Barrie Davis: From Sex to Gender

Winston Peters has reintroduced the Legislation (Definitions of Woman and Man) Amendment Bill as the latest in a series of legislative proposals from NZ First against “woke ideology” and “social engineering.” While the Bill is likely to fail at first reading (like the TPB), it has already shown that National are not with the program in the run-up to the 2026 election.

Dr Oliver Hartwich: ‘Career suicide’ - the price of dissent in NZ universities

“We have become a corporate body concerned about brand image in a content marketing world in a climate of cancel culture,” lamented one academic.

“I feel my job is at risk if I question the direction the university is taking. The last round of redundancies was definitely about getting rid of those who were not boot lickers,” another reported.

A third warned, “Questioning anything about the radical current interpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi is likely to be career ending.”