A new wave of JUSTICE. After 2.5 yrs of litigation concerning a prenup contract and 3 court hearings with my ex wife, I won my case and was left with a bill of $160K. To my dismay my child’s mother then sold her home and moved to another town against my wishes and without court […]
Archive of 2005
The Developing Gynecocracy.
The Institute spent its first five years based in New York City, under the Executive Directorship of Karen Berry, and the next five in New Zealand, benefiting from the leadership of former NZ Member of Parliament Marilyn J. Waring, who is likely to fill the role of reserve bank govenor in New Zealands developing gynocracy.
Fight for your Family.
Social service agencies wary of sharing CYFS workload
By Simon Collins NZ Herald Some social service agencies say they will refuse to “prostitute” themselves by taking part in a plan to farm out possibly around half the children notified to Child, Youth and Family Services (CYFS). The controversial plan, due to go before the new Parliament, is designed to help CYFS cope with […]
Evidence Bill hits spouse-beaters
By Simon Collins NZ Herald Men or women who beat their partners will find it much harder to escape prosecution under a proposed law that would accept victims’ statements to police as evidence, even if they later changed their minds. Chief District Court Judge Russell Johnson told a conference in Auckland yesterday that the Evidence […]
RNZ must say sorry to Ellis
NZ Herald Radio New Zealand has lost an appeal against a Broadcasting Standards Authority ruling that it apologise to convicted child molester Peter Ellis. Radio NZ had argued that an apology was a voluntary expression of contrition and to be ordered to say sorry, when it was not, amounted to dishonesty. The order for an […]
Fathers should get paid parental leave, say couple
By ANNA SAUNDERS The Dominion Post Legislation on paid parental leave discriminates against fathers, an Upper Hutt couple say. Melissa Tiraha, 21, and Aaron Mahony, 28, are expecting their first baby this month. Mr Mahony restores houses and Miss Tiraha works part-time and is also studying for a pre-police course at the New Zealand Institute […]
The Male Deficit.
No Female Police Commissioners
Knee-bouncing dad sparks CYFS Investigation
On Close-Up (TV ONE) last night Susan Wood introduced a story “that would scare any parent”, about a North Shore father accused of sexually abusing his daughter. An anonymous caller to the CYFS 0800 number claimed that he had been seen bouncing his three-year-old daughter up and down on his knee while reading her a […]
CYFS to contract out support services
Controversial government agency Child Youth and Family Service is to begin farming out much of its work to charities like Barnardos and Plunket. … Shannon Pakura, CYFS general manager service development, said the new model was the most significant change for the service in a decade. … The department had been struggling to deal with […]
The Hard Road to Reform.
Consultation on Domestic Violence Legislation
To: Union of Fathers CONSULTATION ON PROPOSALS TO IMPROVE EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LEGISLATION As part of its responsibility for administering the domestic violence legislation, the Ministry of Justice is working on identifying possible amendments to the legislation which would make its operation more efficient and effective. This project is not a review […]
Prostate testing advice to change
By DONNA CHISHOLM – Sunday Star-Times Advocates of prostate cancer testing believe the Health Ministry is about to change its controversial advice which discourages men from being screened unless they have symptoms. Wellington pathologist Professor Brett Delahunt, president-elect of the International Society of Urologic Pathologists, says he is optimistic the recommendations will change after lobbying […]
Am I Helping.
Why child support is failing.
For the Sake of Our Children Trust
Rankin to run big families campaign By Simon Collins An Auckland property developer has thrown a wildcard into the election with a multimillion-dollar campaign to turn social policy around to stop families breaking up. John Sax, chief executive of Southpark Corporation, has hired former Work and Income head Christine Rankin to set up For the […]
Statistics on NZ Fathers
Father Figures To acknowledge the positive role of fathers, Statistics New Zealand offers the following facts about fathers for Father’s Day on Sunday: A baby will be a Father’s Day present for an estimated 140 men this year. The average age of fathers of new babies is 33 years, but one in 100 babies has […]
Dads get positive messages on their chests
Dads are good – and it’s good to be a dad. That’s the message Nelson’s Philip Chapman is trying to get across, especially for Father’s Day. And what better way, he thought, than have T-shirts praising dads? So with the help of Mark Raffills, of Dry Crust Communications, Mr Chapman – a male health advocate […]
Dad about the house
JohnP: here’s a great male role model with some advice that I wholeheartedly endorse. Hamilton man Cameron Rowe writes about trading roles and becoming an at-home dad. Melanie had taken care of the kids for four years, but then a job came up she was interested in. We made a major change by deciding to […]
Men more intelligent than women, says academic
tonyf: Im kind of sceptical of this whole article, but for your information… By Sarah Cassidy Men are more likely to win Nobel prizes and achieve excellence simply because they are more intelligent than women , according to a controversial male academic. In a paper to be published in a leading research journal, one of […]
BREAKING NEWS: Dads On the Run
Review at The Wild Duck Passengers on a Modern Day Underground Railroad: Are They Deadbeats, or Freed Slaves? …fathers in both the US and Canada, bankrupted by the effort to obtain Equal Protection in Family Courts on both sides of the border, are accepting offers from a heretofore secretive organization helping these victims flee the […]