LONDON, October 9, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The largest UK teachers’ union wants the government to decriminalise sex with students who are over the legal age of consent. Chris Keates, the general secretary of the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT), said that teachers who have sex with pupils over the age of […]

My name is Elizabeth Herd. I have a Myspace page titled Sean’s Voice. This page is in honor of my sweet grandson, Sean Michael Sowards who was tortured, abused and neglected leading to his murder by his own mother when he was just two and half years old. It was in June of 2007 (just […]

I need help. Please help! I made phone calls today as I always do now and then to groups. But groups seem independent IMO. I find it really hard to find groups that are anti male and yet we follow an ideology. Is this ideology just a political thing? I am serious! Maybe I didn’t […]

Reality of Battle Hits Home Events over the past weekend have reminded me of just how important it is to speak up on family issues. Last Saturday night, four women dressed in black came to our family home in South Auckland and placed almost 1,000 plastic knives into our front lawn. They also taped an […]

There has been one thing in particular that has stayed in my mind for the time I have known about men’s plight in New Zealand. It was told to me when I confronted some leaders of a well to do group in Auckland and argued that I think boys should be allowed to climb trees […]

In a stunning turnaround, Green MP Sue Bradford has told parents that smacking is not a criminal offence and implied that groups like Barnardos, Plunket, Every Child Counts and politicians who have said that the aim of the law was to ban parents physically punishing their children are misleading the public. In a media release […]

It’s no mistery that the $$ from late payment penalties do not go to custodial parant, but, where does it go? This is an enlightening article… http://www.stuff.co.nz/4714075a11.html

While NZ judges and police refuse to prosecute perjurous complainants, then men (and a few women too) are open to deliberate abuse, through calculated abuse of caught process. If the judges pay lip service to enforcing these laws, but steadfastly refuse to act, then it is left to men to protect themselves from this deliberate […]

The following news release from the Labour government minister of health inspired me to make the following points: 1. It is good to see the government take some notice of men’s health needs. Without MENZ and the political action of many of those who contribute here, that almost certainly would not have happened. Well done […]

John Key article Labour Party has been quick to criticise John Key of being in a conflict of interest situation. John Key has admitted making a mistake, but denied using his parliamentary position for personal profit. It is interesting that Labour claims to take conflicts of interest seriously. Several conflicts of interest that harm families […]

G’day again men of MENZ Issues… it’s good to be back and sharing again.   I have been counselling men for nearly 10 years now, and whilst every one of their stories has differed, one constant remains… the way that their father handled their heart as a boy has shaped their life as a man. Masculinity is […]

Third of women still believe they don’t have equal rights… http://www.stuff.co.nz/4697514a19716.html

Every year too many Kiwi men’s lives are claimed by medical conditions and diseases that could have been diagnosed and treated effectively had they been caught earlier. Many of them could be saved. And that’s why, in November this year, Rick Martin of Cornerstone Group is going to go for the ride of his life […]

Thursday 11 September 2008 More than 40 of Britain’s leading male artists have united in the fight against prostate cancer, donating their works for the Everyman Men Only exhibition to be held at Liberty in London from 8 to 11 September. Artists Damien Hirst, Sir Peter Blake, Rankin, Patrick Hughes and Martin Parr are among […]

One could ask: What right does someone with a few years experience have to judge a movement? What knowledge could someone provide who hasn’t lived through the days of the 1st feminist wave or the 2nd feminist wave? There are a range of answers that can show a person who has little actual ‘in the […]

Hi All I thought everyone might be interested to read this discussion I have had with a United future staff member. Any comments?

This meeting is being held to hear men’s views and men’s needs around domestic violence so to start a men’s refuge. Held by: Eastern women’s refuge Place: Marae at MIT University, Otara. (MIT = Manukau Institute of Technology) Map Date: 26th September (confirmation to be double checked) Phone: Eastern Women’s refuge on 833 9653 I […]

I found this article while trolling (gosh I like that word) some men sites which had me questioning how NZ works. BTW, Glenn Sacks is a wonderful advocate for men’s rights. The article was written to describe a DV conference and this is part of the article.

I have just sent the following email to Murrays Bay Intermediate. Hi Colin,   We have received a complaint from one of our members that you allowed a pupil to be withdrawn from your school without contacting his father who is of course a legal guardian. Education is a guardianship issue and a school ought […]

Actually,  Scrap,  you have your facts wrong. UnitedFuture policy is clear and on the website at www.unitedfuture.org.nz.  It would not keep the MWA as it is at all. UnitedFuture would rename and refocus the MWA and split it, between a work programme to look at issues pertaining to women and an equal work programme to […]

Rumour from the  corridors of Parliament is  that United Failure is promoting a Ministry of Gender Affairs.  There is a proviso however the Ministry of Women’s affairs remains sacrosanct and will continue to promote single issue feminism. Let’s look at what this will mean for Men. Given the track record of the Femilies Commissariat, that other United […]

Having spent the last six years battling the Family Court I have come to the conclusion that what we need is a well resourced organisation to fight for fathers. I have begun work on a website called www.fathers4justice.org.nz and I want to set up an incorporated society as the organisation. I need a minimum of […]

This is an excerpt from a poem I wrote last year at about this time…   MY FATHERS DAY   There was a time in my life A small selfish part of me I couldn’t imagine being called dad I would cringe, turn and flee

Checkput this Youtube video: “letter to my first seed” 6 pound(artist) he is a tongan rapper, but wait dont get put off, some dads who have visited this site will totally understand this song. …….have a gr8 daddy’s day

About 5 years ago, I requested a copy of the Family Court Judge’s Benchbook, under the Official Information Act. The kind young man in Justice Department that I spoke to said he couldn’t see any difficulty, but he would double check with the Principal Family Caught Judge, Judge Mahony. (I offered that as it is […]