John McLean: The night they drove old Dickson down

New Zealand’s High Court has upheld a five year ban on a woman pursuing her career as a real estate agent. The victim of the ban is Janet Dickson. New Zealand’s Real Estate Authority (REA) banned Janet because she refused to take a 1.5 hour training course called “Te Kākano”. REA made the Te Kākano course compulsory, and refused to exempt Janet from it. Te Kākano is part of REA’s “Diversity and inclusion” series.