After the High Court dismissed Auckland agent Janet Dickson’s challenge to the Te Kākano course requirement, Associate Justice Minister Nicole McKee introduced a bill stripping the Real Estate Authority (REA) of its power to impose five-year bans for non-compliance. But McKee’s intervention goes further.
McKee revealed she had already warned the REA last year that the course lacked industry relevance and urged a refocus of training requirements.
Lobby group Hobson’s Pledge called the ruling “outrageous” and accused professional bodies of pushing ideological agendas. The Free Speech Union warned the case highlights “compelled speech” in regulatory training, calling for new laws to prevent ideological mandates in licensed professions.
Justice Helen McQueen upheld the REA’s authority to enforce the rule, but even she acknowledged that a five-year ban was “harsh.” McKee’s fast-tracked legislative response signals a broader government push to dismantle politically driven training requirements, not just adjust penalties for non-compliance.
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Lobby group Hobson’s Pledge called the ruling “outrageous” and accused professional bodies of pushing ideological agendas. The Free Speech Union warned the case highlights “compelled speech” in regulatory training, calling for new laws to prevent ideological mandates in licensed professions.
Justice Helen McQueen upheld the REA’s authority to enforce the rule, but even she acknowledged that a five-year ban was “harsh.” McKee’s fast-tracked legislative response signals a broader government push to dismantle politically driven training requirements, not just adjust penalties for non-compliance.
Read more over at Law News
The Centrist is a new online news platform that strives to provide a balance to the public debate - where this article was sourced.
4 comments:
Another case of an Act Minister knocking it out of the ballpark !
How's about making her Minister in charge of RNZ National and TV One. She'd certainly show Paul Goldsmith what action looks like.
All he does well is an impersonation of a drowning goldfish every time he tries to say anything.
Hopefully Nicole is working on the licensing agencies for teachers and for nurses
What other institutions have mandatory Maori cultural indoctrination ?
Does anyone know if there are any mandatory courses for any other cultural group ?
Go Nicole, REA's Moffat, look out. The good people are aware of your racist woke behaviors.
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