MY goodness we HAVE a NEW Govt......Please new Govt shut this rubbish down...

Gross breach of human rights. Why should anyone be coerced to be trained in any religion?

Good on her for standing her ground on this Maori crap..😊

Harcourt’s go woke go broke

Harcourts will loose much patronage because of their stance on this... Absolutely apalling behaviour! Good luck 🍀 to our real estate agent who lost her job over this stupid nonsense...

'Harcourts is now the Bud Light of the real estate industry.' LOL

if you want to uncover a real coven of Treatyphiles, try the Nursing Council..

When is the government going to publicly state that no business or local council has any obligation to the Treaty

No it won't go away, until its brought to light, its about woke language and Maori Governance through the back door, if she lost her job thru this, then she should be open to compensation from Harcourts, for the years she worked, bringing money in thru their doors, when that happens, its a different playing field.

Time to boycott Harcourts the only way to treat them 😮

A language which has no real use for anyone but the Maori people ,who should embrace their heritage by all means .How many houses does harcourts sell to MaorisTake the cue people dump these woke money makers and sell your house through your lawyer and save thousands .The whole thing sounds like the corrupt covid mandates

Isn't it their religion . And therefore religion can't be forced down someone's throat?

I met a Nurse recently who was a Union Delegate on a course update to deal with the barage of complaints in the Health Industry.

What about the schools we had a maori glossary sent with the school newsletter this week. I guess so we can translate that and the incoherent emails we receive from teachers. Daughter says they do karakias every morning and at the end of the school day, how is that secular? I wonder how they are going to fit in required 1 hr per day of reading writing and mathematics, they certainly won't be sacrificing kapa haka time...🙄😤

Yeah let's just make sure all real estate agents can speak at least a basic level Mandarin, huh?

This is pretty mild requirement compared to what is expected of school teachers who have to justify their understand of and appreciation of the Te Reo and of their interactions with Maori students. Unless you can prove your understanding of such you can't have your registration confirmed when it comes up for renewal. The requirements that teachers show competency, knowledge and appreciation of Tikunga and Te Reo are part of a teacher's performance review and has to be signed off by their manager each year. The school that I taught at chanted karakia, sang waiata (both accompanied by finishing with an amen). This in an education system that by law has to be secular. The old days when Christian church representatives came to schools to preach to students are now heavily proscribed, usually done on a voluntary basis at lunchtimes. We controlled how Christian proseletisers accessed students and that has been replaced by the observing of Maori spiritualism - hardly secular -and it happened most days at staff meetings.

Why does the Real Estate Authority not conduct an anonymous poll of all their agents on their support for the stipulations of DEI and the "Principles" of the Treaty of Waitangi? Janet Dixon is likely one of those rare people of conviction who will hazard their career for what they believe; they normally constitute a tiny fraction of people - her views are very likely the majority view for all NZ Real Estate agents, most are simply not prepared to pay for their views with their career. WHY DO WE PUT UP WITH THIS SORT OF SCHOOLYARD BULLYING FROM PROFESSIONAL BODIES?????

A karakia is literally a prayer. As an atheist I feel uncomfortable when I’m asked to join in or close eyes etc.. Having said that I’d prefer a blanket no to this indoctrination rather than a religious exception.

As Stephen Franks said at the end the focus should be secular and on protecting sellers and buyers of real estate not some form of religious indoctrination (in this case wokeness).

Doesn't the Treaty say Maori look after Maori and everyone else is governed by the crown? Wrong has been done and needs to be addressed but the Waitangi Tribunal is not the over riding government.

The Treaty Industrial Complex run amok.😵‍💫

Real estate agents are there to sell property. Culture and religion shouldn’t come into it. If it does then there should be cultural training training in Indian, Chinese, or whatever nationality you are. There’s nothing in the treaty that says anything about treaty partnership or any other contrived misconception part Maori extremists want to invent into it.

I've messaged Harcourts and told them I will not be using them again in my next house sale.

Honestly, the training is a pain in the ass. Even if you're degree qualified in Property from the University of Auckland, you still have to do the 10 hours of verifiable and 10 hours of non verifiable every year.

Over reach, hmmm where did they learn that skill from

Isn't this all because all companies have to score ESG brownie pionts?

As a real estate agent this forced leaning course was such a waste of time.

I think it’s outrageous, the real estate agents should actually revel and stand up and say hi. This is absolutely ridiculous. We’re not gonna put up with one of our members being treated in this way and he’s quite right. This has nothing to do at tool with selling real estate

Ban the cheaty

You should see the nonsense that the Institution of Professional Engineers is forcing on Professional Engineers in NZ. They have lost interest in maintaining competency and standards for professional engineers but are highly skilled at ensuring that practitioners adhere to THEIR INTERPRETATION of the treaty of waitiangi. It’s WOEFUL.

This is great and all, but how do we get more property into the hands of young New Zealand citizens? It is not impossible to care about two things, these sorts of rules and regs just strike as petty in the face of a real crisis.

Better look into the REAA and their motives beforehand. Should be secular, non biased.

