A B'Old Woman

 Luckily, New Zealand’s new coalition government won’t be re-appointing the present Chief Science Advisor, Juliet Gerrard, who believes that sex isn’t binary, for another three years in the role, as she won’t be seeking another term. Unfortunately, though, it's likely she'll stay in the science field. There’s no replacement for her announced as of yet, but with ex-Human Rights Commissioner, Paul Hunt, not re-appointed for another five-year term , there’s a faint glimmer of hope that gender-identity ideologists may not be as popular a choice for high-level Public Service roles as they were under the previous two governments. Professor Dame Juliet Gerrard FRSNZ , who is currently in the role of Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, has held the position since 2018. The role has a three-year term attached to it, which has been renewed once for Ms Gerrard, and runs until 30 th June this year. The central focus of the Office of the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor is “ adv

 My engagement with the Christchurch City Council (CCC) NZ, will be familiar to many by now. For those who aren’t aware, I have been skirmishing with them since October 2021 when they established a women’s session at the new Te Pou Toetoe:Linwood Pool complex – and promptly included men who say they’re women in that. Now, they have drawn up a Draft Equity and Inclusion Policy which doesn’t have the word ‘sex’ in it, but has the word ‘gender’. Just like their obduracy in refusing to reconsider the policy which allows men into the women’s session at Linwood Pool, they have also refused to include the word ‘sex’ in the Draft Equity and Inclusion Policy. There is no logical reason whatsoever to exclude ‘sex’ from the policy, and the reasons they’ve given for doing so are weak – e.g. the word ‘gender’ is consistent with other CCC policies, and with the Human Rights Commission advice. A note about the Human Rights Commission advice – if that advice has been taken from the Human Rights Comm

 An interesting addition to the Human Rights Commission webpage for FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) has recently been noted. This week, the group Speak Up for Women NZ shared that the following disclaimer had been added sometime since early July 2023 – “ This page addresses some frequently asked questions about discrimination and human rights. This guidance is intended to provide general information. It is not legal advice and should not be relied on as such. Human rights are a complex and evolving area of law, and some of the questions may be considered by the Human Rights Review Tribunal and courts in the future. Please contact us if you have questions or want more information .” 1. Webpage as seen on 1 Aug 2023 - 2. Webpage as seen back on 3 July 2023 - The FAQs webpage covers a broad range of issues which people and organisations may use to seek advice on. The HRC now says in their disclaimer that their advice is “not legal advice”, which infers that other advice or positions m

  Journalist and writer, Yvonne van Dongen, has written what is hoped to be the first of several deep dives into the racketeering [my word] by some registered charitable organisations here in New Zealand. Unsurprisingly, the neo-rainbow racket features significantly. Yvonne’s explosive eposé looks at the seemingly easy-money rort by neo-rainbow ‘charities’  InsideOUT ,  Rainbow Youth , and  Rainbow Tick ¹, which are the names that crop up most regularly whenever the rainbow subject arises anywhere. Although these organisations still trot out the ‘vulnerable individuals’ trope as their  raison d’être , I suspect that the biggest vulnerability they feel now is any possible reduction in the flow of money into their coffers. Read Yvonne’s article in the link below, and know that there will be more to come about this - ·       The Charity Industrial Complex | The Platform Here, too, she is interviewed on The Platform (12.30 mins duration) - Yvonne van Dongen Looks into NZ's Charity Indu

  First published 26 Sept 2023 No, New Zealand’s Ministry of Transport has not really urged its staff to go vegan . Thought I’d better get that out of the way first, before any serious combustions occurred. However,  NZ’s Ministry of Transport  felt no compunction, apparently, at urging its staff to buy into gender ideology. In fact, although I have no receipts for it at the moment, I’d put money on it that the MoT  paid  the neo-rainbow organisation  InsideOUT  to come and tell the MoT staff to stop believing everything they know about the sex binary, and to now believe that men are women if they say they are. And this from a public service where hard facts and data are vital to its operation. Jaysus – I hope they don’t start expecting us to believe that a country backroad is a main highway if it starts identifying as that. I’m a vegan myself (long since ex-communicated from vegan groups), so I’ve taken the liberty of choosing that as an example of the ludicrous idea of a Public Servi

  First published 6 Dec 2022 If a thirteen-year-old girl in New Zealand hates her breasts,  RainbowYOUTH  will financially help her  get a breast binder  [page no longer available, as the promotion appears to have now finished]. No pesky parental permission is needed. So popular are these breast binders for distressed young girls and women, that on 6th December there was a message at the bottom of breast binder promotional page that said – “ We have paused receiving submissions for now as we have run out of stock. Check back on our IG & FB pages tomorrow for another update on the fund! ” If you’re the parent of an adolescent girl, you may be feeling a bit sick about now. Breast binders are like a modern type of corset, shaped similar to a crop top, which mashes breasts flat and can be worn so tight that they constrict the rib cage and breathing, as well as can cause chronic back pain and changes to the spine. Like the corsets of old, they’re designed to boss unruly female bodies in