Family Integrity

Tag: CIR Petition

  • Child discipline law one year old tomorrow

    http://www.odt.co.nz/news/politics/10397/child-discipline-law-one-year-old-tomorrow

    http://www.stuff.co.nz/4591239a11.html


    Fri, 20 Jun 2008


    As the first anniversary of the so-called anti-smacking legislation rolls around, campaigners will again present a petition trying to get the law overturned.

    But the architect of the bill, Green MP Sue Bradford, says the new law is working well and should be left alone.

    The first anniversary of the controversial law is tomorrow, a day Unicef says is cause for celebration.

    Ms Bradford’s legislation amended section 59 of the Crimes Act to remove the defence of reasonable force for parents who physically discipline their children.

    The amendment, which was supported by the overwhelming majority of Parliament, gave police discretion to judge whether a reported offence warranted prosecution.

    There is to be a review of the law next June, two years after its introduction.

    Unicef executive director Dennis McKinlay said fears that good parents would face charges for minor infringements of the law had been well and truly laid to rest.

    “Police and the public have shown that this law works well and that parents can find better and more constructive ways to discipline and guide children than hitting them,” Mr McKinlay said.

    However, Kiwi Party leader Larry Baldock and supporters will on Monday again present signatures on a petition trying to force a referendum that would ask the question: “Should a smack as part of good parental correction be a criminal offence in New Zealand.”

    When the petition was presented earlier, supporters had collected 324,316 signatures, but after these were checked for validity there were only 269,500 — less than the 10 percent of enrolled voters which has to be reached for a referendum to be held.

    Mr Baldock today said the petition, to be presented to the Clerk of the House on Monday, would be checked and a random sample audited over the next two months to see whether the 285,027 signatures were valid.

  • FI405-U4L: Let’s bring this puppy home “in style”

    20 June 2008 – Family Integrity #405 — U4L; Let’s bring this puppy home “in style”
    —–Original Message—–
    From: Craig Hill [mailto:craighill@maxnet.co.nz]
    Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 9:42 PM
    Subject: U4L; Let’s bring this puppy home “in style”

    Hi All,

    New Total 384,000

    This is a call to all folk in AUCKLAND, WELLINGTON AND CHRISTCHURCH

    Let’s make sure we have the last laugh, this coming weekend is our last opportunity to ensure the referendum.

    The signatures will be handed in early afternoon on Monday, ALL folk in the above areas have the opportunity to pass collected signatures directly to contacts who will then deliver them to Wellington on Monday. You can also contact these people to help with organized activities within the above named cities.

    Auckland contacts, Bernie Ogilvy mob 021610919 or Craig Hill 021746113

    Christchurch contact, Ruth mob 021872459 or Andy 0211140751

    Wellingtonians     can collect and deliver your petitions to Gordon Copeland’s office in Bowen House Monday morning or bring them with you to the steps of parliament at noon.

    Any inquiries from Wellington and all general inquiries contact Craig 021746113

    Response to the Auckland push,

    What can we say, just a big thanks to all those involved. And the Christchurch team certainly led the way, well done.

    Auckland and Hamilton did well

    Warriors fixture, 1100+
    WWE Wrestling 600+
    All Blacks 1300+
    Road side 400+

    And wait for it

    Field days 8700+

    Other results

    Wellington 212
    Porirua 312
    Hastings 400

    Pertinent information

    A Land Fit For Criminals,
    This is a must attend, I am certainly alot more wiser having listened to “David Fraser”. He pulled down and exposed a number of myths relating to prison systems and     sentencing policies. Click here for his itinerary

    Family First’s “Rally for Families”
    Family First Media Release 19 June 2008
    Family First is joining with the NZ Sikh Society, Samoan, Sri Lankan, Asian and other community groups to hold a rally on Saturday at the Manukau City Square behind the Westfield Shopping Centre at 2pm. They are calling on South Auckland families to come together in a stand of unity.

