Golriz Ghahraman

Golriz Ghahraman:was sitting in the parliament question chamber alongside Chloe Swarbrick which was empty except for the two of them browsing through the internet.

Zealand’s non-governmental report to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child.

In her first term as MP, Golriz was a member of the Foreign Affairs, Trade, and Defence and Education and Workforce Select Committees. Her work included successfully negotiating an end to New Zealand’s military deployments in the Middle East, refocusing the work of our Defence Force on climate crisis, advocating for electoral funding reform, restoration of voting rights to prisoners serving three years or less, and doubling the number of refugee families reunified as well as financial support to bring them together.

Golriz's expertise as a human rights and constitutional lawyer will help bring effective legislative solutions for social justice, climate and environmental issues.