Tag: Poll
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What should happen with the smacking legislation now?
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ Readers’ Poll Put in your vote What should happen with the smacking legislation now? Leave it as it is Clarify the guidelines Scrap it Final Results: Leave it as it is: 781 (14%) Clarify the guidelines: 1668 (30%) Scrap it: 3022 (55%) Total Votes: 5471 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10592900&pnum=0
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Waikato people smack law down
Waikato people smack law down By BRUCE HOLLOWAY – Waikato Times http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/2709896/Waikato-people-smack-law-down Waikato residents have given overwhelming support to allowing parents to smack their children. Some 92 per cent of Waikato people who plan to vote in the current postal referendum voting papers went out yesterday are against smacking of children being a criminal offence,…
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Of those planning to vote, an overwhelming 85.4 percent said they would vote “no” to the question: “Should a smack as part of good parental correction be a criminal offence in New Zealand?”
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2673872/Fewer-parents-smack-today-than-in-past-poll Fewer parents smack today than in past – poll Last updated 09:44 25/07/2009 Fewer New Zealand parents smack their children today than in past decades, according to results of a poll released today. A non-binding citizens-initiated referendum on whether smacking should remain a criminal offence is due to held from next Friday to August…
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FAMILY FIRST NZ – Massive support for law change
Press Release from Family First NZ We thought you’d be interested in our (Family First NZ) latest Media Release. Feel free to forward it on to your local MP and others on your Contacts list. PS If you support the work and ‘voice’ of Family First NZ and would be willing to contribute towards the…
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Family First – Poll reveals backlash over smacking law
From Family First e-newsletter. To subscribe to this newsletter send an email to: admin@familyfirst.org.nz 1. Poll reveals backlash over smacking law The anti-smacking law is still enormously unpopular, a Herald election survey has found LISTEN Bob McCoskrie on National Radio The Panel discussing the latest poll results and the continued opposition to the law(starts at…
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Parents Reject Anti-Smacking Bill
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0808/S00017.htm Parents Reject Anti-Smacking Bill Saturday, 2 August 2008, 4:07 pm Press Release: Family First MEDIA RELEASE 87% Of Parents of Young Children Reject Anti-Smacking Bill Family First NZ says that the Littlies website poll which found that 87% of parents of young children don’t think the anti-smacking law is effective is confirmation that NZ’ers…
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Muriel Newman: Moral Neutrality
h ttp://www.nzcpr.com/weekly139.htm Parliament 20 July 2008 Moral Neutrality Earlier this month Britain’s culture of “moral neutrality” came under attack. In a speech in Glasgow, Conservative Party Leader Rt Hon David Cameron said that the obese, drug addicts and the poor have no-one to blame but themselves. He defined moral neutrality as the refusal to make…
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Muriel Newman: Rich Country – Poor Families
http://www.nzcpr.com/weekly25.htm 1 April 06 Rich Country – Poor Families In a sense, New Zealand is one of the richest countries on earth. We have a great climate, beautiful countryside, and a more leisurely pace of life. Our people are friendly, hard working and caring. We are close to each other in a way that comes…