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The results of Counting Ourselves, New Zealand's first transgender health survey, have been released. Transgender Kiwis have accused retailers Paper Plus and Mighty Ape of selling “transphobic” books, which describe being transgender as a mental illness. The books in question are Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing our Daughters by Abigail Shrier and When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment by Ryan T. Anderson. Both books examine the notion of rapid-onset gender dysphoria (ROGD), a term coined by an American professor in 2016 to describe an alleged...

For sale: Paper Plus Coastlands 29 Apr, 2021 01:54 AM 4 minutes to read Kaye and Rob Clarke. Photo / David Haxton Well-known Kāpiti couple Rob and Kaye Clarke have put their Paper Plus Coastlands on the market. With retirement beckoning, and being able to be in charge of their own destiny, the couple feel the right is right for a new owner to begin a new chapter for the bookshop. But selling their flagship Paraparaumu based business, which has spanned more than 40 years, wasn't an easy decision to make. "It has been a difficult decision to come to with so many good customers and friends tha...

At home . . . Philippa Cameron in her kitchen, where she spends a lot of her time. PHOTO: SUPPLIED/LOTTIE HEDLEY When Philippa Cameron started her Instagram page What’s for Smoko about three years ago, she never expected it to take off the way it did, or for it to land her a book deal. She started her Instagram page after moving to Otematata Station with her husband, Joe, five and a-half years ago, and found herself having to feed the farm workers. She now has more than 17,000 followers and counting “At the time I didn’t have a large repertoire of recipes up my sleeve, and so I thought ...

Southland District mayor Gary Tong said given the reserve had never been named, members of the community board followed the correct process and had the right intentions for the community. “It has since come to light some feel the reserve should not have been named, so we want to ensure everyone has the chance to have a say. We will also be talking with the runanga to find out their views and recommendations.” The official opening of a memorial in the reserve for Cardno, who lived in Te Anau up until her death in 2015, was recently postponed due to the opposition of the proposed reserve...

Two South Island towns to lose Kiwibank services 26 Apr, 2021 09:28 PM 2 minutes to read Kiwibank services will cease to operate in Alexandra and Cromwell. Photo / Otago Daily Times Otago Daily Times An impasse between Kiwibank and its banking service provider in Alexandra and Cromwell has led to its departure from both towns from the end of next month. After many years of providing banking services to the local community, Paper Plus Cromwell and Alexandra will close their respective Kiwibank agencies on May 31. The Cromwell agency has operated in Paper Plus for more than 15 years and was am...