Jan Tinetti, the new Minister of Internal Affairs, Minister for Women and Associate Minister of Education. Minister for Women and Internal Affairs Jan Tinetti has told the Herald she has made getting this legislation passed into law this year a priority for her. This will come as welcome news to New Zealand's transgender community, which has been pushing for the law change for more than a decade. The bill had passed its first reading, but then the gender self-ID clause was added during the select committee process. Former internal affairs minister Tracey Martin who said in February 2019 that aspects of the legislation needed further consideration due to their downstream legal implications.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 14, 2021 02:15 UTC