Our latest poll: you tell us! This poll we are doing something different. Rather than setting a specific topic, we’re turning it over to you. We invite you to tell us what’s important for your family right now, and any ideas you may have for future poll topics. Log in to The Couch and have […]

Father’s for Justice activists have climbed the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC today, dressing as Batman and Captain America and unfurling a banner reading ‘For the fathers of the nation: Fathers for Justice has arrived : www.F4JUSA.com’. Armed Capitol Police and the FBI quickly evacuated the memorial and arrested several ground crew and tourists as […]

UnitedFuture deputy leader Judy Turner says the Family Court Matters Bill just introduced to Parliament fails to address any of the major problems of the Family Court. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0708/S00311.htm (link? icon brings up a blank box)

Judges’ gowns are to make a comeback in the Family Court after its principal judge called for a change to help the court to be taken more seriously. Family Court judges and lawyers are currently forbidden by law from wearing either gowns or wigs “to prevent unnecessary formality”. Principal Judge Peter Boshier said he asked […]

The following comment was left by Paul Parmenter on the blog The World According to Bob, in response to Bob’s post advocating a nation of men. It’s one of the better outlines of the thinking behind MGTOW. Some serious thoughts here, Bob. But I have considerable doubts that a formally constituted Men’s Nation, or whatever […]

The Timaru Herald | Thursday, 16 August 2007 A five-year-old girl has been served a trespass notice banning her from two supermarkets for two years for stealing a $1.50 bag of lollies. The girl and her eight-year-old friend were caught shoplifting the sweets at Timaru’s Woolworths supermarket on Saturday afternoon. They were with an 18-year-old, […]

I see a lot of? intelligent young? NZ women? everyday. The majority are slim and attractive. Generally, they aren’t very feminine but many of them are very fine people. I live with 2 beautiful, intelligent, caring? women in their mid twenties. Yes I know — lucky me, but I am not telling you this to […]

The NZ Herald ran a story today indicating that Family Court custody rulings are primarily determined by who applies first (though it concedes mothers outnumber fathers on this basis). They’re asking for public experiences of the FC here.

This should be required reading: How to control adults by means of ‘children’s rights’ ? By Lynette Burrows

By GEOFF TAYLOR – Waikato Times | Saturday, 11 August 2007 Many parents believe they get the sharp end of our child support system and end up with a burden they struggle to sustain. Geoff Taylor reports. “She is my flesh and blood and I love her dearly,” says Lovich. “I do, however, have to […]

Retirement Commissioner Diana Crossan agrees women should educate themselves and start saving for retirement. “A man is not a financial plan,” she says. Auckland University economics lecturer Susan St John says linking a tax credit only to paid work cheapens the importance of caregiving. “Once you start to reward work and tie saving incentives to […]

Sent from a NZ father via Jim Bagnall In the past Marriage Guidance Counselors have supported me but this has had no effect on the Court. I now have a new two year old relationship. Things are working now how they are meant to be and things are falling into place. The public needs to […]

The following comments were left recently on a private message-board. I have the author’s permission to post it here, though he has asked to remain anonymous. There are some small and obvious changes I had to make to honour his wish. Another poster at this message-board has said he believed an MRA organization could be […]

A woman who killed her lover’s baby convinced him of her innocence for two years after the act, a Sydney judge has been told. Even after admitting the crime to police, the woman tried to implicate a stranger she met by chance in prison, according to a statement of agreed facts tendered in the NSW […]

Even someone who was with CYFS is aware of what the key problem is: “In a 20-year career mostly with Child, Youth and Family Services (CYFS), Mr Waru sees that the key problem in most troubled families is an absent father – either physically separated or “present but absent” because he simply doesn’t know how […]

Who’s up for a little civil disobediance? Two motorists stopped traffic on 2 lanes of the Harbour Bridge for 3 minutes in protest at the lack of action on child abuse. Perhaps we should do the same thing but as a protest at the lack of reporting and acknowledgement: (a) that biological father absence is […]

from ABC. Children as young as 10 in custody The report says there are hundreds of children under the age of 13 in custody. But the report also shows the younger someone is put in custody the more likely they are to reoffend.

Glen Sacks provides us insight into the irony of this topical story in the USA. Highlights include: Miller’s actions read like a checklist of what heterosexual women do to the fathers of their children: 1) Move the child far way from the child’s noncustodial parent after the divorce or separation–check. 2) Deny the noncustodial parent […]

Men who have been sexually active with someone who they are not married to can voluntarily register. If they do, they will be notified if the potential child is being put up for adoption or if the mother is looking to terminate the father’s parental rights. The full story is here

FEATURE: Nation’s single fathers are not getting enough help By Loa Iok-sin STAFF REPORTER Wednesday, Aug 08, 2007, Page 4 For many single fathers, “Happy Fathers’ Day” is a wish rather than a reality, as the social resources that could help to alleviate the economic and psychological pressures they face every day are unavailable to […]

I’ve just listened to a [sorry, this item is no longer available from radionz – Admin] http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/aft/aft-20070807-1607-The_Panel_part_1-064.mpx podcast of Dr Vivian Roberts talking about child abuse to Jim Moira on ‘The Panel’, broadcast on National Radio, Wednesday 8th August. Viv is a general practitioner in Hawkes Bay and a Fathers Coalition representative. He claims, very […]

The BBC reported that “A Romanian man sets himself on fire in Bucharest in a desperate bid to get custody of his son who is living in Spain.” They showed a picture here. Unfortunety it doesn’t give us any more information. “Get custody” may in reality mean; to have a meaningful relationship.? The average wage […]

I have just been graciously allowed the privilege to post to this web site. I have been thinking of several topical things I could post about but dismissed each one as being rather tangential. Then I discovered that the Labour party backed by the Greens is once again slipping in yet more regulation designed to […]

Last night I watched the first few minutes of the American TV drama ‘Nip/Tuck’. I watch the beginnings of these dramas because I am fascinated by the increasing weirdness of the plots, and also because they seem to be a reliable indicator of what the public currently wants to see. I could continue about the […]

I am just putting this out there so others get a feel for what is going on and for the lesson that I have learnt and the support and how to get it and how you will not get it. As we all know NZ is a small country and when you are considering moving […]