Pearl of the Islands Foundation put together a panel discussion on ‘Women in Politics: Ways to promote cohesion in Aotearoa' in light of the general elections that will be held in September. We invited representatives from the three major parties to make it a bipartisan panel. By providing them with a platform to speak, the discussion revolved important social issues that have affected, especially since the coronavirus pandemic began. Tayyaba Khan, CEO of the Khadija Leadership Network, facilitated the korero and our panellists were: 1. Dr Parmjeet Parmar: Member of Parliament, National Party 2. Priyanca Radhakrishnan: Member of Parliament, Labour Party 3. Golriz Ghahraman: Member of Parliament, Green Party