NZ Realtor Faces 5 Year Ban for Rejecting ‘Woke’ Training

Published on February 23, 2024

A real estate agent in New Zealand is at risk of having her 30-year career cut short after rejecting a compulsory course on Maori’s culture and customary behaviours. Janet Dickson is seeking to challenge the New Zealand’s Real Estate Authority (REA) in court after the regulatory body threatened to cancel her licence for five years for refusing to take the course, according to the advocacy group Hobson’s Pledge. Under current regulations, real estate agents need to complete 20 hours of continuing professional development each year to maintain their licence, including two hours of mandatory topics and eight hours of elective topics....