    “The community has been rocked by a number of violent crimes and it is vital that families of South Auckland stand together and support each other during this time,” says Bob McCoskrie, National Director of Family First NZ, and a Manurewa resident.

    The Rally will be held on Saturday 21 June at 2pm at the Manukau City Square behind Westfield Shopping Centre . Speakers include Acting Manukau City Mayor Gary Troup, Family First’s Bob McCoskrie, Charlie Borrell (father of Augustine Borrell) and representatives from the ethnic groups represented.

    LET’S BRING THIS PUPPY HOME “IN STYLE”

    Craig Hill
    021 746 113
    http://www.unityforliberty.net.nz

    All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing (Edmund Burke 1728-1797)

  • Sports & Fielddays Crowds Give CIR Petition Huge Boost

    http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0806/S00175.htm

    Sports and Fielddays Crowds Give

    Anti-Smacking Petition Huge Boost

    Family First Media Release 15 June 2008

    Family First NZ says that the numbers of signatures on the petition against the anti-smacking law and demanding a Referendum at the upcoming Election has been hugely boosted by a number of large events over the past 2 weekends.

    “ Over 12,000 signatures have been collected at the two recent All Blacks tests, a Warriors game, the Waikato Fielddays, and other sporting and community events ,” says Bob McCoskrie, National Director of Family First NZ.

    “ The signature count from the Fielddays alone was a whopping 8,700. It has certainly reinforced to us the strong feeling against this unpopular and ineffective law by typical NZ’ers who are attending these events. There is no shortage of people wanting to sign the petition.”

    The organisers originally had a shortfall of 18,027 signatures after the audit of the original 324,216 signatures submitted in April. However, since then, more than 50,000 signatures have been collected. These will be submitted before the deadline of the end of the month.

    “This confirms that a Referendum will be held on the anti-smacking law at the same time as the Election, it confirms that a huge proportion of NZ’ers want the law changed to protect good parents, and it sends a very clear and loud message to the politicians that they should listen to the views of the voters who will be making a choice at the upcoming Election.”

    “It’s time to tackle the real causes of child abuse, violence and crime without criminalising the efforts of good parents raising productive and law-abiding citizens of the future,” says Mr McCoskrie.

    “There is good reason that only 23 of the almost 200 countries have adopted this law. NZ can lead the world by being the first country to reverse this flawed law before its effects are fully felt by families and the community.”

    ENDS

    www.familyfirst.org.nz

  • FI400-U4L; It’s now or never

    14 June 2008 – Family Integrity #400 — U4L; It’s now or never
    —–Original Message—–
    From: Craig Hill [mailto:craighill@maxnet.co.nz]
    Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 8:11 PM
    Subject: U4L; It’s now or never

    Hi All,

    Calling all hands on deck, this weekend is the last weekend for collecting, all signatures must be in the post Monday 16th June. Please post fastpost.

    WWE Smackdown went well on Wednesday night, approx 600 signatures.

    Mystery Creek realized approx 2600 signatures on Thursday. Waiting for Friday’s result, there is also going to be a big team on Saturday. Should be a good result.

    ALL BLACKS vs ENGLAND.

    40,000 tickets have been sold for this match. The logic is very simple “The bigger the collection team the greater the result”.

    Date, Saturday 14th June
    Location Eden Park
    Time Kick off 7:35pm

    We intend to start setting up about 5:00 pm, the rush will probably start at about 6:30 pm. Given the locality of Eden Park the more folk we have on deck the more signatures

    You can contact me on 021 746 113 or email craighill@maxnet.co.nz

    Love to see you there.

    LET’S BRING THIS PUPPY HOME “IN STYLE”

    Craig Hill
    021 746 113
    http://www.unityforliberty.net.nz

    All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing (Edmund Burke 1728-1797)

  • FI392-U4L, closet smacker exposed

    9 June 2008 – Family Integrity #392 — U4L, closet smacker exposed

    —–Original Message—–
    From: Craig Hill [mailto:craighill@maxnet.co.nz]
    Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2008 10:34 PM
    Subject: U4L,closet smacker exposed

    Hi All,

    We’re having a wonderful time with the Auckland push.

