The wise women of New Zealand’s Midwifery Council have decided that the words mother’ and ‘baby’ are superfluous to requirements. We have no idea, of course, if these wise women are actually women, or just identify as women. The only way we have of knowing, according to trans activists and trans advocates, is if we inspect their genitals. Otherwise, as their logic goes, there really is no way of knowing. And they actually say this seriously.
Thanks for this and for your work. Obviously my main link to New Zealand is unfortunately via being deplatformed from the NZ college of midwives conference and a petition calling me a hateful person with which NZCoM decided to capitulate. This formed part of one of the darkest and most unpleasant couple of years of my life. So I'm very glad to see amazing NZ women like you pushing back against this ideology that doesn't care about women.
The other point to make about this dog's breakfast is that when they did ask midwives prior to launching this onto an unsuspecting public, over 90% were opposed to the chosen wording and only about 3% thought it was a Great Leap Forward. Makes you wonder why they even bothered to ask for opinions as they clearly didn't listen to anyone, which is I suppose what happens when you join a cult that brooks no deviation from the party line.
It's bad enough the number of women-founded organisations that have abandoned women (in the name of "inclusivity" I guess us biology believing fossils can be safely excluded), but even babies are erased from midwifery care here. And what's with the adoption of a local form of Singlish (which is defined as a variety of English spoken in Singapore, incorporating elements of Chinese and Malay)? I'm all for incorporating Te Reo into daily life, but surely this is not the best way to do this. When I have shared this (and other government policies) with friends overseas, they often cannot understand any of it because there's not enough English to make it comprehensible, but of course for Maori speakers there's not enough Maori either.
It is astonishing to me that a Scope of Practice document can be so vague, obtuse and confusing that you can't even discern what the job it's describing is! What do midwives actually do when they're at work? Good luck figuring this out by reading this diktat from the gender woo Stasi.
As a 62 year old mother of adults, this makes me feel desperately sad for young women, couples and families. It is so trite to say "I believe children are our future" but inside that obvious truism are the mothers, babies, fathers and families that make any future possibly. It we don't ALL care for and safeguard especially mothers and babies, what future is possible? In the words on maps past used to describe the unknown, "there be monsters."
I have a question and figure some on here might know. What is the requirement to nominate someone for co leader of Green Party and how long do they, and you as a nominator, need to have been members for.
To have Swarbrick as the only candidate is not something that I want to see.
Thanks for this and for your work. Obviously my main link to New Zealand is unfortunately via being deplatformed from the NZ college of midwives conference and a petition calling me a hateful person with which NZCoM decided to capitulate. This formed part of one of the darkest and most unpleasant couple of years of my life. So I'm very glad to see amazing NZ women like you pushing back against this ideology that doesn't care about women.
The other point to make about this dog's breakfast is that when they did ask midwives prior to launching this onto an unsuspecting public, over 90% were opposed to the chosen wording and only about 3% thought it was a Great Leap Forward. Makes you wonder why they even bothered to ask for opinions as they clearly didn't listen to anyone, which is I suppose what happens when you join a cult that brooks no deviation from the party line.
It's bad enough the number of women-founded organisations that have abandoned women (in the name of "inclusivity" I guess us biology believing fossils can be safely excluded), but even babies are erased from midwifery care here. And what's with the adoption of a local form of Singlish (which is defined as a variety of English spoken in Singapore, incorporating elements of Chinese and Malay)? I'm all for incorporating Te Reo into daily life, but surely this is not the best way to do this. When I have shared this (and other government policies) with friends overseas, they often cannot understand any of it because there's not enough English to make it comprehensible, but of course for Maori speakers there's not enough Maori either.
It is astonishing to me that a Scope of Practice document can be so vague, obtuse and confusing that you can't even discern what the job it's describing is! What do midwives actually do when they're at work? Good luck figuring this out by reading this diktat from the gender woo Stasi.
As a 62 year old mother of adults, this makes me feel desperately sad for young women, couples and families. It is so trite to say "I believe children are our future" but inside that obvious truism are the mothers, babies, fathers and families that make any future possibly. It we don't ALL care for and safeguard especially mothers and babies, what future is possible? In the words on maps past used to describe the unknown, "there be monsters."
Thanks Katrina for this. We need to keep well informed.
I have forwarded it on to my brother and sister-in-law in NZ.
They live in the Manawatu area where my brother is a Councillor
Their son, his wife and their four young children reside in Christchurch.
Wonder whether these women realise the entities they work for are captured and unethical - it’s broken, and we do not comply.
Just listening to the interview, whanau is a very loose word. I'm reminded of the gaslighting of young people that goes on "we are your family now".
I have a question and figure some on here might know. What is the requirement to nominate someone for co leader of Green Party and how long do they, and you as a nominator, need to have been members for.
To have Swarbrick as the only candidate is not something that I want to see.