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Dr Gaurav Sharma
Former Member of Parliament for Hamilton West | Health Select Committee | Co-Chair of PCAL | Medical Doctor (GP) l MBA from Washington DC l Fulbright Scholar
Dr. Gaurav Mrinal Sharma is a New Zealand-based doctor and former Member of Parliament who has been involved in both medical and political fields. Born in 1987, he was elected as an MP for the Labour Party in 2020, representing Hamilton West. However, his political career was marked by controversy, including allegations of bullying within the Labour Party, which led to his expulsion from the caucus in August 2022 and eventually from the party in October 2022. Afterward, he briefly served as an independent MP before resigning and forming the unregistered New Zealand Momentum Party. He contested the 2022 Hamilton West by-election but lost to National MP Tama Potaka.1
Dr. Sharma is also a medical professional who qualified as a doctor from the University of Auckland in 2011. He has worked across various hospitals in Auckland and completed an internship with the World Health Organization focusing on non-communicable diseases. Additionally, he holds an MBA from George Washington University as a Fulbright Scholar, with a focus on business, politics, and public health.1
Currently, Dr. Sharma serves as Co-Chair of PCAL (Parliamentary Champions for Accessibility Legislation) at the New Zealand Parliament, advocating for accessibility legislation to improve inclusivity for disabled individuals and others with accessibility needs.23
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I was sad to hear about the recent attack on Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s electorate office in Mt Albert. No office, no workplace should have to live under fear of such attacks. I hope the PM and the government can appreciate that similarly many of our businesses and citizens across the country are living their lives in fear as lawlessness spreads.
On Tuesday many of us in Hamilton woke up with a police helicopter flying over our houses at 2.30am. This week alone there were numerous burglaries/ram raids/smash & grabs in the Waikato:
▪️Monday - Stirling Sports at Centre Plaza shopping mall in Hamilton CBD
▪️Tuesday - 6 burglaries (amongst these were Chartwell Shopping Mall, Naylor St gas station, Hillcrest Bakery)
▪️Friday - 13 burglaries. First 7 in 90 minutes and then another 6 in the next 1.5 hours❗️
▪️Today (Sunday) - 7 burglaries
That’s 27 major burglaries that we know of in just 1 week. (This doesn’t include Mex-indo, Volare, Whole Heart and the Bakehouse Cafe being broken into last weekend that I had also posted about in a different post a few days ago).
I find it really hard to believe that the Prime Minister can tell off Vladimir Putin that there will be consequences if he uses nuclear weapons, but can’t say anything to 10 year olds wrecking havoc on our own streets.
A few weeks ago I asked the Prime Minister in Question time whether the government would pay for the damages at these stores because their insurance premiums were rising and many were having to close shop permanently due to the losses incurred. In her reply the Prime Minister had said that she was proud of the $6 million that had been given to 500 businesses for preventative measures (not to those that had been attacked) - 2 hours after that reply the PM and the Police Minister had corrected their statement as ZERO businesses out of 500 had been supported since the $6million support was announced in May. Lots of empty promises while our citizens and businesses live in fear everyday.
🔗 My question in Parliament to the Prime Minister re ram raids and smash & grabs
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🔗 Seven burglaries in 90 minutes in the Waikato, police investigating
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🔗 Ramraiders target sports store in Hamilton's Centre Place
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🔗 Police called to multiple ram raids and burglaries in overnight crime spree in Waikato
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I had a great time today planting trees with the community at the Multicultural Tree Planting event in Waiwhakareke organised by EarthDiverse.
It is important that our future generations continue to cherish the great environment New Zealand has to offer. New Zealand Labour Party led government is committed to this cause. The flagship 🌳 One Billion Trees programme has created hundreds of jobs, helped in meeting New Zealand's climate change targets, has seen big tracts of New Zealand land re-planted in native forests, repaired our damaged and eroded landscapes and converted non productive land to forestry.
In addition to this we earmarked 11,000 environmental jobs in our regions. From upgrading walking tracks, to wetland restoration, to pest eradication, these local jobs will help protect our environment and clean up waterways, while boosting regional economies and getting people into work.
Protecting our environment and cleaning up our waterways has been a major focus of our Government since the beginning. We’ve passed the landmark Zero Carbon Act, phased out single-use plastic bags, and worked with farmers to clean up our lakes and rivers - and that’s only to name a few.
Here’s a summary of a few more policies the government has committed to:
🔴 $315 million package for pest eradication and management, including ramping up the Department of Conservation’s pest control programme, advancing Predator Free New Zealand, working with iwi to prevent the collapse of North Island forests, getting populations of wallabies under control, undertaking pest and weed control on Crown Land, and helping control wilding pines.
🔴 $18 million for developing energy strategies and frameworks, including for hydrogen and offshore wind farms
🔴 $35 million to support farmers, growers and whenua Māori in the transition to the low carbon economy
🔴 $569 million towards the Clean Car Upgrade to help lower-income households scrap high-emitting vehicles in exchange for electric and hybrid models
🔴 $350 million for improving access to public transport, walking and cycling
🔴 $40 million for decarbonising public transport buses by 2035
Big thanks to Todd Nachowitz and EarthDiverse for organising the event (which is now in its eighth year) and the volunteers from Waikato Multicultural Council for providing free kai to all the tree planters as well as Hamilton Zoo team for helping make sure we were doing the job right!
I also want to acknowledge many Labour Party members and volunteers who took part in this great initiative today. When I got elected one of the commitments I made to myself was to encourage more community involvement from our local Hamilton Labour volunteers instead of long closed door policy meetings because we need to walk the talk and lead by example. This is my fourth tree planting at Waiwhakareke with the group along with my volunteers in addition to the five community cleanups we have been involved with.
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