Sunday March 13, 2005 The Observer There is never going to be such a thing as ‘a good divorce’ but Suzanne, a 39-year old from East Anglia, reckons hers was ‘probably as good as it gets’. Her decree nisi arrived two weeks ago and her main feelings were of relief and sadness in equal measures. […]

Here are some photos from the first day of Convoy 2005 – taken at the Albany Mega Centre last Saturday. The convoy is on its way to Lower Hutt this morning, and there will be a demonstration at Parliament at 1.00pm Friday.

After 20 years of turning a blind eye to women blatantly ignoring Family Court orders, a father taking the same action has attracted the immediate attention of Judge Peter Boshier. In a February 1st speech to the Retired Police Members Club he said: “The much-publicised Jelicich case has recently focused public attention on a recurrent […]

Heather Henare has been appointed as the new chief executive of the National Collective of Independent Women’s Refuges. Ms Henare, 46, has worked throughout her career to eliminate violence towards women and children, most recently as chief executive for Child Abuse Prevention Services (CAPS). She is a qualified social worker and has held positions in […]

Press Release: United Future NZ Party Men facing prostate cancer are strangely absent from the Government’s new cancer initiative despite it claiming 500 lives a year, United Future MP and Men’s Advocacy Network facilitator Marc Alexander said today. “Its all very well to fork out $13.2 million for breast screen age extension and $2.2 million […]

Men’s Convoy 2005 :

De facto couples are in legal limbo after a parliamentary committee backed down on plans to give them the same legal status as couples who marry or enter a civil union. The chairman of the select committee dealing with the Relationships Statutory References Bill, Tim Barnett, acknowledged that de facto relationships would generally lack the […]

Aloha John…great site!!! …just a quick question, ever wondered why so few dads are granted joint custody, much less sole? it’s really no mystery…makes perfect sense. I want to invite your readers to my website, www.imadadmom.com … a 52 chapter how-to book on singleparenting specifically for dads. It’s the first ever book of such detail […]

There is some heated discussion regarding Celia Lashlie’s article about raising good men over on Trish Wilson’s blog (in the comments from March 1). One contributor, NYMOM writes: “Women in western society have finally, finally gotten to the point, over the last 30/40 years or so, where they can actually DO something on their own, […]

If adolescent boys could tell their mothers one thing, what would it be? Chill out and stop asking so many questions, says Celia Lashlie. Boys want their mothers to understand they know she’s there, that she cares and that they will talk to her if something big happens in their lives, but they also need […]

Lawyer Vivienne Crawshaw wrote recently about a case of parental alienation. She suggests that the NZ Family Court is well aware of this process and is equipped to deal with it. [Hamish’s] mother Justine, was embroiled in a custody dispute with his father. Brian, his father, was not applying for full custody; his application was […]

Child Support Rip Offs Family Court Fiasco Prostate Posturing Educational Bias No Men’s Ministry… Men Don’t Like This ! ! ! Join the second Men’s Convoy, and take the message about redressing the balance of family dysfunction to the streets and Parliament. Convoy starts Auckland Saturday 5th March 2005 at 1:00 pm and concludes at […]

Stephen Jelicich, speaking publicly for the first time since coming out of hiding with baby Caitlin, said the role of the Family Court in determining parental custody was too important to be shrouded in secrecy. “I have absolutely no doubt the Family Court needs transparency because they do seem to be a law unto themselves. […]

from Neman Online Helen Clark’s call to get mothers out of the kitchen and back into the workplace failed to strike an empathetic note. As commentators were quick to point out, it had the ring of a communist clarion call. Socialists, of course, firmly believe that a woman’s place is at work and not in […]

A High Court judgment has exposed a bitter custody battle in which a woman’s false allegations of sex abuse took two years to disprove because of incompetence on the part of social services. The injustice suffered by the father was compounded when a costs award in his favour was reduced by the High Court following […]

The document below was released under the OIA. Please note that the lack of consultation with stakeholders as seen in the document. Inland Revenue National Office Freyberg BuildingAitken Street PO Box 2198 Wellington New Zealand Telephone 04-472 1032 Facsimile 04-474 7217 POLICY ADVICE DIVISION 18 August 2004 Associate Minister of Revenue (Hon David Cunliffe) cc: […]

Kia ora Folks I had a notable success in the Dunedin Family Court [recently] with the help of the precedents provided on your website. I am a self representing litigant. Three years ago after my children and I sought help from the “domestic” violence we were enduring from their mother I was taken from our […]

I am currently in Family Court proceedings, Wellington for Protection Oder and Custody proceedings. I have had some supervised access to the Family Friend, Johnsonville last year. During Court proceedings the Access Supervisor stated that no one in 18 years has had supervised access at the Family Friend suspended. Has anyone experienced suspension of access […]

It seem that New Zealand is following UK in this new syndrome. CYFS has already win a landmark decision concerning this from Judge Ellis in the Family Court in July 2004 in Wellington. The new syndrome was started by Dr Danya Glaser from the UK. She has stated in her reports that over 50% of […]

My name is Gérard Cassina and I’m a retired French schoolteacher with a degree in English, which I took long ago so please excuse any awkward sentences I could have written. I’ve been delighted reading [the articles at MENZ.org.nz] and I write to you hoping to be useful. My proposition can be shortened in a […]

Waiting in my inbox when I returned from summer holidays was a letter from Martin Lewis, founding editor of MENZ Issues. “Hi John I was googling my name to see if something I had written had a reference on the net when the MENZ Issues archives came up. Interesting to revisit them. Also good to […]

Well, I headed off up North for a couple of weeks disconected fron the internet just as the biggest mainstream media news story about fathers and the Family Court in months was breaking, and returned to find our most active discussion to date. The UK based group Parents For Protest have a comprehensive collection of […]

Am I the Father? Paternity Testing Advice in New Zealand — This is potentially very important to you! It is the right of every child to know for sure who its true father is. It is just as important for fathers to know who their true children are. Yet there is a very high likelihood […]

Violence Against Women And Role Of Media By Kamala Sarup Media had still not played effective roles in minimizing domestic violence against women even, media can play a lead role in the society’s fight against violence against women. As media is the eye, ear and limbs of the society they could help a great deal […]

An Auckland father at the centre of an international custody dispute has told his family he is hiding with his 5-month-old daughter because of an “unfair” court decision to award custody to her mother. Police yesterday appealed for 39-year-old Stephen Paul Jelicich to contact them and hand over baby Caitlin, following a request by Interpol. […]