GOLRIZ GHAHRAMAN made history as the first refugee to be sworn in as a Member of the New Zealand Parliament in 2017. Iranian-born, Golriz arrived in New Zealand with her parents seeking asylum as a nine-year-old. She studied human rights law at Oxford and has practised as a lawyer in New Zealand and for United Nations tribunals in Africa, The Hague, and Cambodia. Golriz is a member of New Zealand’s Green Party.