduce the funding of our woke Universities until they get back to serving the country and the students that pays them. What is wrong with our weak government.

[@LeePark-w3l]

The universities are just immigration factories in NZ, soon none of the parliamentarians in Nz will be born in the country, the nz will have 100million people,

[@westernsellers9148]

It's an international konspiracy

[@andysneddon8288]

Well-spoken Doctor, it would appear most New Zealanders except for the radical few, who incidentally were colonisers before the British, have had enough. This woke BS has been going on since at least the 90s and as a mid-life student at Massey in those days, the Maori perspective was built into practically every aspect of the course, not just the compulsory Maori, module. This is now called cultural Marxism which should be eradicated from our country.

[@vanessamay3689]

Well said 🙌🏼

[@wokesick]

A party based on race is in itself racist and can only ever be racist.

[@logicalanswer3529]

Especially when they have admitted that they want segregation based on ethnicity - A clear example of racist extremism.

[@BobPackard]

Brilliant logical statement. Well thought out. I may borrow that!!!

[@hanzjensen2154]

NZ First and National…. sounds like….

[@nakinz109]

Really? According to who? White people lol? Everything is racist when you don't get your way. Ironically- it seems you morons do get what racism is in a colonised nation after all. Imbecile

[@logicalanswer3529]

@@hanzjensen2154 New Zealand first and National do not base being a member on ethnicity. Unlike t.p.m.

[@mikegalaxie2352]

When the facts are spoken the grifters disrupt and yell and shout down… pathetic

[@NZRuster01]

Yea true. Using cancel culture to silence the grievance culture narrative

[@MichaelLaw-t1c]

Well done young lady. Wellcome to New Zealand.we appreciate your contribution to New Zealand culture.wich is unique to all the peoples residing here and a mixture of all.

[@ayjaynz1875]

Well spoken. Applause 👏

[@andrewking9435]

Good speech

[@Sharpy7562]

Ha ha they can’t call her white privileged ha ha

[@nevillehill5210]

No , she has skin probably darker than quite a few of those claiming Maori heritage so that must be a bit galling in itself. But not being born in NZ of course makes her a fair target to the ignorant ones on the opposition benches

[@HunkyMan777]

Students should leave NZ. I want to study MBA. Here at Otago $70k, in Germany better course $18k.

[@vanessamay3689]

Wish you well whichever you choose.

[@neilivory7278]

You've already answered your own question or were you just seeking attention and sympathy points?Only in your deluded mind are NZ Unis far too woke for you so the door to Germany is this way > > >

[@Ocy345Vidz]

Just graduated from Otago with an MSc about a year ago. Wouldn't recommend it anymore. They've committed to spending millions of dollars rebranding to make it 'Te Tiriti-friendly' while they have no money and laid off many academic staff and cut courses. The student experience isn't really what it used to be either with the university buying up a lot of flats to control the partying. UC sounds like the only sane uni in NZ nowadays.

[@desmondirwin200]

@@HunkyMan777 Little kids better leave NZ if ACT ever gets go run the country.

[@Peter_Pepper_Love]

Germans do it...'bitter'🙋(((💛)))

[@agewiggins8192]

Well spoken.!

[@carlybennet7405]

Well Done lovely lady.

[@xxyzz-j7o]

Excellent summary of situation today. Thank you for calling it out

[@nickbuchanan9158]

Very well said, we need more foreign born New Zealanders to make their voices heard.

[@BrianWills-pe6uc]

Just look at how hard they work and their educational abilities are outstanding . I have learnt a lot of new languages from immigrants in my town , they show no prejudice and have natural respectful manners .

[@Roger-s3c]

​​@@zrymillI agree, would be much nicer here with chinese and indian people, and less of the whining grifters

[@neilivory7278]

Just remember that age old saying "a turkey never celebrates xmas".More than likely above your head and education level but oh well i tried anyhow.

[@YouTubeCensorsComments]

@@neilivory7278 'Just remember that age old saying "a turkey never celebrates xmas".More than likely above your head and education level but oh well i tried anyhow.' Let me educate you: Just remember that age old saying, "A turkey never celebrates Christmas." More than likely above your head and education level but oh well, I tried anyhow. See the difference? You're not as half as smart as you might like to think your are kiddo.

