The Mike Hosking BreakfastMark Mitchell: Sport Minister on the directive for Sport NZ to remove the transgender guidelines
The Sports Minister's standing up for a coalition-based decision directing Sport New Zealand to remove its community sport trans guidelines.
The 2022 principles allowed people to play community sports according to their gender identity.
Sport Minister Mark Mitchell told Mike Hosking most fair-minded Kiwis would agree with the move, which honours safety and fairness.
He says as part of a New Zealand First coalition agreement, they decided not to dictate what sporting bodies should be doing, saying the bodies themselves know best.
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