Though they nowhere define - that I can see - exactly what it means to be male or female.
Although I'm pleased to see that they at least recognize the difference between sex and gender:
"Although the term gender is commonly substituted for the term sex they are not interchangeable, as they are different concepts. Whereas sex is a biologically determined variable, gender refers to the socially and culturally perceived or expected dimensions of behaviour associated with males and females."
Even if they seem reluctant to consider the contributions of biology to behaviour.
But in addition to that, their definition of "lesbian" - "A woman who is sexually attracted to people of the same sex or gender" - highlights the extent of the rot there:
Some cause to argue that the rot at Stats NZ is maybe part and parcel of the more general rot of NZ science leading to current efforts to install "indigenous ways ways of knowing (Mātauranga Māori)" as coequal to more conventional "Eurasian"/Western science. ICYMI, an article in The Australian republished by "The New Zealand Initiative" titled, "Maori Knowledge And Science? Don’t Mix Chalk And Cheese":
Sadly, New Zealand seems to be something of a basket case when it comes to its "ideological capture" by the transgender and woke-ish tribes.
From their otherwise credible Statistics department which at least has an intriguing "Concept and Classification Management System":
"Sex reassignment occurs where a person has undergone the necessary treatment to permanently change their sex."
http://aria.stats.govt.nz/aria/?_ga=2.135330993.1433053733.1593671441-939313310.1593671441#StandardView:uri=http://stats.govt.nz/cms/StatisticalStandard/FrytLv0KtGf6RhVY
Though they nowhere define - that I can see - exactly what it means to be male or female.
Although I'm pleased to see that they at least recognize the difference between sex and gender:
"Although the term gender is commonly substituted for the term sex they are not interchangeable, as they are different concepts. Whereas sex is a biologically determined variable, gender refers to the socially and culturally perceived or expected dimensions of behaviour associated with males and females."
Even if they seem reluctant to consider the contributions of biology to behaviour.
But in addition to that, their definition of "lesbian" - "A woman who is sexually attracted to people of the same sex or gender" - highlights the extent of the rot there:
http://aria.stats.govt.nz/aria/?_ga=2.135330993.1433053733.1593671441-939313310.1593671441#ConceptView:uri=http://stats.govt.nz/cms/Concept/IcM9WKm4lCLgcV1M
Some cause to argue that the rot at Stats NZ is maybe part and parcel of the more general rot of NZ science leading to current efforts to install "indigenous ways ways of knowing (Mātauranga Māori)" as coequal to more conventional "Eurasian"/Western science. ICYMI, an article in The Australian republished by "The New Zealand Initiative" titled, "Maori Knowledge And Science? Don’t Mix Chalk And Cheese":
https://www.nzinitiative.org.nz/reports-and-media/opinion/new-opinion-246/