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Archive for July, 2010
Commission of Inquiry into Child Abuse Is First Step
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010MEDIA RELEASE 29 July 2010 Commission of Inquiry into Child Abuse Is First Step ‘How many more children have to die before we do something?’ Family First NZ is repeating its call for a Commission of Inquiry into the unacceptable levels of child abuse and deaths in NZ, and says that it will be an […]
Success Rate Shows Need for CYF Complaints Authority
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010MEDIA RELEASE 28 July 2010 Success Rate Shows Need for CYF Complaints Authority Family First NZ says that figures provided by the Ministry of Social Development under the Official Information Act show that the recently established CYF Complaints Authority has upheld a majority of the complaints that they have considered. Since the Authority was established […]
‘Ear flick’ case goes to Supreme Court
Monday, July 12th, 2010‘Ear flick’case goes to Supreme Court One News July 07, 2010 Christchurch father Jimmy Mason has been given leave to appeal by the Supreme Court. The 51-year-old was sentenced to nine months supervision and ordered to undergo anger management courses after a jury found him guilty of assaulting one of his two children. The case […]
Only 16% see smacking as ‘very high risk’
Monday, July 12th, 2010Only 16% see smacking as ‘very high risk’ Telegraph (UK) 08 Jul 2010 Just one in seven UK parents sees smacking as a “very high risk” to children, according to a survey. The poll by The Children’s Society found that only 16 per cent thought that smacking children posed no risk at all to the […]