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Women’s Rights Party on Democracy & Government

Give women a stronger voice in law and government decisions

The Women's Rights Party says it wants to change laws that it believes reduce protections based on biological sex. It wants to repeal self-identification rules, remove 'gender identity' from legislation, and make sure women and girls have single-sex spaces. It also wants to be a loud voice in politics for women whose interests it says have been ignored.

What they say they'll do

  • Oppose adding 'gender identity and gender expression' as a protected ground in the Human Rights Act 1993
  • Repeal sex self-identification laws
  • Remove 'gender identity' references from legislation
  • Oppose so-called 'hate crime' legislation
  • Advocate for women's sex-based rights to take precedence over 'gender identity' provisions in law
  • Submitted to the Law Commission's Ia Tangata review to argue against changes that would reduce sex-based protections

Who this affects

Women and girls
The party's legislative proposals are aimed at maintaining and strengthening legal protections specifically for women and girls based on biological sex, including in anti-discrimination law.
General public / voters
The party says it contests elections and submits to law reform processes as a way for people who support sex-based rights to have organised political representation.

In their own words

“The Women's Rights Party opposes the inclusion of "gender identity and gender expression" as a protected ground for discrimination in the Human Rights Act 1993.”
“As a registered democratic political party that is advocating strongly for the interests of women and children, we are an organised force for change.”
“On our agenda is repeal of sex self-ID, removal of "gender identity" from Legislation, prostitution reform, opposition to moves to liberalise surrogacy, and opposition to so-called "hate crime" legislation.”
Verify at The New Zealand Women’s Rights Party — official policy page

Summarised neutrally from The New Zealand Women’s Rights Party’s own official policy (as at 2026-09-09) and checked by an editor. Nothing is paraphrased without the source linked. Read the original ↗ Arapono is non-partisan. Compare all parties on Democracy & Government →

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