The government has directed Sport NZ to scrap their guidelines around transgender participation in sports - with individual sporting bodies able to make their own decisions on how to include transgender players. 

But is this really a serious issue, or a manufactured culture-war type debate?

Also, the price of butter has risen 60% in the last twelve months. Should Kiwis be paying export prices for butter?

To answer those questions, Labour's health and Wellington issues spokeswoman Ayesha Verrall and National's Wairarapa MP Mike Butterick joined Nick Mills for Politics Thursday.

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