Harcourts _Better in Brown_

Go Stephen Franks, just the person that is needed to get to the bottom of the BS that is maori

The state of moldy homes in New Zealand is a real thing!💨🥴

How ironic wellywood the city of woke ,hey put a big sign up on the hill WOKE WELLINGTON but staggering howick harcourt ..gosh.

Over many years we have bought and sold a lot of properties and NEVER used a real estate agent. We use building reports, Lawyers and valuers, the commisions are TOTALY UNECCESARY

Are real-estate agents self-employed by a collective group (organisation) ? If so then she could claim as a Business and employee for lose of earnings and deformation on both counts mmmmmh !?🤔 Just saying 😂🤣😂 Lose of earnings as a business and unfair dismissal grounds and STRESS mmmmh !? To name a few 😂😂🤣👍

Okay Harcouts N.Z you are now under the spotlight: YOU WILL NEED TO TURN THIS ISSUE AROUND.. We are now in a new Era & new Government, NOT JACINDA ADERN'S Era, you will need to rethink about this Hello!!.. Personally I will not be engaging Harcourts real estate for anything to do with real estate issues, Unless there is a turn around and an apology to all your agents for this disgraceful business ...

Knowledge is no burden to carry. But can be resisted.

It would be really nice to boycott Harcourts.

The religious spiritual and cultural infoctrination becoming a yawn trying to live reality through my own identity have short life on earth can be taken anytime need to get to know yourself first not through others identities beliefs and values

Its to be sure they get first dibs.

We can all phone our local Harcourts office and let them know what a total disaster this is for the Harcourt brand .

find your own buyer and get a lawyer to write up a purchase agreement. It's cheaper you don't have to pay realestate fees which are a complete rip off. it's not that difficult.

I thought you just needed a bad shiny suit, cheap shoes and some tokens from a cereal box to be an estate agent?😂

..Andrew Butler!

vote with your feet..

Haha, nowhere, but nowhere does that silly treaty say anywhere that a real estate agent must speak te reo when selling a frigging house...good grief.....well no one is ever telling me i have to learn some other outfits religion or load of old bolloxs...and will never sell my house thru Harcourts....end of !!!

Wont be ever listing or dealing with harcourts again.....go woke go broke!!!!.

IF I WAS HER I WOULD ACCEPT HARCOURTS DESITION AN GO WORK FOR SOMEONE ELSE ITWILL COME DOWN TO BITE THERE SALES BIG TIME AN OTHER STAFF WILL LEAVE

Religion it was probably the Maori version of the Lord’s Prayer what are we talking about here.

Unfortunately, these industry/professional management bodies are allowed to be a law unto themselves, as Jordan Peterson is finding. Highest Courts are supporting this, especially when those bodies are behaving woke. I really hope this legal action in NZ can clip their wings. Regarding cultural training, it's not so simple as just attending and getting it ticked off. It requires you to be capable of dishonesty, pretending you agree with lies and misrepresentations about Te Tiriti, tikanga, government responses to past insurrections, and Maori life before European colonization. If you argue or object, i.e. respond with truth or rational thinking, that's worse than refusing to go.

Do what we say or u get the sack.

Boycott Harcourts till they go broke, set example to others

Rules are rules like any job correct?

Stop the every day geoengineering happening over New Zealand.

Do you not know that Te Reo is the legal language of Pakowhai..😂😂😂

Was it about religion?. Or about knowing the Maori culture this is important for real estate company's to know when it comes to selling land to do with Maori or near Maori land with Historical history for their clients, If there are land disputes, of trees, Graves on site, where war took place est this can be detrimental to selling or buying land This makes it part of the treaty.. It seemed like the company wanted all its employees to be trained in this for work purpose. Should it have been a requirement under the Real Estate Licence Authority to enforce. could be if they have legal liability of some kind

What a crock of crap this woke cultural training is. It should only apply to those specialising in selling houses to people who identify as Maori. The process is the same legal and financial one for all people buying a house for godsake. What next Maori fung shui😂

Are you going to bother doing a story about national selling out New Zealand to foreign investors by allowing them to buy more than one rental dwelling. Allowing investment firms to buy up everything National is selling New Zealand out from under us, which is treason against the new Zealand people. Stop national from doing this, or nz is lost

I think the real estate industry is doing the right thing. And congratulations Real estate authorities, keep the good work up.❤

@bronwynsearle2117 she got no grounds in the swamp sinking, she's in denial and knows it she's a grifter just like the rest of yous all😂😂

@bronwynsearle2117 she got no grounds at all she in the swamp sinking,she's liviing in denial and she knows it she's a grifter just like yous all😂😂

When in Rome you best do what the Romans say... Best learn the lingo and pay attention to the rules.

2min Video training is fxck all 😂 adapt and keep on going is all you need know byebye

Real estate agents need annual retraining because so many of them don't seem to be able to remember the rules. Spending $150,000 to avoid watching a brief video? How very Howick. A proper journalist would track down the video for a bit of perspective, Sean.