New Zealand First has introduced a Member’s Bill aimed at ensuring that employment decisions in the public service are based on merit rather than what the party calls “forced woke ‘Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion’ (DEI) targets.”
According to NZ First leader Winston Peters, “This Bill would put an end to the woke left-wing social engineering and diversity targets in the public sector. New Zealand is a country founded on meritocracy not on some mind-numbingly stupid ideology.”
The proposed legislation, called the Public Service (Repeal of Diversity and Inclusiveness Requirements) Amendment Bill, seeks to repeal or amend multiple provisions in the Public Service Act 2020 that require diversity and inclusiveness to be considered in hiring and workforce development.
Key changes in the Bill include:
- Amending section 44 to remove the Public Service Commissioner’s duty to develop a workforce reflecting societal diversity.
- Amending section 73 to eliminate requirements for chief executives and boards to promote diversity and inclusiveness as part of being a “good employer,” including specific references to Māori involvement.
- Repealing section 75 entirely, which mandates promoting diversity and inclusiveness in public service workplaces.
- Amending section 97 to exclude workforce diversity and inclusiveness from government workforce policy considerations.
- Removing the requirement in Schedule 3 for the Commissioner’s three-yearly briefings to assess workforce diversity and inclusiveness.
- Amending Schedule 7 to delete the obligation for panels appointing chief executives to consider diversity and inclusiveness.
According to Peters, “The public service exists to serve New Zealanders – not to be a breeding ground for identity politics.” He argues that removing these requirements will “give the public confidence that the right person is in the right job based on their skills, not their identity.”
NZFirst Introduces Bill to Remove Woke ‘DEI’ Regulations from Public Service
New Zealand First has introduced a Member’s Bill that will ensure employment decisions in the public service are based on merit and not on forced woke ‘Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion’ targets.
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— Winston Peters (@winstonpeters) March 6, 2025
Best move yet by NZ First
Kudos to Winston. But there is still much more to change. Trump is showing the world leaders how it is done.
As much as I despise the political class, well done Winston Peters and Co. So overdue.
good
Well done Winston now abolish the Waitangi tribunal fat cats.
Whoa Winston!
Suddenly get the drift and listen to the people?
I thought I was finished with you.
Now some atonement and redemption and you wait how the polls go.
Yes, sounds all good, however a members bill has to be drawn to go anywhere or get any traction, will it?
Not sure the dictionary entry will make it, but hope the bill does!
Great stuff loving this action by Winston
Confidently vote nz first and act next time – give them both more power than national and NEVER EVER let th LOONEY LEFT in ever again.
No-one should be more likely to be awarded/rewarded because they are a minority in some way.
Can’t believe these provisions were introduced to begin with.
Good for the optics, eh Winston but we all know your party is in alliance with a globalist woke govt, so it wont happen……
Oh and where’s the opposition to the deplorable, Gene Tech Bill mate?
On the international front, a little-known agency called “USAID” was launched in 1961 for the purposes of providing material support to foreign populations in dire need (and to combat the threat of communism). However, from the 1990s onward the organization was increasingly involved in leftist propaganda with a specific interest in DEI. The apparatus that was built to stop communism was retooled to promote communism.
Fast forward to the 2020s and what we have today is a hostile takeover, a government and NGO funded color revolution that desires to annihilate western values, Christian morals and the general American regard for freedom of speech and freedom of thought. The woke movement is not just Cultural Marxism (that’s part of it), it’s a massively well-funded ideological machine. A new religion, of sorts, that seeks to wipe out the fundamental principles that hold our society together.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/astroturf-activism-how-us-government-and-ngos-created-gay-pride-thin-air
Woke: A Matriarcle societal model derived from the Jewish diaspora model that came out of Babalon in 400CE, it excludes non-progresive straight white men, the only white men allowed to participate in the model have to be raise by certified progressive mothers who vouch for them.
This woke ideology has been going on for decades under national and labour and thanks to our woke media we didn’t know.
It has destroyed and weakened our once strong independent country.
Good start Winstone.
The Patriarcle parallel of woke is Freemasonry which is Judeism for the Gentile. That entire Male lineage of the British royal family are members.
I am sure Winston will have Luxon’s support on that after the Phil My Crack in affair.