New Zealand: Puberty Blockers BANNED for New Cases of Gender Dysphoria

🇳🇿 The New Zealand Government has just announced a full halt on prescribing puberty blockers (GnRH analogues) to any new patients for gender dysphoria or gender incongruence.

This brings NZ into alignment with the UK, following the Cass Review.

🔒 What the Cabinet Decision Means

According to the Beehive statement:

1. New youth patients can NO LONGER be prescribed puberty blockers for gender dysphoria.

“New patients seeking treatment for gender dysphoria or incongruence can no longer be prescribed gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues, pending completion of the United Kingdom’s clinical trial…”

This is a moratorium.A hard stop on new prescriptions.

This is the exact model the UK implemented after Cass:Blockers only in the context of a formal clinical trial — and NZ has no such trial running.→ Therefore: No puberty blockers for new youth.

2. Existing patients can continue — but with stricter oversight.

They will not be cut off, but treatment will be more closely monitored.

This follows the exact pattern of:

• UK

• Finland

• Sweden

• Norway

Where current users are continued on a case-by-case basis for safety, but no new youth patients start blockers.

3. Government statement acknowledges lack of evidence

This is monumental:

“The Ministry of Health’s evidence brief found that there is a lack of high-quality evidence that demonstrates the benefits or risks of puberty blockers… for gender dysphoria or incongruence.”

This directly cites weak or absent evidence, consistent with Cass, NICE, and Sweden’s systematic reviews.

4. A precautionary approach is now official NZ policy

“While this uncertainty persists, the Government is taking a precautionary approach.”

This is EXACTLY the language used in the Nordic countries.

The shift is unmistakable.

🌏 Why This Is Historic

New Zealand has been one of the most gender-affirming jurisdictions in the world for a decade.

For NZ to not only retreat, but publicly acknowledge:

• Lack of evidence

• Need for safeguards

• International alignment with UK, Finland, Sweden, Norway

…is a tectonic shift. This will have ripple effects across:

• Australia

• Canada

• The UN / WHO

• International lobby groups that have relied on NZ as a “progressive exemplar”
  

It also completely undermines InsideOUT, RainbowYouth, GMA, and the “48% suicide” narrative — because the government is explicitly acting on the evidence, not their messaging. TAKE ACTION - Send this PDF to your doctor or medical organisation in New Zealand "TALKING POINTS FOR DOCTORS — NEW ZEALAND PUBERTY BLOCKER POLICY (2025)"