Tag: Schools
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Persecution of Parents To Be Investigated by National
MEDIA RELEASE 5 November 2008 Persecution of Parents To Be Investigated by National Family First NZ is welcoming comments by senior National MP Judith Collins that if elected, National will check whether the anti-smacking law has resulted in needless prosecutions and persecution of parents. “We have stacks of evidence and testimony that good families have…
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Police ‘Taxi Service’ for Truant Sets Dangerous Precedent
Original article: http://www.stuff.co.nz/4642055a11.html MEDIA RELEASE August 2008 Police ‘Taxi Service’ for Truant Sets Dangerous Precedent Family First NZ says that a dangerous precedent is being set by the police by taxiing a truanting 14 year old to school every morning, and fails to deal with the underlying problems. “The causes of truancy are predominantly a…
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Greens Decide Parents Should Now Be Listened To
MEDIA RELEASE 23 July 2008 Greens Decide Parents Should Now Be Listened To Family First NZ says it is highly ironic, and hypocritical, for the Greens to be demanding that the government listen to the concerns of parents worried about the health risks of locating huge telecommunications tower masts next to pre-schools and schools. Green…
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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…