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Dawn Trenberth: How Albert Park Changed New Zealand Politics

Dawn Trenberth shares her journey from deep involvement with the New Zealand Labour Party to co-founding the Women’s Rights Party. She recounts her role as a Marshall at the 2023 “Let Women Speak” event in Auckland’s Albert Park, the shocking absence of police, the hostility and violence from counter-protesters, including unions and even MPs from

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Why The Women’s Rights Party Exists

Jill Ovens, national Secretary and co-leader of New Zealand’s Women’s Rights Party, explains how she and others founded the independent Women’s Rights Party after her experiences at the Albert Park “Let Women Speak” event during Kellie-Jay Keen’s brief 2023 visit, which resulted in an immediate resignation from the Labour Party. Jill outlines the parties key

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Women’s Rights Party opens its Election campaign today

The Women’s Rights Party opens its Election campaign today [Saturday, 27 June] as members celebrated the Party’s fourth Annual Conference on-line so members from all over New Zealand could participate. The Women’s Rights Party was founded in April 2023 after the shocking violence experienced by mostly women at Auckland’s “Let Women Speak” event in Albert

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Our Submission On The Overseas Adoptions Legislation Bill

The Women’s Rights Party was formed in 2023 as a voice for women whose interests were being ignored by most sectors of society in the name of ‘inclusivity’. As a registered democratic political party that is advocating strongly for the interests of women and children, we are an organised force for change. The Women’s Rights

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You Cannot Protect What You Can’t Define

The Women’s Rights Party supports the aim of the Legislation (Definitions of Woman and Man) Amendment Bill. Previously, there was no need to define the terms “woman” and “man”, because there was universally held centuries-long societal understanding of what these words meant. However, with the push to include beliefs driven by “transgender ideology” in legislation

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Submission on the Legislation (Definitions of Woman and Man) Amendment Bill

Introduction to the Women’s Rights Party The Legislation (Definitions of Woman and Man) Amendment Bill (hereinafter referred to as “the Bill”) attempts to answer the question “What is a woman”. The Women’s Rights Party supports the Bill in principle and we are pleased that it has passed its first reading and is being considered by

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Most New Zealanders oppose “transwomen” using women’s and girls’ single-sex spaces

A majority of New Zealanders oppose men who identify as women using single-sex spaces designated for women and girls, according to a Curia Poll released today. The poll, conducted between Thursday, 4 June, and Monday, 8 June, found that 55% of adults aged 18+ who live in New Zealand and are eligible to vote, said

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Support for “What is a Woman” Bill by Left-leaning Party voters has shifted markedly in the past year

On the day [Wednesday, 20 May] of the first reading of NZ First MP Jenny Marcroft’’s Private Member Bill to define sex in law in biological terms, a new Curia poll has shown more New Zealand voters agree than disagree across all political parties. Support from Left-leaning Party voters has shifted markedly from a poll

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