I have noted that Health New Zeland is now using non sex-specific terms in relation to women's health. This involves changes from women, woman, pregnant women to terms such as pregnant people, parents, pregnant person and women / person to refer to women in relation to medical care. applies to the website and to the newer papers. Please can you provide sources created by Te Whatu Ora since interim Health New Zealand organisation was established in September 2021 that provide: the source of

Study Percentage of minors receiving GnRH analogues going on to cross-sex hormones Brik et al, 2020 96.5% Carmichael et al., 2021 98% De Vries et al., 2011 100% Nyquist et al., 2024 97% van der Loos et al., 2023 93% (some of the 7% stopped because of…

Otago Polytechnic is hosting online training for midwives that introduces them to a Scope of Practice for Midwifery that was gazetted in April 2024 to come into force on 1 October. See https://midwiferycouncil.health.nz/common/Uploaded%20files/Revised%20Scope%20of%20Practice%20of%20Midwife%20and%20Standards%20of%20Competence%20Education%20Instructions%20.pdf Please can you provide communications between the Midwifery Council and the Polytechnic that: address the following the Scope is the subject of an official complaint to the Regualtory Review Select Committee (RRSC) of Parliament and an altered Scope of Practice is under consideration. OR the Scope of Practice may not comply with the law and may be withdrawn OR describes why the training is to continue despite the official complaint OR Lays out the expectations of the RRSC with respect to the Scope being the subject of an official complaint. Yours faithfully, Jan Rivers

The Spinoff was set up to reflect an unrepresented demographic. Sophisticated, urban, sly and knowing the journalism came to public attention with a bang at the time of the Me Too movement with a compelling story of a sexual predation investigated by…

From: Jan Rivers Dear Health New Zealand, Please can you provide the standard resources used by at Te Whatu Ora that are: a) provided to third parties and contractors and that set the expectations that those creating health guidelines are drafted to…

A research paper, Making Ourselves Visible released in June 2024 is being used as the basis for Oranga Tamariki policy on ‘rainbow and takatāpui’ children and young people in the care and fostering systems. This paper lays out the problems with the…

From: Jan Rivers Dear Human Rights Commission, I note that the definition of sexual orientation in the Human Rights Act - the act that the HRC administers is 'sexual orientation, which means a heterosexual, homosexual, lesbian, or bisexual…

Speak Up For Women and Women Act Up held a rally at Parliament on Thursday 8 June, just a week before New Zealand’s Self Identification Law comes into force. The two groups invited 6 gay and lesbian speakers and I was one. According to a poster from…

OPINION Having last year removed advice that puberty blockers are a safe and reversible medicine, the Ministry of Health has said it will publish an evidence brief on the medicine in May. A number of Unlock this article and all of our Herald Premium…

Down load the article as a pdf. Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull (aka Posie Parker) is a UK Women’s Rights Activist who provides women with a platform to speak about how their lives have been impacted by gender theory See [i] in their own words. She is being…

From: Jan Rivers Dear Ministry of Health, The Women's Health Strategy currently being consulted is inclusive of transwomen (men who identify as women) and other men who identify as non-binary or who have other gender self-identifications. The…