The New Zealand navy was so proud and happy to have a lesbian from Britain come on board that they gave her a $100M survey and dive vessel, which she crashed and sank*.
The lesbian “diversity hire” captain of a Royal New Zealand Navy ship that ran aground and sank off Samoa has been charged with negligence along with two other officers over the loss of the vessel.
The $100 million HMNZS Manawanui, which was under the command of UK-born homosexual Yvonne Gray, crashed on the south side of Upolu on October 5, 2024, due to human error including failure to turn off autopilot, an inquiry found last year.
Commander Gray, Lieutenant Commander Matthew Gajzago and a third officer will now face court-martial over the disaster, which was the navy’s first ship loss since World War 2, and resulted in New Zealand paying Samoa NZ$6 million in compensation for environmental destruction that resulted from the crash.
Of course the female New Zealand Defense Minister, after the crash, was making claims of misogyny if anyone dared suggest that the sex of the captain was a factor.
After the sinking of the ship, which was one of just nine in the New Zealand Navy, Commander Gray was given blanket positive corporate media coverage for getting all 75 personnel on board off alive, and Defence Minister Judith Collins called the evacuation a “triumph” and criticism of the captain “misogynistic”.
But her position as captain then came into question after it was revealed she had been promoted amid a push for diversity and inclusion in the NZDF, and many New Zealanders asked why she was given command of a ship ahead of local candidates.
Because DEI is always accompanied by virtue signaling.
Apparently she went missing from the bridge when the boat was near a reef and the folks that were there forgot that the autopilot was on and never turned it off.
In addition to the loss of the vessel, the government of New Zealand had to pay another NZ$6 million to Samoa for making a mess on their beach.
This isn’t the first time that a NZ naval diversity hire damaged a ship. It happened in 2024 with a different female captain.
And that’s what happens when you choose diversity over competence. Wonder if the New Zealanders will actually learn from this??
* https://www.noticer.news/new-zealand-navy-ship-captain-charged/
https://midwestchick.com/2026/03/03/new-zealand-had-a-100m-loss-due-to-dei/
At least that's one thing the Iranians are safe from, DEI hires.
ReplyDeleteYet another example of: Stupid people can get you killed.
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