NZ LAWYERS GRIFTING OFF 'GENDER' INSANITY

 

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Read this story New Zealand, and weep. As a nation we're losing our mind, collectively. Our reason. Our common sense. And it's no comfort to realise New Zealand isn't the only place on the planet where deranged, unhappy men decide they're actually women (or vice versa) - and not only get away with it but have lawyers paid by us, the long-suffering public, make big money for what they call "the privilege" of defending their "tr*nsgender rights". 

 In New Zealand, the outfit laughably known as 'Corrections' (once the Department of Justice, justice being a concept pretty well lost to NZ now) has had to bow and scrape and apologise to a female officer who calls herself 'Adam' because she wasn't allowed to do rub-down searches of male prisoners. And the Human Rights Review Tribunal, in their wisdom, ruled that Corrections must commit to staff training (i.e. indoctrination) and cough up a confidential sum of money (our money) to 'compensate' this woman, presumably for her hurt feelings and injured pride.

It's wonderful how human 'rights' have proliferated, while their corresponding responsibilities have all but disappeared from the public square. It seems that this woman has a right to masquerade as a man to indulge her perverted sex fantasies but no responsibility to her employer (us, the public) to do her job. Or to prisoners placed in an invidious position offensive to their sense of modesty - a virtue which may still exist, even in criminals.

Ann Widdecombe (l) and the leftist, academic tr*ns activist (r)

Meanwhile, in the UK a trans activist and former Labour and Scottish Green Party political candidate has celebrated the murder of pro-life, Conservative former shadow home secretary Ann Widdecombe. He prayed she had 'screamed in agony'. He also posted, on X, "Some good news for once. I hope it was an extremely painful death."

A suspect in the murder investigation is being probed for left-wing extremism, but what hope is there of justice being done in the UK, where Christian school teacher Enoch Burke has been released after 700 days in pokey for refusing to use a kid's 'trans' pronouns?

Enoch Burke

It's pertinent here to look at Katrina Biggs' remarks on the NZ Women's Law Journal's submission to Parliament on NZ First's Definitions bill (saves us the tedium of having to read its woke prose): 

"Omg - it's pathetic. It reads like it's straight from the +rans lobby playbook. 11 pages and mentions the word 'harm' 22 times. These female lawyers say that "The full extent of this harm cannot be known at this stage, but Parliament enacting this Bill would signal a willingness to knowingly accept that risk. "

 

They can't even give one single idea of how the supposed 'harm' will play out, but they don't want Parliament to take the risk based on their feels that it will. And these are lawyers, presumably [lawyers who split their infinitives, ha ha - ed].

Gender is nowhere mentioned in the Human Rights Act cited by these high-flying, highly- paid solicitors. Sport in New Zealand has already been put through the tr*ns mill and commonsensically ruled against gender ideology nonsense; Corrections tried but were defeated by the Human Rights Tribunal zealots.

Jurisprudence in this country and others, like the UK, have been captured by the Left. The Ministries of Justice, Education and Corrections and the Defence Force (who could forget the unfortunate DEI tr*ns captain of the good ship Manawanui?) are undermining our democracy with far left ideology.

Tr*nsgenderism is a mental disorder, manifested in violence and h*te, as shown by the left-wing activist cited above. How New Zealand used to laugh at Maxwell Klinger, the corporal in the sitcom M*A*S*H who tried to get discharged for insanity by cross-dressing. Now, he'd be treated with deadly seriousness and promoted to sergeant.

In a sane, Christian society men and women 'tr*ns' sufferers would be rehabilitated in asylums. Their condition in many cases would be recognised as some level of demonic possession and treated as such. But if New Zealand still had asylums they'd be run by the insane.  

https://x.com/aniobrien/status/2076956592478785814

Here’s a story that captures why so many New Zealanders feel the institutions meant to serve them have lost the plot. 

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/transgender-prison-officer-receives-apology-and-compensation-after-being-barred-from-searching-male-prisoners/3Y5YNRVPCVH6FEOPFXIUNDMXGI/

A Corrections officer, employed as a woman, now identifies as a man. The department, exercising basic caution, restricted the officer -- referred to as “Adam” -- from conducting rub-down searches of male prisoners. Seems entirely reasonable. Adam took the matter to the Human Rights Review Tribunal.

 

The result? Corrections had to issue a formal apology for hindering Adam’s ability to conduct searches “aligned with his gender,” commit to staff training programmes, and pay confidential compensation. All funded, ultimately, by you -- the taxpayer.

The Office of Human Rights Proceedings on your dollar represented Adam. Principal solicitor Nicole Browne declared it “a privilege to represent Adam and affirm transgender rights under the Human Rights Act 1993.” She added that denying a transgender person’s identity infringes on their dignity.

 

Corrections subsequently issued a position statement affirming that staff may perform the full range of duties aligning with their identified gender.

Let that sink in. A male-born officer who now identifies as a woman is entitled to conduct intimate searches of female prisoners. After all, “dignity” cuts both ways -- or so the framework demands.

Prisons house some of society’s most dangerous individuals. Searches exist for security reasons: detecting contraband, preventing violence, and maintaining order. They are inherently intrusive. Women prisoners, many with histories of trauma and abuse, have a legitimate expectation that intimate searches will be conducted by female officers.

 

Male prisoners hold parallel concerns. Biological sex matters in these environments for safety, privacy, and basic human dignity -- not as a form of discrimination, but as recognition of physical reality.

But our Human Rights apparatus treated the officer’s subjective gender identity as the overriding factor. The department’s initial common-sense restraint became an actionable offence. Tax dollars flowed from one government agency to fund litigation against another, culminating in an apology and payout for failing to align searches with self-identified gender.

This is not an isolated policy tweak. It reflects a broader institutional capture across government. When “dignity” is defined through affirmation of identity, the dignity and safety of female prisoners -- or the operational integrity of a prison -- is subordinated. The tribunal no longer possesses a coherent, biology-informed view of sex. And long ago abandoned a coherent view of human rights. That leaves it poorly equipped for the real-world conflicts this ideology generates.

New Zealanders work hard, pay their taxes, and expect core state functions -- prisons, hospitals, schools -- to operate on evidence and practicality, not ideological experiments. Instead, we watch public resources diverted into training programmes to re-educate staff on gender identity, while basic safeguarding questions remain unresolved.

Corrections must manage high-risk environments where physical differences between the sexes are not abstract theory but operational fact. Prioritising self-identification over biological sex in intimate contact erodes trust, compromises safety, and invites further litigation from all sides.

This case highlights a deeper tension: rights frameworks that once protected clear categories and individual liberties now navigate contested philosophical terrain. When institutions cannot or will not define a woman -- or acknowledge sex-based realities -- they render themselves unfit for purpose.

Kiwis deserve better. Prisons should prioritise security and the protection of vulnerable inmates over compelled affirmation. Taxpayers should not foot the bill for lengthy legal processes that elevate a person’s identity claim above collective safety and operational sanity. Common sense, evidence, and clear boundaries are not bigotry -- they are the foundation of functional public institutions. It is past time they were restored. And the Human Rights Tribunal abolished as having lost its way.

Rodney Hide is a former Minister and ACT party leader

 

 Our Lady of Mt Carmel, please pray for New Zealand