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National leader Judith Collins speaks at the dawn service at the Waitangi treaty grounds on 6 February 2021 in Waitangi, New Zealand. The Waitangi Day national holiday celebrates the signing of the treaty of Waitangi on 6 February 1840 by Maori chiefs and the British Crown, that granted the Maori people the rights of British Citizens and ownership of their lands and other properties. (Photo by Fiona Goodall/Getty Images)
The leader of the opposition in New Zealand Judith Collins said her party will now back a ban on conversion therapy after she looked up the practice on Google.
Collins, leader of the National Party, said during the 2020 election campaign that wouldn’t commit to a ban on conversion therapy, though she abhorred the practice, admitting she needed to do more research. Both Jacinda Arden’s Labour Party and the Greens had, at the time, committed to a ban.