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  • NZ First Is Not Woke, No Way!

    From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@21:1/5 to All on Wed Mar 12 07:57:26 2025
    Winston Peters is rabidly anti-woke and anti-DEI. And his own party’s constitution is absolutely, totally, completely nothing to do with DEI
    or wokeness in any way, shape or form <https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360612939/winston-peters-hits-out-after-questions-over-nz-firsts-own-diversity-policy>:

    NZ First’s own constitution states that the list ranking of MPs
    should be made with consideration of “the need for different
    genders, social groups, ages and ethnic groups to be represented”.

    Does that sound anything like “DEI” to you? Surely not! Because

    Later, writing on social media, Peters claimed NZ First’s policy
    was not “DEI” because the constitution did not set a target or
    quota for how diverse its party should be.

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  • From Gordon@21:1/5 to Lawrence D'Oliveiro on Wed Mar 12 20:19:22 2025
    On 2025-03-12, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
    Winston Peters is rabidly anti-woke and anti-DEI. And his own party’s constitution is absolutely, totally, completely nothing to do with DEI
    or wokeness in any way, shape or form
    <https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360612939/winston-peters-hits-out-after-questions-over-nz-firsts-own-diversity-policy>:

    NZ First’s own constitution states that the list ranking of MPs
    should be made with consideration of “the need for different
    genders, social groups, ages and ethnic groups to be represented”.

    Needs and wants. Of course there is a need for diversity as the country is diverse, but there is the requirement that MPs are "fit for purpose".

    NZF will never say that they need a certain number of x, y and z "type" MPs on the list.
    the list. What they are saying is best person for the job and they are open
    to a rainbow person.

    There is a difference and sad to say may people can not understand the difference.





    Does that sound anything like “DEI” to you? Surely not! Because

    Later, writing on social media, Peters claimed NZ First’s policy
    was not “DEI” because the constitution did not set a target or
    quota for how diverse its party should be.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)