The new Health curriculum has no definition of sex, no clarity that male and female are reproductive categories, and no confirmation that sex is innate, binary, and immutable, meaning these concepts are open to activist interpretation.

In March 2025, the Relationships and Sexuality (RSE) Guide was removed from the Ministry of Education's website and the following month a new draft RSE framework was released for public consultation. The draft is a huge improvement in basing RSE on scientifically accurate and age appropriate information.

Why are resources like Navigating the Journey, that promote the gender ideological language and beliefs of the RSE Guide, still being used in schools  despite the removal of the Guide? 

The NZ Guidelines on Sex and Gender in Schools was sent to all schools in May 2024. It is a research-based and compassionate roadmap to support schools to develop a respectful school climate that meets the needs of their community.

Some schools may not have teachers instructing students on relationships and sexuality at all, but may instead outsource this teaching to various Rainbow organisations or other groups under the guise of ‘anti-bullying’ or ‘diversity’ classes. Be aware of what these organisations are teaching your children:

In a reversal of the old saying “being cruel to be kind”, some schools in NZ have practices that they think are being kind but, in fact, may lead to the cruelty of long term harm to their students.

Do the books in your child’s school library include a wide range of characters, with girls who are strong and independent and boys who show gentleness and compassion? Or do they maintain that sex is defined by interests and it is easy and ‘cool’ to change gender?

The Ministry of Education endorses the idea that being transgender is a positive and ‘authentic’ choice for young children to make. As a teacher, what can you do if you disagree and don’t want to teach children that sex is on a spectrum and can be changed at will?

From all over the country, parents are reporting alarming new school practices that, at best, are confusing children about the science of sex and, at worst, are teaching children gender ideology as fact.  

Parents are witnessing children being coerced into accepting a belief that requires them to deny the reality they see with their own eyes and to go along with gender demands in fear of repercussions.

In the last few years, schools and teachers have found themselves in a gender minefield without the training or quality guidance they need on how to navigate through the demands being placed upon them by some very confused ideas about sex and gender.