New Zealand MP Suspended Amid Shoplifting Allegations

"Green MPs are expected to maintain high standards of public behavior," the spokesperson said. Ghahraman, who made history as the first refugee sworn in as an MP in New Zealand, arrived in Aotearoa as a child asylum seeker with her family from Iran. Initially serving as a Green Party list candidate in January 2017, she secured the seventh position on the Green Party's list in the 2023 election. Ghahraman’s portfolios for the Greens included justice, foreign affairs, defence, ethnic communities, and trade. Auckland police confirmed an investigation is ongoing.