The PM of New Zealand is unsure of what a woman is.

New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins found himself at a loss for words when asked by journalist Sean Plunket of The Platform how Wellington would define a woman during a press conference on Monday. Hipkins replied that people define themselves and their own genders, and made reference to British Labour Party leader Keir Starmer's belief that "99.9% of women don't have penises" and British feminist Posie Parker's rally in Auckland, which ended prematurely when Parker was doused in tomato juice and had to be rushed out of the park by security as thousands of angry trans-rights activists threatened her physical safety. Hipkins reiterated that he thinks in terms of gender identity, people define their gender identity for themselves. Plunket went on to reference Hipkins' previous statements about Parker, whose views he has called "abhorrent," demanding to know which of the women's rights activist's opinions merited that descriptor. Parker, whose real name is Kellie-Jay Keen Minshull, vowed to return to New Zealand after the disaster in Auckland.

She demanded an apology from the "gutless coward" Hipkins, who delivered a condemnation of the vicious treatment Parker received at the botched rally. Hipkins admitted that the right to free speech does not extend to the right to physical violence, and that he would condemn that. Parker has never said trans people should not exist.