Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Upper Harbour
In office 17 October 2020 – 14 October 2023
Preceded by
Paula Bennett
Succeeded by
Cameron Brewer
Personal details
Born
Vanushi Sitanjali Rajanayagam
August 1981 (age 42)
Political party
Labour
Children
3
Alma mater
University of Auckland University of Oxford
Profession
Lawyer
Vanushi Sitanjali Walters (néeRajanayagam; born August 1981) is a New Zealand lawyer and politician who served as Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for the Labour Party representing the Upper Harbour electorate from 2020 to 2023.
Vanushi Sitanjali Walters (née Rajanayagam; born August 1981) is a New Zealand lawyer and politician who served as Member of Parliament in the House of...
the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Northern California. VanushiWalters, New Zealand lawyer, politician and Member of Parliament in the House...
Zealand's first African MP (Ibrahim Omer), first Sri Lankan-born MP (VanushiWalters) and first Latin American MP (Ricardo Menéndez March). Six new LGBT+...
Bezzant lost to Labour's VanushiWalters by 2,392 votes (Bezzant received 38% of the electorate vote compared to Walters' 44%). Bezzant resigned from...
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flipping the seat back to National and ousting first-term incumbent VanushiWalters. In mid November 2023, Radio New Zealand reported that Brewer had made...
Zealand's first African MP (Ibrahim Omer), first Sri Lankan-born MP (VanushiWalters) and first Latin American MP (Ricardo Menéndez March). Six new LGBT+...
Musician and Producer Mayu Pasupati, Jaffna-born New Zealand cricketer VanushiWalters - Human rights activist, lawyer, and politician[citation needed] Canterbury...
Gnanalingam - Author Ahi Karunaharan - Writer, director, actor and producer VanushiWalters - MP and human rights lawyer Jehan Casinader - Journalist and television...
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ordinary Russians from Putin and the Russian Government. Labour MP VanushiWalters formally commended the legislation to the House. On 18 March, Mahuta...
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