    The Warriors game realized over 1100 signatures, which is pretty good considering the small team, but the best part of the weekend has been the hypocritical Anti-Smackers.

    Try and figure these stories out.

    First case scenario,

    A mother walked past the table this morning at the netball courts, she very indignantly stated “You shouldn’t be smacking children”. Then as she walked away and to everyone’s amazement her daughter asked “Then why do you smack me so often?” Another mother in the crowd heard this and appropriately responded “AH, A closet smacker”.

    The double standard, hypocrisy, and the so called perceived moral high ground shown by this Anti-Smacker is bad enough, but sadly and worst of all is that this mother is probably losing her cool and is hitting in anger, poor child.

    Second and Third case scenario,

    At the Warriors game, remember “all was fine until the end of the match”.

    Now let’s set the tone for this hypocrisy. In regards to parenting the anti-smacker is pretty quick to claim that all violence leads to violence, then they will conveniently confuse the physical aspect of a correctional smack as and with that of a violent beating. So, according to their own admission and interpretation of parental discipline then we must assume that the physical nature of a rugby league match should then be classified as violent actions. How else do you describe “a man physically throwing other men to the ground as not being violent”.

    Now I’m confused. All of a sudden our anti-smackers recognize how the situation surrounding a physical action determines whether it is violent or not. Interesting.

    Here’s the question, Why were the anti-smackers so well behaved entering the match and then very aggressive upon leaving?

    Given the information above a “modern day evolutionary psychologist” may interpret this change in character as a result of being exposed to the aggressive nature of the game. They may claim something like “the aggressive actions witnessed in the game has aroused some ancient hunting gene” etc etc etc.They may also claim that the above reaction from the Anti-smackers validate the “Violence leads to violence” interpretation.

    I think our second and third case scenarios give a better answer.

    Another woman, on leaving yelled “YOU JUST WANT TO BEAT YOUR CHILDREN”. Tired of these false allegations I let her have it, I made sure I gave her everything and more, the same kind of misguided logic, a taste of her own medicine, I gave her my best and I enjoyed it. She was put in her place. I said, “Now look here Lady, I don’t know who you are but lets get your facts straight. You say all we want to do is beat our children, we can’t even beat the Rabbitohs”. The crowd roared with laughter.

    Then another woman had a crack at us, I will not repeat her flowery vocab, it was not pleasant. I was stunned, but then it happened. From the din of the crowd came a loud, drunken voice. It was heard by all. This man, even in his condition, summed up the situation better than Helen Clark on steroids. No one could argue with him and all agreed, he was right. This is what was said: “Now that’s a woman who was never hugged as a child”.

    We can’t even beat the Rabbitohs. Here is the problem, the reason for their character change, the reason for their nastiness. “The Warriors lost”. Their team of physical/violent men lost and were clearly not as physical/violent as the Rabbitohs. They turned their frustration on us, we became the victims, beaten with their lies we struggled on to keep up with the hordes willing to sign the petition.

    Now on a serious note, we had a wonderful time. However the more I see and hear the reactions, like the examples above, the more sorrow I feel for these folk. Sadly many have been deceived by those deliberate but mischievous arguments, many don’t understand the importance and the need for the parent to be the authority in the home.

    Unfortunately we don’t have the time to wait for these folk to wake up, we need to take positive action to regain our ground, the first step is to collect as many signatures as possible to force democratic process and change the direction our current leaders have chosen.

    Even if there is only one signature on a form it will be well received, we are close to entering our last week so…..

    LET’S BRING THIS PUPPY HOME

    Kind Regards,
    Craig Hill
    021746113
    http://www.unityforliberty.net.nz

    All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing” (Edmund Burke 1729-1797)