[@allanwood4771]

@@neilivory7278 So being one ,you would definitely know.

[@lindachandler2247]

Well spoken great speaker,the truth.

[@Adam-my4cm]

Great Speech, shame none of the Mp's are sitting in parliament to hear this.

[@excelsior9698]

What a legend!

[@paulclarke245]

we pay politicians a fortunes and how many "bums on seats" do you see? disgraceful !

[@johnburnett3942]

Well said, excellent speech. Good luck trying to stop the enforced Maori classes. Short answer, foreign students, will be heading to Australia and Canada.

[@toniyoung1057]

A lot of domestic students this year have transferred to UC as they didn't realise that this was happening until they started selecting their subjects. You are correct International students which we are struggling to get back to study here in New Zealand will simply go elsewhere.

[@jcl7951]

Wow great speach by this Act MP. A lot of honest and true statements

[@grantsutherland6798]

Mediocrity has no place in any society

[@JeremyAndrews-g6h]

I am Maori and I agree we are Kiwis Multicultural country Maori act like we dont need other people in our, or this country as the world expands we need to along with our thinking by Making Maori special only makes things more difficult. thats racism in its self I am a proud Maori thats a personal thing and should be made optional. Not compulsory or forced

[@dpcam1243]

thanks for speaking up

[@FreedomSovereign]

I think you're not maori. I think you're lying, we don't use the word kiwi when we talking maori issues, Ur a keyboard hoax pretending

[@allanwood4771]

@@FreedomSovereign Grow up and don’t be so pathetic

[@what-n6x]

@@FreedomSovereign LOL you keep telling yourself whatever you need to dummy. Coping hard 😂

[@Ramdingle007]

@@FreedomSovereign Agreed so many pretenders on these pages who start with I am Maori lol

[@AnnSmith-u9c]

Extremely well put !

[@whateverbro9002]

Brilliant, this was once commonsense

[@logicalanswer3529]

@@loulasta9430 Are you upset at the factual information that she told?

[@sampreece]

@@loulasta9430 That doesn't apply in this case. She's advocating for the literal opposite of DEI; Meritocracy.

[@camdog76]

​​@@loulasta9430You clearly don't know what DEI stands for. Also how can a hard working, tax paying person contributing to to society be a liability? Hop back on that special bus for another fun lap.

[@allanwood4771]

@@loulasta9430 You are upset because of the truth this lady was speaking Aren’t you.

[@nevillehill5210]

@@loulasta9430- with respect, do you know what the acronym DEI stands for. If you don’t then look it up and reconsider your posted comment

[@AlanPapert-h7h]

Good for her !!! Just shows what hypoctites the greens and Maori are

[@jennygrantnelson9816]

An amazing speech, no nots, heartfelt and representative of most NZers; even Maori I suspect!

[@lpalm5235]

Yes, she included the honest, rational one Nation Maori's.

[@andrewking9435]

Hope students dont have to pay for course they dont want

[@philipjesson9435]

You go girl good speech

[@raywheeler3135]

Yeah go back to India

[@kenmaclaren5748]

Who are you? Mam you are a supa hero. Thanks

[@jasneemkaur3676]

she's a phd in neuroscience, Dr Paramjeet Parmar

[@brucegilmour6615]

What a great adult human female 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@sandypike2431]

Wow, we need more truth like this. If some people want to return to 1800s thinking and being they can do so but they cannot expect those who have advanced over time in both their thinking and being as most of the rest of the world has to join them. Tribal societies that still exist are few and far between and non can compete with the rest of the world that has advanced in terms of knowledge.

[@PeterBroederlow]

Yeah to feed on what not their ,like who the hell cares in what she say but of people who hide from the truth ,who speak they tired of Maori and treaty,and why should Maori have rights more than pakeha ,Maori are not the theif, nore did maori disrespected the treaty nore murder and swindlers your lands ,she knows nothing like half the so call nzers ,you would know that treaty is why your here ,so hopefully you take the treaty away then you all can live Maori as there be no reason for you to be here apart from thr treaty.

[@BrianWills-pe6uc]

Yes , seeing obviously unemployed walking the streets using the latest technology , but still not happy .

