Editing Brian Tamaki (section)

===Views on women in politics===
Tamaki regards the perceived lack of male leadership in New Zealand, including the leadership over one's family, as "the work of the [[Satan|devil]]".<ref name = "herald"/> According to Tamaki, Parliament reflects this alleged lack of male leadership. In his autobiography he defends his attitude towards women by pointing to the role of his wife Pastor Hannah Tamaki in the Destiny Church organisation, and also says "God is very specific about the role and function of men".<ref name="autobio"/> He has also said that he wants to appoint a Minister for Men.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 August 2023 |title=Brian Tamaki launches Freedoms NZ's 'Time to Stop Crime' policy with a firm hand |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/bishop-brian-tamaki-launches-freedoms-nzs-time-to-stop-crime-policy-with-a-firm-hand/VQJFJXXXQJEYJAARFPNYGBYOPA/ |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |language=en-NZ}}</ref>

[[Trans woman]] [[Member of parliament|MP]] [[Georgina Beyer]] confronted Tamaki at the "[[Destiny Church (New Zealand)#Enough is Enough rally|Enough is Enough]]" protest in Wellington in August 2004, charging "Your hatred is totally intolerable". Beyer also compared Tamaki to [[despotism|despot]]s like [[Robert Mugabe]] in a ''[[3 News]]'' interview.<ref name="TV3">{{cite news |date=9 March 2006 |title=Flock to Bishop – Let us pay |publisher=[[3 News|TV3 News]] |url=http://www.tv3.co.nz/News/tabid/67/articleID/4932/Default.aspx |url-status=dead |access-date=11 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070712185502/http://www.tv3.co.nz/News/tabid/67/articleID/4932/Default.aspx |archive-date=12 July 2007}}</ref>