Tag: Child Abuse
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Another child dies
From the BIG NEWS Blog News, views and politics http://big-news.blogspot.com/2009/08/another-child-dies-when-is-it-going-to.html Another child dies When is it going to end? Story here TV clip here. Sue Bradford too busy posting pics of protests on Facebook to comment. An interview of the neighbour will be on TV3 news tonight.
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Massive NO to Anti-Smacking Law Politicians Must Listen
87.6% 87.6% 87.6% Family First Media Release Friday 21 August Massive NO to Anti-Smacking Law Politicians Must Listen 1. Amend Law 2. Establish Non-Political Commission of Enquiry into Child Abuse Family First NZ is welcoming the result of the anti-smacking Referendum and says that it is now time for the politicians to respect the…
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Barnardos Founder Would Have Voted No
MEDIA RELEASE 19 August 2009 Barnardos Founder Would Have Voted No Family First NZ says that a biography on Barnardos founder Dr Thomas Barnardo shows that he clearly understood the difference between appropriate discipline and child abuse. In the book Father of Nobody’s Children – a portrait of Dr. Barnardo by Norman Wymer, originally published…
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REFERENDUM COUNTDOWN!
17 Aug 2009 REFERENDUM COUNTDOWN! Just 4 days to go! This is our final ad in today’s NZ Herald . Please be sure to send your voting forms back, and encourage friends, family and work colleagues to do likewise. We’ll let you know the final result as soon as we hear late Friday night. MAKE…
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Who can protect our children?
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10591094&pnum=0 Who can protect our children? 4:00AM Sunday Aug 16, 2009 By David Fisher Our state services fail to protect some of New Zealand’s most severely abused children and allow them to be “revictimised”, according to research published in an international medical journal. It says the child protection system could be seen as a “poorly…
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Love and death
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-star-times/news/2756497/Love-and-death Love and death Sunday Star Times Last updated 05:00 16/08/2009 Photo: Brendon O’Hagan Many mothers struggle with stress or depression or even serious mental illness and psychosis, yet only the tiniest fraction of those will hurt their child. Is it possible to spot those women? THE day after the bodies of Kathleen Flowers and…
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Call for Urgent Commission of Inquiry into Child Abuse
MEDIA RELEASE 12 August 2009 Call for Urgent Commission of Inquiry into Child Abuse Family First NZ is repeating its call for an official inquiry into the unacceptable levels of child abuse in NZ. The call comes after the death of a 2-year old child in Kaitaia, the investigation into the critical injuries suffered by…
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EDITORIAL: Smacking law misses real target
http://www.hawkesbaytoday.co.nz/local/news/editorial-smacking-law-misses-real-target/3902325/ EDITORIAL: Smacking law misses real target GARTH McVICAR – Sensible Sentencing Trust | 4th August 2009 Child abuse is the scourge of New Zealand; it is like a plague on the horizon, hanging over us like a ticking time-bomb waiting to explode. When will the next case occur and how horrific will the child’s…
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Police investigate Kaitaia child’s death
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2733783/Police-investigate-Kaitaia-childs-death Police have begun a homicide inquiry into the death of a two-year-old Northland girl, with a post mortem expected to confirm the cause of death tomorrow. A 32-year-old woman has been charged with assault and is in police custody, awaiting an appearance in the Auckland District Court tomorrow morning. Police said it was too…
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Mother in court over baby’s death
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2728048/Mother-in-court-over-babys-death A woman appeared in the Rotorua District Court today charged with the manslaughter of a one-year-old baby. Sasha Pene, 29, was accused of assaulting Trent Matthews, who was later found dead, at an Edmund Rd house in Rotorua, where he lived with Pene and her partner Joe Matthews, in June. Pene entered no plea…