[@DianeMay-q3g]

Treaty or no treaty the white people would have came..​@PeterBroederlow

[@zrymill]

@@PeterBroederlow England didn't need a treaty to take over New Zealand, it was not a sovereign nation, being composed of endlessly warring tribes killing and canibalising each other. Could have just walked in and subjugated the country and forced civilization, instead Britain made the effort to create a treaty instead, allowing equal rights for all. There is also the fact that Maori tribes massacred and canibalised the red headed tribes that were in New Zealand before Pacific Islanders arrived. This is why there should not be any reparations or land given to present day Maori, because they stole the land from others and because none of the people around in 1840 are still alive today. Its been 9 generations since the treaty was signed so its ancient history and needs to be thrown away and everyone treated equally under the law.

[@allanwood4771]

@@PeterBroederlow What bullshit you speak ,and the sad part about it is ,you believe you’re right .

[@stuartbraithwaite1297]

Very Well said, time for Luxon to step up and listen to the voice of people. Firm Act supporter now.

[@mathew7835]

Great speech

[@donna6806]

And this is why I don't want my year 13 son going to uni next year. Its very sad.

[@lpalm5235]

I have a year 13 son. And I do not want him going to uni. I am looking for an alternative.

[@nevillehill5210]

I’d say send him , you sound like you are well aware of the woke pc BS that has infected our education systems . Just make sure your son is as well & that has the mental strength to resist it

[@openmind5973]

Depending on where your son's innate talents lie, going into the trades could be a worthwhile option. With the advent of AI and the development of quantum computing, it's looking more and more likely that having a job requiring manual skills may be the best option for a prosperous future. Anything in robotics, automation, and mechatronics would be my bet.

[@Patrick8804]

A backbone of steel that Luxon will never have.

[@colinrichards3012]

Sort it out government, this course should not be forced on students. I will be voting for the party who have done the most to remove wokeism next election, as many others will.

[@cynthialiu5998]

Well spoken good on you, Dr. Parmar !

[@tuticandy2847]

Great speech lady

[@RandomVideoGuyNZ]

Thank you, keep up the good work 👏

[@shanehuang1954]

We must accept science and biological truths. it is the only way human life will prosper.

[@vinnielawrence4650]

Crikey a common sense politician

[@robflorentine2951]

Bloody hell well said🎉🎉😊

[@dylanbradshaw8158]

I just finished my engineering degree and it had enough Maori bullshit in it. If I had to do a whole course on it I would have studied somewhere else.

[@sharonbatty8427]

Even Real Estates have to do a paper in Maori.

[@FreedomSovereign]

You're calling my maori people bullshit, guess what money they use for most training courses and study for 80% of foreign students, Maori assets, wish you could study somewhere else but you didn't cause it cheaper in Maori country aye

[@jackreacher5153]

@@FreedomSovereignMāori country ??

[@allanwood4771]

@@FreedomSovereign Since when has (New Zealand )been a Māori country? Looking forward to your reply. But I won’t hold my breath.

[@andrewrumbal1908]

​@@FreedomSovereignyou mean my money/assets that past governments have been stupid enough to give you.. can't you make life on your own? To me that's failure

[@sunstar1630]

Enrolling online at NZ University's is a task overwhelmed with Maori Culture, combine with elements of queerness.

[@Cecelia-i1l]

@@sunstar1630 exactly as i don’t go to university to learn to speak Maori as I’m not interested in it and nobody overseas speaks Maori so wtf is up with all this nonsense

[@Gabby-ey9br]

I am now considering voting ACT, not done so before, but I am now firmly of the right, politically

[@andrewmann3787]

Excellent speech

[@jjp7300]

Thank you ma'am, not many of our own choose to speak maori. It absolutely should not be forced on anyone !!

[@patakanz]

One of the great things about diversity of race in parliament is that we get people like her who are allowed to rip on stupid race-based policies in NZ that have become taboo for white New Zealanders to rip on.

[@raywheeler3135]

There are no raced based policies in NZ because Maori is not a race

[@allanwood4771]

@@raywheeler3135 If Maori are not a race, are some just classed as a bad Coomera then?

[@SNR-qx4yv]

Well said !

[@druckerman247]

There must be a person having a tourets moment in the background.

[@vanessamay3689]

@@zrymill People with that syndrome are better behaved I’m sure.

