Stumble It!Some child abuse cases in NZ - since Section 59 amended
Mum beat girl, terrorised her with knife
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008This is child abuse not reasonable force by way of correction:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4620389a11.html
Mum beat girl, terrorised her with knife
Wednesday, 16 July 2008
A Tauranga mother, who repeatedly beat her 12-year-old daughter and once held a knife to her throat because of “back-chatting” and behavioural problems, has been sentenced to home detention.
In Tauranga District Court yesterday, Judge Stan Thorburn [...]
Police investigate suspicious child death
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008This is Child abuse NOT reasonable force by way of correction.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4605275a10.html
Wednesday, 02 July 2008
BREAKING NEWS: Nelson Detectives are currently at the scene of a suspected homicide involving a child at an address in Stoke.
Police said they were alerted by ambulance staff just before midday that they had been called to the address with reports of [...]
Child Abuse-Police: Toddler’s critical injuries inflicted in family care
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008This was Child abuse - not reasonable force by way of correction
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4604868a11.html
Wednesday, 02 July 2008
Another toddler is fighting for his life in Auckland’s Starship Children’s Hospital from injuries police say he got in the care of his family.
The three-year-old Avondale boy was admitted to hospital on Monday after family members consulted relatives.
Police were told [...]
Silence let child abuse continue
Monday, June 23rd, 2008http://www.stuff.co.nz/4592829a11.html
Silence let child abuse continue
By KAY BLUNDELL - The Dominion Post | Monday, 23 June 2008
Three children repeatedly beaten with a broom handle were so hungry they had to rummage in rubbish bins, and yet neighbours were too scared to report the cruelty they witnessed.
Kylie Tekani, 30, of Porirua, has been sentenced in Wellington [...]
Abortions Increase - Tragedy for Teens and Families
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008MEDIA RELEASE
17 JUNE 2008
The abortion figures for 2007 released by Statistics NZ today continue to paint a terrible picture for teenagers and families, and confirm the continued failure of the Abortion Supervisory Committee, as highlighted by the High Court case last week.
Almost 4,300 teenagers had an abortion in 2007. [...]
Abortion - The worst form of Child Abuse
Monday, June 9th, 2008
MEDIA RELEASE
10 June 2008
Abortion Supervisory Committee Deserves Criticism
Family First NZ is welcoming the comments by a High Court judge that the Abortion Supervisory Committee has been applying the abortion laws too liberally and has failed to adequately supervise the work of certifying consultants.
“The Committee has ignored the [...]
Jail for man who tossed baby onto concrete path
Sunday, June 8th, 2008http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=146&objectid=10513274
4:05PM Thursday May 29, 2008
A man has been jailed for tossing his one-year-old daughter into the air and letting her fall on to a concrete path and slashing a relative with a machete when he went to the baby’s aid.
Raymond Kereti Ratu, 22, was sentenced to 20 months imprisonment after pleading guilty in Tauranga District [...]
Woman charged with toddler’s murder
Sunday, June 8th, 2008http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=146&objectid=10513391
Woman charged with toddler’s murder
5:00AM Friday May 30, 2008
A 26-year-old woman has been charged with murder following the death of a 22-month-old girl at a Dunedin house on Monday evening.
The woman will appear in the Dunedin District Court today.
Southern district crime manager Detective Inspector Ross Pinkham said emergency services were called to the St Kilda [...]
14yr Old’s Satire Exposes Anti-Smacking-Law Folly
Sunday, May 18th, 2008Concern Over Proposed ‘Garden Laws’
The upcoming anti-pruning bill is ridiculous! New Zealand’s garden party heads this campaign to stop all plant abuse and stick up for plants’ rights. Laws against starting destructive fires and wantonly chopping down plants and trees already exist, rendering this change unnecessary. Replacing the old bill, which [...]
Horrific injuries inflicted on 15-day-old son
Friday, April 25th, 2008http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=146&objectid=10505966
Horrific injuries inflicted on 15-day-old son
10:17AM Thursday April 24, 2008
No one could forget photographs of the horrific injuries he inflicted on his 15-day-old son, a judge told a Taranaki man yesterday.
The comment came during sentencing of slaughterman Alexander Hata Canterbury-Davies, 35, of Hawera, for sexually violating and injuring his baby son with intent, assaulting his [...]
Anti-Smacking Law Tragic Failure as Child Abuse Death Rate Continues
Thursday, April 24th, 2008http://menz.org.nz/
Family First NZ says that the announcement of the death of three-year-old Auckland toddler Dylan Rimoni being treated as a homicide means that the rate of child abuse deaths has continued at the same rate as before the flawed anti-smacking law.
“While good families are being investigated and thrown under suspicion because of the extremist anti-smacking [...]
Police inquiry after foster child’s death
Friday, April 18th, 2008http://www.stuff.co.nz/4486375a11.html
By KIM RUSCOE - Fairfax Media | Friday, 18 April 2008
Police are investigating the death of a south Auckland toddler who sustained unexplained head injuries while in the care of his foster parents.
Police spokeswoman Angeline Barlow said the death of three-year-old Papakura toddler Dylan Hohepa Tonga Rimoni was being treated as suspicious.
Middlemore Hospital staff notified [...]
Inquiry launched into infant with ‘bashed skull’
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10492046
5:16PM Tuesday February 12, 2008
Rotorua police are investigating the parents of an 11-month-old who is in Starship Hospital with a fractured skull.
The baby boy has been in the Auckland hospital since January 31, The Daily Post reported today.
Police were yet to make any arrests but have said his injuries were believed to be “non-accidental”.
Detective [...]
Some child abuse cases in NZ - since Section 59 amended
Thursday, June 7th, 2007Some child abuse cases in NZ - since Section 59 amended
Since the passing of the amendment to section 59, there has been a continual stream of child abuse cases including:
JUNE 2007
* About 1,500 babies in their mother’s womb
* Porirua mum and step-father charged with mistreating 3 children, including 5 year old admitted to Wellington [...]
The Parental Use of Physical Discipline in New Zealand
Tuesday, June 7th, 2005 he Parental Use of Physical Discipline in New Zealand - Part 1
The Parental Use of Physical Discipline in New Zealand(Part I)
by Robert van Wichen, LLB
Introduction
If I asked you “Is it legal to smack your child?,” how would you answer? “Yes,” or “No” … or after scratching your head for a while, “I [...]
Lawyer John Hancocks summary of section 59 cases
Thursday, June 24th, 2004 The anti-smacking lobby argues that abuse and violence hide behind the provisions of Section 59 of the Crimes Act 1961. The facts do not appear to support this contention.
John Hancock of Action for Children and Youth Aotearoa Inc., summarised such cases in a document titled Parental Corporal Punishment of Children in New Zealand [...]