Comments on: Family Friend - Supervised Access

By: Al D Rado

Al D Rado — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 01:21:01 +0000

Yes - I have extensive dealings with FF in J’ville.
Email me for more info

By: alfred ratima

alfred ratima — Sun, 05 Jun 2005 08:46:28 +0000

yes the family friend in johnsonville is a very good place the lady who runs the place is good i know.

By: William-John Newton

William-John Newton — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 19:28:22 +0000

I support your organisation, i think it will be a could call to establish a group for Maori men , who are probably the equivalent for Aotearoa as the Black American man is to US, a persecuted gender. Maori men (stereotypical Jake Heke from Once were warriors) can be found in jails, negative health statistics, and are the victims of nazi-feminism which has infiltrated Maori culture. I support balance, however one does not need to be a rocket scientist to work out that ‘wahine-toa’ continue to trumpet their unbridled power (access to government funds) while Maori men continue to remain silent. We also see the press promoting this white-feminist discourse with Dame Silvia’s expert comments that women should have a say at Powhiri; the funny things is that they always have had a voice and they always will. Maori mens voices are conspicuous for their silence (apparently it is only in the traditional powhiri that Maori men get to have a say), one only has to look in the yellow pages to see all the organisations established to support Maori women, where is the equivalent for Maori men I ask? Kore

By: doi

doi — Sun, 13 Feb 2005 01:34:41 +0000

I have energy for this.I’m studying law at Otago now, and seem to have a grasp of what it takes,… thats a scary thought :<). Doi

By: Tatau Rameka

Tatau Rameka — Sat, 12 Feb 2005 21:59:17 +0000

I support the idea for a legal mens lobbying group.
Keep up the good work

By: doi

doi — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 20:31:42 +0000

I am two and a half years into a complaints process against the fascist Barnardos NZ organisation. The Privacy commissioner is even being given the runaround by B’s because they are frightened to release the papers which prove the perjury of B’s employees. For example I have the written confirmation that our family time (access) was permanently halted because I said to my daughter ” I live you” and because I said “thats a nice train set over there” hows that :<)
After enduring the abusive “supervised access” with periods of seperation for up to six months, three years later I now have my youngest children for 10 nights a month including an overnight each and every week.
We will succeed by maintaining our integrity and retaining our sense of humour. Any/all information willingly shared. Cheers, Doi

By: Peter Burns

Peter Burns — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 02:46:26 +0000

Yes I can help. The court has granted the supervisor PRIVALAGE of the last two wonderful access occasions to my good friend and PARTNER Lorral E. It is much better on my daughters as they have been through a incredibly traumatic ordeal of supervised access at Barnardos & then Forensic Maximum Security Ward -Sunnyside etc . My children certainly have enjoyed their third & fourth visit as they got to see their elder brothers for the first time in 4 years. Unfortunately the ex and her family put the knife into me the next day and we are back to square one. I am nearly dead as parental alienation is serious to my health.However you are free to quote the ongoing saga of mine in the family court to anybody who cares.It is case - BurnsVKiddey Fam2003-009-0001936. My four children are very happy that the family court allowed this to happen. Thank you. Please feel to contact me and Lorral,my mother, my twin sons, and my humble self will write you affidavits to present to judge . Having friendly people supervising access is much better than security guards. By the way I have 6 sets of protection orders protecting my ex, the in laws, the sister & brother inlaw and what makes me cry when I write this is that my children also have had the purid violence orders. I am not a violent 44 year NZ man check my record. I have had them around my neck since they hit me without warning July 2001. They hit as hard as the Twin Towers disaster. I hope this helps mate-take care dad4justice.

By: JohnP

JohnP — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 02:30:48 +0000

In my experience most Access Centres have an extensive printed list of rules.

They also have another set of unwritten rules which are the ones most likely to get you banned.

I have heard from dozens of fathers banned for various reasons (like “asking questions”). As this is obviously pretty totalitarian mind-control type of stuff when written in black and white - they don’t. Also, they’re probably worried it might be used in future human-rights proceedings!

I haven’t heard of the “Family Friend” centre, I’m sorry.

With regard to a possible booklet, my feeling is that the situation in the NZ Family Court is currently undergoing significant change, and that the best sources of up-to-date information are fathers’ organisations and support groups, in addition to websites like this one.