[@zhanghawley787]

It's the man in the cowboy hat 🤠

[@druckerman247]

@@zhanghawley787 ol face stamp

[@allanwood4771]

@@zhanghawley787 I think you meant to say, it’s that thing in the cowboy hat.😊

[@TheAllEngineering]

@@druckerman247 It's a QR code it takes you to their website !!

[@rustyboyspeed]

We’re all tired of the mediocre approach to every thing from the left.

[@GraemeStevenson-q1o]

NZ universities are disqualifying themselves as universities by neither teaching or modelling critical thinking. Many of their current graduates appear to think it means criticising all that has been achieved historically from a position of zero life experience. Higher and associative thinking has vacated our universities. If they were effective graduates could identify what is great and not so great about colonisation. Constant attacks on the generations that pioneered and built this country is detrimental to all. Universities are also no longer the critics and consciences of society, they seem unable to counter arguments and ideologies no matter what their long term consequences are. They model ideological and commercial capture and no longer value creativity or their students other than as unpaid research assistants. It is time for a review like none other and accountability, NZ universities need to serve all those of us who pay for them.

[@MargaretAllen-x5t]

If they chose to do Māori language that is fine but not mandated. Agree we are a multicultural nation.

[@Kiwi_ecker]

Well said, we are all just kiwis

[@The-Chrystalmachine]

Scientific fact we are not kiwis we are human beings that are citizens of new zealand renamed by a Dutchman who apparently discovered an already settled landmass but lets not let historical facts and science upset our ficticious narrative.

[@bobbuilder-h8b]

thank u ACT

[@dpcam1243]

Thanks for speaking up Parmjeet...right on the money.

[@shanehuang1954]

Well said. We need to be tougher and louder. Speak up to what is utterly wrong.

[@jamesclark6487]

Very good speech. You know how to spot a Kiwi? They value actual days off during Easter, religious or not. Easter is a Kiwi staple.

Yes! Yes indeed! 💞🇳🇿

[@FreedomSovereign]

So you believe a rabbit delivers is a chocolate egg and a kiwi is religious to immigration rights

@@FreedomSovereign clearly you did not read what he actually said 🤔

[@mikew8269]

Brilliant. More and more will start speaking out and opposing the Racist rantings of Maori and the Left.

[@raywheeler3135]

More rants from a right wing racist to justify being racist by gaslighting the victim.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@allanwood4771]

@@raywheeler3135 You need to grow up turkey

[@The-Chrystalmachine]

​@allanwood4771 how very adult of you telling others to grow up and name calling like a seven year old.

[@allanwood4771]

@ as a child yourself ,you should be seen and not heard.

[@The-Chrystalmachine]

@allanwood4771 how old are you I think I may have spent a bit longer on this earth than you have. And your baseless insults show how completely clueless and imature you really are.

[@davidwilliamson4530]

Watched this three times.. lady you have hit the nail right on the head, of what is wrong with this country... No more woke!!!!

[@mikehall9268]

That's how most of New Zealand feel well said you are absolutely spot on

[@DubC68]

Well done. Once again only a ACT mp is speaking common sense.. 4.2 million to play whale sounds to a bloody tree. The crazy maori gravy train of superstition needs to stop. If the maori want to play these games get the money from your iwi, not hard working tax payer dollars..

[@harrycurrie9664]

Never mind who says what as long as it is an honest, truthful, and factual opinion and we are not expected to believe B... S...

[@lpalm5235]

That is correct.

[@heathero007]

Well said

[@l3204llyz]

Well said. Ms speaker stop the crap .let people speak

[@secretsanctuaire8217]

Quite simple really, I won’t encourage anyone to do their studies in UoA, I’d rather they go overseas. More funding out there anyway.

[@DianeMay-q3g]

I like her to..foreigners..good values..

[@mecinastanbury3846]

I’m backing you😊

[@hanzjensen2154]

I wonder what Winston thinks about this one…

[@FreedomSovereign]

He thinks her and her colleagues are all idiots and reading these comments he could be right,our country is under attack from foreign influencers calling them selves victims of maori culture

[@hanzjensen2154]

@@FreedomSovereign our country is under attack and these guys want asset sales!

