New Zealand looks set to axe the radical gender theory underpinning sex education in schools after the election of its new right leaning government led by Prime Minister Chris Luxon.

The government has reportedly vowed to “refocus the curriculum on academic achievement and not ideology, including the removal and replacement of the gender, sexuality, and relationship-based education guidelines”.

During his first parliamentary address, Luxon slammed the previous Labor government saying as many as 40% of children were “not attending school regularly” and students’ OECD PISA test results were the “worst they’ve ever been”.

Regarding sex-ed, he said the new Government would respond to the expressed concerns of parents.

The Prime Minister said he wanted a “a well-defined (sex ed) curriculum, agreed to by experts, that actually makes sure that the content is age-appropriate, that parents have been consulted and importantly that parents also have an ability to withdraw”.