Kiwibank Responds To Claims Of Wokeness – Badly!
It appears that the heads of Kiwibank may have been watching McBlog – because they’ve responded to accusations of wokeness – and they’ve actually confirmed just how bad it is. It’s quite an eye opener
A few weeks ago we did a case study on a woke company – Kiwibank.
Mainly because I have a number of staff members who have been leaking material to us showing this constant onslaught of wokery which they’re sick of but they’re actually very scared to speak up about or share their own views on.
What does a woke DEI company look like, and what are they obsessed with? It’s definitely not focused on the customer.
The staff will be okay though – as long as they play along.
Now it appears that the heads of Kiwibank may have been watching McBlog – because they’ve responded to accusations of wokeness – and they’ve actually confirmed just how bad it is. It’s quite an eye opener.
If you thought we were over-egging the issue, you’ll see we definitely weren’t.
Now just to remind you, they say
We pride ourselves on our inclusive culture, one where everyone belongs, and is able to thrive. We’ve created Te Kahukura Kāpuia as a symbol of the pride we have in our Rainbow Community.” “Kahukura references ‘multicoloured’ and Kāpuia references ‘to gather or unite as one’. Kahukura Kāpuia uses the harakeke flax of our brand to weave the eleven colours of Pride with our own Kiwibank green to symbolise our strength and connectedness, our united view of inclusiveness, and our pride in our people.”
Kiwibank is Rainbow Tick Certified, and heavily involved in LGBTQI+ events and initiatives, including Pride Parade.
Unequivocal support of LGBTTQIA+ communities from senior leaders at Kiwibank and an active Rainbow employee network were highlighted as areas of strength when the New Zealand owned bank was certified with the Rainbow Tick this week.
…Rainbow Tick’s mission is to challenge heteronormativity and cisnormativity in the context of workplaces, contributing towards a future New Zealand where LGBTTQIA+ people can live free from discrimination.
Kiwibank has a Rainbow version of its logo , its own Rainbow symbol Te Kahukura Kāpuia, and has even created Rainbow Visa Cards.
“We wanted a symbol of pride that sat alongside our Kiwibank logo and would be seen year-round, not just in PRIDE month.”
Kiwibank will help with the $200 cost of customers wanting to change their name – especially for transgender, non-binary and gender who are changing their identity – oh, but the money is definitely not available for other people who are changing their name for whatever reason. Just if you’re in the LGBT camp.
Kiwibank has DEI policies and applies gender recruitment targets
So it appears Kiwibank wanted to respond.
Have a watch. It’s quite an eye-opener. This was posted on their Facebook page last Friday.
"What's Kiwibank's stance on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion?". Our Chief Executive Steve Jurkovich answers Your Kiwi Questions about Pride at Kiwibank
However, it hasn’t gone down too well with the customers.
Out-ratioed. The comments are more than the likes. 468 comments v 101 likes.
And the reason I say 101 rather than 442 that you see there?
143 anger, 121 laughing or mocking = 264 negative. Just 101 positive.
Comments
Just stick to banking!!
You shouldn't be forcing your politics or discriminatory 'DEI' policies on your customers or your potential employees. The only way you can achieve race and gender targets is by breaching NZ discrimination law
The Disney of the Banking World
Self-righteous virtue-signaling right here....just treat everyone the same and we'll all be fine. Making something ' special' is the opposite of helping I believe.
Absolutely stick to what your job is! Promoting Kiwibank as a good BANKING option to kiwis and an alternative to the Australian banks raking in the money! That’s why I switched but maybe not the right decision if your priorities are on other things. How about working for ALL New Zealanders equally.
Read the room Kiwi Bank. People want you to deliver a banking service and value for fees and interest money. Concentrate on that.
That’s a no from me
One of the responses by the Kiwibank social media team was:
Our Purpose is to make Kiwi better off. Regardless of the colour of their skin, the gender they identify with, the people they choose to love, or how they interact with the world. We can’t live up to our Purpose if we’re not supporting and helping our Rainbow/minority communities be the Kiwi that they are. We view our role as allies very importantly and so should other Kiwi companies.
The overwhelming majority of responses to that were either laughing / mocking OR angry emojis
One response was
you can still do that without making such a song and dance about it, right? Or are you going to be making videos about all of the other people group targets too? Remember, it's about inclusion of ALL people.
OK that didn’t go too well. I’ll be interested to see how long that Kiwibank post remains up.
Just to remind you…
Diversity = Identity politics. Defined by your sexuality, gender, race, colour, disability – all called intersectionality. You’re a victim
Inclusion = We include everyone, BUT it’s based on our definitions which you must agree with. Language defined by the left e.g. their definition of marriage, gender, sexuality, decolonisation, environmentalism, critical theory based on certain racial groups being victims and white people being oppressors
Equity = Marxism 101. Everyone must have the same outcome irrespective of effort, talent, character
What DEI actually is
Deception = confusion around gender, sexuality, and disunity – racial conflict
Inequality = Special ‘rights’ for special groups – the groups above
Exclusion = Cancel culture if your views don’t align with the new woke virtues
They say it’s about inclusion and diversity. It’s not. Try going into a DEI meeting and reading the bible verses on marriage, or on being created male and female! Or that we are one in the sight of God.
It’s part of the reason we started the WokeUp.nz website
Do a search on Air NZ, ANZ, ASB, ONE.nz, Starbucks, Spark. The Warehouse, Southern Cross, even the Police and the NZ Defence Force.
More recently we’ve highlighted the wokeness in both MFAT (Ministry Foreign Affairs and Trade)
and also MBIE (Ministry Business Inovation and Employment).
There’s some work to do to help DEI die.
By the way, Kiwibank definitely won’t be friends with Winston Peters. New Zealand First has introduced a Member’s Bill aimed at preventing banks from refusing their services to businesses because of the current “Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Framework”. The bill will ensure “fairness and prevents ESG standards from perpetuating woke ideology in the banking sector being driven by unelected, globalist, climate radicals. It will mean that no New Zealand business can be denied banking services unless the decision is grounded in law - it will stop banks imposing woke-riddled, expensive, deadweight costs on our productive sector.”
But spending your money wisely and choosing businesses that aren’t woke is the starting point.
You have purchasing power.
Use it.
Oh – just before I go, here’s one more example of a woke company.
AMI Insurance.
Oh dear.
AMI Insurance didn't get the memo that promoting & normalising children trying to change their sex via chemical castration (puberty blockers, hormones, surgical mutilation) doesn't win customers.
Using a natural disaster is an ironic association, given the similarity of the outcome.
Here’s the transgender bit – painting nails, LGBT flag, putting makeup on a dude
And here’s the full ad – as they link the genuine sympathy of a natural disaster with gender ideology
Is AMI offering health insurance for botched transgender operations and health harms of puberty blockers, including infertility – and counselling?
I doubt it.
Choose who you spend your money with wisely.
What a waste of time and money, perhaps better spent lowering fees and interest rates, what dicks - oops
$200 to help change their name is a disgrace, disrespectful to their customers.