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Mums Still Smacking, Want Law Change not Discretion – Poll

MEDIA RELEASE 31 March 2010 Mums Still Smacking, Want Law Change not Discretion – Poll Family First NZ says that almost half of our mums of young children have admitted smacking illegally in the past 12 months, and three out of four mums want the government to adopt a law change rather than rely on […]

Protect Children From Sexualisation and Abuse – Priority 2010

MEDIA RELEASE 31 December 2009 Protect Children From Sexualisation and Abuse – Priority 2010 WORK STILL TO BE DONE TO GIVE PARENTS CERTAINTY ON SMACKING LAW… Family First NZ has released its annual list of the top family issues to be tackled, and heading the list for 2010 is the protection of children from ‘corporate […]

Families Reject Smacking Report and Claims of ‘Misleading’

MEDIA RELEASE 16 December 2009 Families Reject Smacking Report and Claims of ‘Misleading’ “Why were we never consulted” – Parents We, the parents who were accused of misrepresenting the facts of our smacking cases and therefore misleading Family First, are refuting the claims, and reject the findings of the report commissioned by the Prime Minister. […]

PM Should Heed Legal Advice on Smacking Law

MEDIA RELEASE 13 December 2009 PM Should Heed Legal Advice on Smacking Law Family First NZ says that an expert legal opinion on the smacking law published in the latest NZ Law Journal is confirmation that John Key needs to amend the law, not the guidelines, in order to deliver what he has told NZ […]

Reviewing the Anti-smacking law

Reformation Testimony The criminalisation of New Zealand parents who discipline their children biblically: Or who will you obey, God or man? New Zealand has a new law which makes the corporal punishment of children a crime. This includes smacking them with a wooden spoon or strap. The government has commissioned two reports, both of which […]

Latest Smacking Law Review Offers No Comfort

Family First NZ MEDIA RELEASE 7 December 2009 Latest Smacking Law Review Offers No Comfort Family First NZ is dismissing yet another report on the anti-smacking law which fails to address the real issues and concerns over the law change. “This is the eighth report in just over two years on the law change. There […]

Family Integrity #492 — Families Warned Pillow Fight May Be Assault

Family Integrity #492 — Families Warned Pillow Fight May Be Assault Dear Friends, Well, now I know what it feels like to be a prophet. At the link below read about the unbelievable case – in New Zealand – where police brought charges against a man and took it all the way to a trial […]

Families Warned Pillow Fight May Be Assault

MEDIA RELEASE 3 December 2009 Families Warned Pillow Fight May Be Assault Family First NZ says that a decision to drag an uncle through court for having a pillow fight with his nephew is an example of the ‘discretion’ test failing and laws such as the anti-smacking law effectively targeting good parents. The case was […]

MSD report on anti-smacking law reveals more wasted paper

MSD report on anti-smacking law reveals more wasted paper The Kiwi Party Press Release Kiwi Party Leader, Larry Baldock, said the Ministry for Social Development (MSD) report confirms there is no clear evidence anywhere that the law change is making children safer. If the Police and CYF continue to claim it is business as usual […]

Child death probe upgraded to homicide

Child death probe upgraded to homicide http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2933240/Child-death-probe-upgraded-to-homicide Stuff.co.nz Last updated 16:54 05/10/2009 Police are treating the death of a Waikato toddler last month as a homicide. Hail-Sage McClutchie, 22 months, died in Waikato Hospital on September 27 after being taken there by ambulance from Morrinsville the day before. Acting Waikato crime services manager Inspector Russell […]