I am offering support to Commodore Keat. This man served his country for almost 40 years. His only crime was not to tell his superiors about a private relationship he had with a civilian subordinate and not ending it. Well whip-d-do-dang.

The Ministry of Men’s Affairs is a community group because successive governments have ignored the voice and welfare of NZ men. Each Saturday in October a few of us have been pounding the pavements in different cities to raise awareness of men’s issues and to encourage people to wear a black ribbon rather than supporting […]

Full Story Figures released exclusively to the Sunday Star-Times by Police Minister Anne Tolley showed in the year ending June 30, police investigated 89,947 family violence cases – 3225 more than in 2011. Yet of those, only 39,716 investigations resulted in offences being recorded. This was down on the previous year’s figure of 40,024. So […]

Above is a bit of humour. Now read this story. midtown Manhattan, said police, who were called to the scene after a guard noticed a strong odour coming from one of the bags.

MoMA has been encouraging study and consideration of media reporting of situations involving men and fathers, both about the underlying situations and the way that media manipulated these stories. This individual case study approach is very illustrative of the ups and downs, but may miss out on seeing the bulk of the wider picture. For […]

she says it all.. https://www.embooks.com/blog/single/broken-families-broken-britain

Oooh, Shock Horror, How Exciting, A Scandal! Auckland’s newly elected Mayor Len Brown confirms allegations made on the WhaleOil blog site that he participated in a 2-year extramarital affair with a younger woman who served on a council advisory board. This revelation immediately became the top news story around the country. But how silly it […]

The research, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, showed the Metropolitan Police detained the highest number of children aged 17 and under for both years, with 14,370 in 2010 and 13,860 in 2011. This is an interesting article looking at the number of children held in overnight custody in the London Metroloitan Police Area.

NEED BETTER WORK STORIES? [The link above takes you to the front page, which presently contains this story. After a week, you will then need to look down the front page, or search for the title “Need better work stories”.] 8 October 2013 A 7-day trial in the Auckland High Court begins Monday, 14 October, […]

The world economy is like a chess game, but not one between two players who take turnabout. Each piece on the board has its own mind, plays its own game, may move when it wants, and the game progresses in a sometimes unpredictable manner. The five days referred to above is when the US could […]

So in how many of these cases is sentencing determined by what Women’s Refuge have to say. Women’s Refuge chief executive Heather Henare said the case had brought the organisation into disrepute but it was not the sentence or reparation figure they were concerned with. “What we want to achieve is for Kathy to get […]

Judge Javier Albar ruled a driving school was within its rights to charge female drivers a higher rate than men on a course of driving lessons. The Zaragoza driving school was initially fined [Euro]4000 for sexual discrimination, but Albar overturned the ruling when the school appealed and presented research to prove its claims that men […]

Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not trying to advertise this because I think it is a good idea. Any covert operators looking for the inside running. Wonder who the special guests might be.

Full Story As far as a San Jose appeals court is concerned, parents don’t need to spare the rod with their children. The court has ruled that using a wooden spoon for a spanking that causes serious bruising should not necessarily translate into a finding of child abuse. In a ruling designed to establish legal […]

Story Here A man in Texas apparently wanted to party with his friends so badly he staged his own kidnapping so his wife wouldn’t give him a hard time about leaving the house. Now he faces criminal charges and, likely, an even angrier wife. Oh dear… Andaverde was charged with making a false report to […]

The Non-Voluntary Loss of Post-Separation Maternal Time Department of Sociology Summer Scholarship Project Project Supervisor Senior Lecturer Vivienne Elizabeth

Philip Chapman is the director of the Male Room in Nelson, which provides temporary, single-night accomodation for men who have been removed from their homes under five-day police safety orders. Sergeant John Maxwell is the Family Violence Intervention co-ordinator for the Nelson Police. Interviewed today on Nine To Noon, Tuesday 8 October 2013

The latest mortality data highlights the difference in mortality rates between the sexes, with 461.9 deaths per 100,000 males compare to 330.2 deaths per 100,000 females. Men are up to twice as likely to die from preventable illnesses like heart disease and diabetes. Men are three times as likely to die in a car crash […]

Look-out, look-out, another Feminist-Male looking for a medal. As far as I can see no-one has invented a Feminist-Male medal yet. I think they should be viewed as the pirates of society. I nominate the first candidate as Peter Dunne. If you have a candidate for the Feminist-Male medal nominate them in a comment below.

First Story The victim was female, the two offenders were female and the Judge was female – but the show is far from ladylike.

This case has same flavour as the recent $100,000 Women’s Refuge theft case. I asked the question then how often these situations had been processed through the Axminster system (swept under the carpet) rather than the court system.

White Fibbin’ supporters often defend their campaign by asserting they have a right to focus on the particular issue of protecting women from male violence, and if other people wish to focus on other forms of violence they are welcome to do so. Another justification offered is that it is a campaign started by men […]

We don’t see many Family Court cases reported on – every male needs to read this one. There are some hard lessons for the boys here within the realm of no fault divorce. http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/money/9249179/Woman-wins-70-of-assets-in-divorce If anyone finds a link to the actual judgement can you please add the link in a comment.

The Ministry of Menz Affairs Black Ribbon Campaign today in Red Square, Tauranga received a surprising amount of positive encouragement and support from Saturday shoppers and cruising teenagers. Busking added to the event stimulating interest and goodwill and included nursery rhymes for families who stopped on their way past. A number of people spoken to […]