Rt Hon Winston Peters 
New Zealand First Leader 

New Zealand First has today introduced a Member’s Bill that would ensure the biological definition of a woman and man are defined in law.

“This is not about being anti-anyone or anti-anything. This is about ensuring we as a country focus on the facts of biology and protect the term 'woman' in law”, says New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters.

“New Zealand First is the only party that campaigned on keeping men out of women’s sports, keeping men out of women's and girl's changing rooms, and we have received two petitions this term calling for protecting the term ‘woman’ in legislation.

“We were told at the time that we were going down a ‘rabbit hole’ and ‘on another planet’. But if you look at recent events, both internationally and in New Zealand, the pendulum is swinging back towards common sense and is proving us right.”

The Legislation (Definitions of Woman and Man) Amendment Bill will provide clarity and consistency in New Zealand law by defining “woman” as “an adult human biological female” and “man” as “an adult human biological male” in the Legislation Act 2019.

“This Bill would ensure our country moves away from the woke ideology that has crept in over the last few years, undermining the protection, progression, and safety of women”, says Mr Peters.

The Bill will add new sections 13A and 13B to the Legislation Act 2019 to safeguard sex-based protections and the importance of sex-based rights.

“Our laws should reflect biological reality and provide legal certainty”.

“These definitions in law fight back against the cancerous social engineering we’ve seen being pushed in society by a woke minority”.

“The need for legislation like this shows how far the deluded left has taken us as a society. But we are fighting back”, says Mr Peters.

“This bill is a win for common sense.”

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