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Business owner and columnist Damien Grant has called out our banks, and in particular BNZ, for indulging in wokeness and cancel culture…

Air New Zealand has become the first major airline to drop its 2030 goal to cut carbon emissions. Air New Zealand has pulled the plug on its climate targets saying the resources needed to meet them are unaffordable and unavailable. The company has blamed difficulties in procuring new planes and sustainable jet fuel.

Ballantynes department store went woke with a special “beauty” event, hosted by a drag queen called Queen Jack.

The Paris Olympics has featured three drag queens carrying the Olympic torch this year.  The torchbearers are chosen by the Olympic sponsors and organisers, usually because they have made a significant contribution to their community and because they personify the theme of that Olympics.  The theme of the Paris Olympics is:  “Games Wide Open”.

ANZ’s latest ad campaign is so woke it features a man in a dress. There’s also lots of cultural stereotyping.

Even the great outdoors is inherently racist, apparently. North Face has been widely criticised and mocked after the US retailer offered customers a 20 per cent discount if they completed their “digital course in racial inclusion”.

A starting point for identifying New Zealand’s most woke organisations would be to check the list of Rainbow Tick Certified Organisations.

Last year, Nike followed Bud Light’s madness in recruiting Dylan Mulvaney (a man transitioning to a woman) as a brand ambassador. Nike had Mulvaney modelling a Nike sports bra (and other women’s sports attire). Videos showed Mulvaney prancing around doing star jumps etc, tragically trying to be like a woman but failing miserably. It was