David Farrar: Trans sporting guidelines

Chris Bishop announced:

Sport & Recreation Minister Chris Bishop has asked Sport NZ to review and update its Guiding Principles for the Inclusion of Transgender People in Community Sport.

“The Guiding Principles, published in 2022, were intended to be a helpful guide for sporting bodies grappling with a tricky issue. They are intended to be voluntary, not mandatory.

Point of Order: Buzz from the Beehive - 13/7/23

Maori leadership features in govt funding for family violence services – more corporate welfare is being delivered, too

Three Maori organisations, several businesses and the war-ravaged Ukraine will be the recipients of the millions of dollars dispensed in three government announcements over the past 24 hours.

The headline on one of the announcements – about the granting of almost $1 million – says Govt to support family violence services in cyclone affected region.

That one came from the Minister for Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence, Marama Davidson.