Intimidation by Letter: Targeting Transgender Healthcare Providers In February 2025, Wellington law firm Franks Ogilvie sent a wave of letters to medical providers across New Zealand who offer gender-affirming healthcare. Acting on behalf of a new lobby group called Inflection Point NZ, the firm warned about…
Inflection Point NZ: Anti-Trans “Unsilenced” Summit and Network Inflection Point NZ is a recently formed activist association opposed to “gender indoctrination and medicalisation” of children. It gained prominence by organizing the “Unsilenced: Middle New Zealand on Ideology” summit in Wellington on May 18, 2024, which…
Hobson’s Pledge is a New Zealand lobbying group formed in September 2016 to oppose what it sees as race-based preferential policies for Māori. It is led by former National Party and ACT leader Dr. Don Brash, and its name references Governor William Hobson’s purported pledge “he…
Ro Edge is a prominent campaigner for sex-based categories in women’s sports. She co-founded Save Women’s Sport Australasia (SWSA) and also helped establish the International Consortium on Female Sport. With a background in athletics advocacy, Edge has become the go-to spokesperson in New Zealand for arguments…
Rachel Stewart is a former journalist and columnist known for her brash opinion pieces. She won New Zealand’s Opinion Writer of the Year in 2016. Stewart’s background is eclectic – she’s worked in farming/agriculture and was notably New Zealand’s first female train driver, bringing a…