Jan Tinetti’s Millstone When Phil Twyford became a Minister following the 2017 election he was given two huge portfolios – housing and transport. It was a good choice. He is a capable man with a significant career before politics. He comes across well on the platform and in the media and in the debates on […]
Cancel culture live: Anonymous keyboard warriors bully the NZ College of Midwives and defame a respected pregnancy and childbirth author.
The pattern is similar. This time the people in the frame are the New Zealand College of Midwives and respected birthing movement author Milli Hill who has been invited to speak at this year’s Midwifery Conference. What follows is an alleged act of transphobia, a badly written anonymous letter and petition, hosted as ever by […]
What they do in the shadows: The rapid implementation of gender ideology in the New Zealand public sector.
Part 1 Introduction and background Part 2 Case Studies
How to make a submission
There is information here about how to make a submission. If you need your submission to be made in secret / anonymously you can ask for this. But you need to provide reasons. By email the submission you can ask in the covering note that it is published anonymously and heard in private with your […]
Responding to the Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Bill 2021
This document contains links to the relevant government documents, summaries and analysis of the Bill and related documents and advice about writing to and appearing at a Select Committee. The basics: where to write and by when Public submissions are now being called for Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Bill. The closing date for submissions is […]
The proposed self-identification legislation and Christchurch Library’s response
Speak Up for Women (SUFW) are advocating that the Births, Deaths, Marriages and Relationships Registration Bill remains as it is with respect to the legal arrangements in place for changing a birth certificate to a different sex. For this small-c conservative stance they are being described as controversial in the media and as a hate […]
Another Unfortunate Experiment? New Zealand’s transgender health policy and its impact on children.
A Dramatic rise in presentation of gender dysphoria Parents and caregivers are finding that out of the blue a child or young adolescent announces that they are non-binary or that they are in fact the opposite sex and moreover that they have always known this. Often this coincides with a period of social isolation and […]
Will a milestone UK case on gender medicine for young people and children have impacts in NZ?
In the UK High Court a legal case against the Tavistock Clinic’s Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) has been won by Keira Bell. Bell is a 23 year old woman who was treated with puberty blockers and testosterone followed by a mastectomy, and lived as a male for several years before she realised that “transition […]
Women go missing in Stats NZ proposed approach to sex and gender identity data
Stats New Zealand is holding a consultation which closes on 13 August on sex and gender identity and their collection in the census and across government. Surprisingly for such a large topic the proposed changes were not part of the 2019-2023 Statement of Strategic intent. The changes are proposals at this stage and may be […]
Presentation on the NZ situation in relation to gender identity in Aotearoa NZ
for the Women’s Declaration of Sex-based rights. Jan Rivers 4-7-2020 Questions 1 Can you say something about the situation on gender identity in your country – is there self ID etc? Transgender ideology in medicine Transgender medicine guidelines issued in 2018, were published on the Health Ministry website in 2019 The Guidelines for Transgender Medicine […]
Toppling the statues. What about the real blights on our landscape?
I worry that this toppling statues lark is completely arse about face. Toppling the statues of the last 300 years should surely be associated with some alteration in the power structures of oppression. We should be able to say – these ideas that these people represented are no longer amongst us. I think that assessment […]
A cautious approach is needed for children and young people with gender confusion .
Gender identity in NZ This post is about what is happening in New Zealand related to children and young people who have confusion about whether they feel that “they are in the wrong body” or who announce themselves as “transgender”. There is information, some links to useful resources, and an outline of why the concept […]
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