[@allanwood4771]

@@FreedomSovereign I think it’s time you went and had a cup of Milo ,then go to bed as you are nothing but a racist.

[@derekhaddon4622]

Dr Parmjeet Parmar is her name. Please use her name in the title. She has a title, respect her title.

[@Jane-gv4vo]

She talks a lot of sense.

[@PeterBroederlow]

She talks as like I go to India and say the same I'll be run out ,yes tell me differently, why should Maori go thru this bull ship and listen to kaka from people who bring their culture and tell the culture here of her crap ,act party have no sense of Maori or history ,as well as this kaka speaking

[@sampreece]

@@PeterBroederlow Maori are traditionally conservative. Our ancestors would be turning in their graves if they saw how some Maori act today. Bunch of entitled cry babies who think the world owes them something. Sorry but no one owns land. If you want it, take it. Otherwise accept defeat honourably like a good warrior.

[@Roger-s3c]

​@@PeterBroederlow kaka is a bird. Have you been snorting coke again?

[@schlookie]

​@@PeterBroederlowgrow up

[@raywheeler3135]

Grow up schlookie

[@PeterMacGrergor]

I like her. She is a breath of fresh air.

[@annettearundel2491]

Dr Parmjeet Parmar, thank you for speaking on behalf of all of us New Zealanders - who are indeed - "sick of the conversations that lead to giving one race prominence over another race". New Zealand would NEVER have become the place of prosperity, peace and freedom, with the standard of lifestyle we all benefit from today - without the hard work, the skills, the know how and working together as one, that our pioneering forebears brought to this country from all over the globe.

[@Whakatewhaenau]

Your ancestors were colonized for almost 300 years and you still haven't learnt anything, we call that a "wharkin dopey hua"

[@ThatGuy-li8lf]

She is so right! Thank God someone can take courage to speak it out.

[@larcat3148]

Well said, just what the Dr ordered

[@neilstuarr2278]

Very true and well presented . Fairy tales are never science. Racist learning at university is ridiculous

[@DianeMay-q3g]

Mm and a mountain is now a person?..can someone explain..did i not get it?

[@Silversphere13]

The same as Wanganuis River being a person. This is the silly stiff we are dealing with.

[@DianeMay-q3g]

@Silversphere13 oh the river is a person too..how did happen right under my nose..I give up..nz is nuts..these people must be pissing themselves with laughter..dumb pakehas..ha

Isn't it just rediculous

[@raywheeler3135]

Ironically white capitalists are more than happy for corporations to be legal persons. But if a Maori want their assets to hold the same status suddenly it is a disaster for white capitalists.

[@neilivory7278]

You minority uneducated old arrogant ignorant entitled bigots sure do create entertainment at your own expense for the vast majority.

[@pietdebeer7972]

Eloquent.

[@de-nz4jp]

Change is needed, change is wanted, all unique individuals under one nation..

[@jamesstewart2993]

I can see ACT and NZ Fisrt as a goverment.

[@dpcam1243]

Yip, I think Luxon has made a grave mistake not supporting the treaty principals bill...

[@raywheeler3135]

Should have gone to Specsavers

[@jamesstewart2993]

@ I did when Ardern was in.

[@mxvega1097]

I struggle to understand how anyone could object to what Dr Parmar is saying. Folklore and culture are not science. The problem with pretending that they are is that the argument usually goes to cultural merits, eg if you attack my claim that tikanga, or ayurveda, or witchcraft, or feng shui are science because the originating culture is great, then the fight becomes my culture vs your culture, which doesn't really help anyone. I would have thought the opposition would love to hear a "migrant woman" speak.

[@andrewrumbal1908]

Yes this gives people totally unqualified to call themselves scientists

[@Motumatai3]

First week back at work and look at how many empty seats....Where are our representatives???? This is disgraceful.

[@lizlambert]

Pay should be docked unless they have a doctor's note

[@Bemark100]

Well done, and thank you for your voice.

[@askay2k]

What's barking in the background?

[@raywheeler3135]

It will be that dog Seymour

[@allanwood4771]

@@raywheeler3135 Being an old pitbull yourself, You will certainly know who the dog is.😊

[@Alex-it5ej]

What depth the ACT party has. Well spoken Dr Parmar.. Wow. Your a great New Zealander!