Anti-Smacking Law Tragic Failure as Child Abuse Death Rate Continues
Family First NZ says that the announcement of the death of three-year-old Auckland toddler Dylan Rimoni being treated as a homicide means that the rate of child abuse deaths has continued at the same rate as before the flawed anti-smacking law.
“While good families are being investigated and thrown under suspicion because of the extremist anti-smacking law pushed by the Prime Minister and Sue Bradford, child abuse has continued at the same rate and the same old underlying issues of drug and alcohol abuse and family breakdown and dysfunction continue to be ignored,”ť says Bob McCoskrie, National Director of Family First NZ.
“Before Bradford’s anti-smacking law was passed, there were an average of 7 child abuse deaths per year since 2000. Since the law change less than a year ago, there has already been another seven.”ť
They include:
- Remuera 16 month old Sachin Dhani June 2007
- a 28-year-old woman charged with murdering a newborn baby found dead in the backyard of a Te Mome Road property in Alicetown June 2007
- Tokoroa 22-month-old Tyla-Maree Darryl Flynn June 2007
- Rotorua 3 year old Nia Glassie July 2007
- Manurewa ten-month-old Jyniah Mary Te Awa September 2007
- Otahuhu two-month-old Tahani Mahomed December 2007
They don’t include Wanganui toddler Jhia Te Tua shot dead in an alleged gang-related drive-by shooting in the month the bill was passed (May 2007)
“Opponents to Bradford’s anti-smacking law, which included many Plunket, CYF and Barnardos frontline social workers, have been proved right. The law has done nothing to protect at-risk children or to strengthen at-risk families. It has simply made victims of good parents raising good kids.”
“That’s why the petition demanding a referendum which only required 285,000 signatures was presented last month with over 330,000 signatures. NZ’ers are sick of our leaders “fluffing” around the real issues of child abuse,”ť says Mr McCoskrie.
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Countries which do not meddle in family matters like Italy, seem to have better happier families, these Idiot NZ policians just want to wield power in as many places as they can. INTRUSIVE !
Comment by Martin Swash — Tue 22nd April 2008 @ 10:14 pm
I am told that NZ politicians pass more legislation each year than any other western democracy. However I’m doubtful that Italy have none. Prof Bill Atkins lists them as having significant Family Law legislation in his International Review of Family Law.
Comment by Allan Harvey — Tue 22nd April 2008 @ 11:19 pm
The divorce rate for Italian couples in 2000 was only 13.7 per 100 marriages in 2000, similar to that of Ireland, but far below that of Belgium, 59.9 per 100, and Britain, 50.5 per 100 !
Most divorces in Italy take 4-5 years ! This is all due to the strong influence of the Roman Catholic church. When you go there , you just feel that families are more important and the woman have less incentive to break up families and automatically expect DPB from the state.
Comment by Martin Swash — Wed 23rd April 2008 @ 12:08 am
We already had the results of the social experiment of banning corporal punishment in schools. Far from supporting the claim that “stopping the modelling of violence” would lead to a reduction in violent behaviour, the results of this experiment are that teaching has become a physically unsafe occupation. Bullying, youth violence, alcohol and drug abuse, disrespect for authority and for others in society have all increased steadily since the introduction of the experiment. Schools suspend and expell students at many times the rate that they ever used to. The violence in alienating a child from his or her social group and from socially normal developmental processes far exceeds the violence in a few stinging whacks across the legs, a punishment that previously was sufficient to keep most badly behaved kids in the fold.
The outcome of the Bradford’s social experiment will be similar in nature but far worse in degree.
Comment by Hans Laven — Thu 24th April 2008 @ 3:53 pm
There is absolutely no Justice in New Zealand. The Family Court is a law unto itself. Yes the staff smile now. Their resources are used to destroy good families
while dysfunctional families are ignored. Where rape and abuse agaist women occur like in the gangs and brothels they do not venture there( same for womens refuge).
A stressed woman phone a governemnt agency about help with her family worries and then Womens Refuge steps in threatning her with removal of children if she did not follow them to their hideout. If not strong the woman goes, protection orders follow then a family is destroyed. The abuse sustained by the children is beyond belief. They get barred from their dad for months. Dads(mothers?) will be submitted to humiliating supervison contact with the children. If you paye for your humiliation the court will regard it as a good gesture because they know they have broken you.
Comment by alma — Fri 25th April 2008 @ 5:43 pm
that is wrong doing that stuff the crimnals should be put bihind bars.
thay need to lern there leson.it is not right…
Comment by michael — Wed 7th May 2008 @ 10:33 am
As a recent immigrant to NZ, I’m screaming ‘get me out of here!’ This country is unbelievable.
I am totally against any form of child abuse. I think anyone in their right mind would be. However, only in NZ(and probably the US) have i heard of so many innocent families being falsely accused of child abuse. My family is currently going through it and it makes me doubt every single report we have on child abuse in the media. I have learnt that the police are fully capable of making completely false statements in the media and the family will not stand a chance in the public’s eyes. As for court, I’ve just learnt that that is just an excuse for the Crown to waste resources and people’s time. There is no justice in NZ.
Do DSAC doctors actually have blood running through their veins? That bunch of doctors is any innocent parent’s worst nightmare.
It seems so easy for a doctor with a couple of abbreviations behind their name to think they can talk whatever crap they want and completely destroy an innocent families lives.
Comment by Maggie — Fri 16th May 2008 @ 8:51 pm