Ibrahim Omer and Arena Williams- Labour MPs

Join Haley Rachel Rolls and Tracey Lee for a conversation with New Zealand Labour Party MP's Arena Williams MP, and Ibrahim Omer MP.
We touch on education, Victoria University, Health, education, refugees, migrant workers, exploitation, and more.

10/08/2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYHRMlbnhZQ...

Ibrahim Omer List MP and Candidate for Central Wellington, became an MP to represent communities who often struggle to have their voices heard. His experience spans fleeing his home country, being in a refugee camp, working as a minimum wage cleaner, graduating from university, and representing low paid workers as a union organiser.
He left his home country of Eritrea in 2003 spending years in UN-run refugee camps where he worked as an interpreter. He was then detained on suspicion of being a spy, it was only when the UN stepped in that he was rescued and offered the chance to come to New Zealand.
He is now running as Labour’s candidate in Wellington Central, the city he has called home since his arrival in Aotearoa.

Arena Williams (MP for Manurewa) is a lawyer and mother of two, she lives in Manurewa with her husband and two young children.
Prior to her election Arena has served as a member of the Waitematā District Health Board and on the Unitec Institute of Technology's Te Rūnanga Advisory Group.
Arena grew up in South Auckland, where her father served as a Papakura City councillor for many years, and her mother continues to work as a GP. Professionally, Arena has worked for one of Aotearoa's leading corporate law firms. Arena has a strong background as a community organiser. She was involved in student politics and was a candidate for the Labour Party in Hunua in 2014.

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