Auckland’s domestic violence victim support agency wants a national register of the most violent offenders to be set up so new partners can be warned about dangerous men. Preventing Violence in the Home director Jane Drumm told a child abuse conference in Manukau yesterday that the safety of women and children should override the privacy […]

My letter today to the “Get Organized” Campaign. I will direct the letter to all of the sponsors of this campaign. “While I congratulate your efforts to reduce domestic violence, I note that your information entitled “The Numbers” is biased and sexist. You give information about how many women are killed by their (ex) partners […]

FYI, my other email today: Dear Morning Report Team Your article this morning entitled “Campaign to Legalize Prostitution in the UK” was disappointing. The interviewer blithely accepted everything the interviewees claimed and treated an important issue as if covering a light-hearted school play. When interviewee “Shirley” referred to a Nevada brothel she had visited as […]

FYI, my email today to the Auckland Women’s Health Council: Dear Auckland Women’s Health Council Your representative Linda Williams stated today in an interview on “Nine to Noon”, National Radio, that it would be “sexist” to immunize only girls against cervical cancer and that if girls were to be immunized then so should boys because […]

FYI, my email to ALAC today. I also sent an email to National Radio expressing disappointment that in its interviews about all kinds of aspects of these ads, nothing was said about their glaring sexism. Dear ALAC, I am not bothered by the shocking nature of your latest television advertisements, and I commend your aims. […]

In 19th-century diplomatic Latin, the original sentence was in statu quo res erant ante bellum “in the state in which things were before the war”. This gave rise to the shorter form status quo ante bellum “the state in which (it was) before the war”, indicating the withdrawal of enemy troops and restoration of power […]

Media statement For immediate release Tuesday, 8 April 2008 The government is looking at ways of improving the child support scheme to make it more responsive to factors such as the complexities of shared care, the income levels of both parents and the costs of raising children, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne said today. “These are […]

FYI, below is my email to National Radio this morning regarding articles on Sunday morning news broadcasts covering the huge coolstore explosion and fire in Hamilton. I note that the Herald’s article on the web made it clear that all the injured were men and even repeatedly used the term “firemen”, but the Waikato Times […]

1 Co-leader and MP Jeanette Fitzsimons 2 Co-leader Russel Norman 3 MP Sue Bradford 4 MP Metira Turei 5 MP Sue Kedgley 6 MP Keith Locke From Sturff http://www.stuff.co.nz/4463361a6160.html

An interesting article on National Radio’s “Nine to Noon” today about dangers to tourists in Thailand. (The article will be available on internet for a week, but I have a copy if anyone is interested after that.) Following the murder of a Swedish woman on a beach in Phuket, the Thai Tourism Ministry is giving […]

Her…What did you say Dear, Winston’s going Grey? Him…No dear, I said he is in a state of slow decay! Her….Oh goodness gracious me. Him…Oh, do pay attention Dear, So I don’t have to repeat everything I say. Her…Did I hear you right Dear, Something about an erection coming up? Him…No dear, I said we […]

The second meeting of the Auckland Father and Child Trust committee is next Monday. It will be held at the Onehunga Community Centre, 83 Church Street, Onehunga. Any local fathers interested in helping develop or deliver services for dads are warmly welcomed. You won’t be expected to take on a huge workload, Coordinator Brendon Smith […]

While I was in Ireland I brought a few copies of this book. Which I am now happy to sell or ‘rent’. They cost me 19Euro each so I do need to get something back on them. If you want one send me an email. I think it is a pretty good book for guys […]

Should we be encouraging men and women to represent themselves in the familycaught? Surely, if we trusted the values and integrity of the “judges”, then legal workers wouldn’t be required at all? By emphasising their unpredictability and unreliability, “judges” put massive pressure on to parents, to be fleeced by their junour brethren, the legal workers […]

This is a Coup.  UnitedFuture’s Judy Turner managed to by-pass the normal members ballot (where it is very unlikely to ever get drawn) and got leave of the House to get her Private members Bill straight on the order paper to allow the family courts to order paternity testing on request of fathers and/or ‘fathers’. There […]

Five Australian men commit suicide each day compared to just one woman, according to an academic who says the nation urgently needs a national men’s health policy. Before the November election Health Minister Nicola Roxon announced a Labor government would develop a men’s health policy to complement the women’s policy created 20 years ago. Professor […]

Mayor Bob Harvey is refusing to swear in the winner of the New Lynn Community Board by-election because of the candidate’s previous conviction for domestic violence. Wayne Davis won the seat by being elected by the people. But Bob Harvey says “This city is running a campaign that says domestic violence is not Okay. So […]

I’m a 45 year old, white male, well educated and (my opinion only and reading on, I have no doubt many of you will question this claim) of above average intelligence. I run my own custom audio/visual integration business (TV’s, stereos, etc), I’m far too busy and incredibly dis-organised as a result. My wife of […]

National MP Judith Collins is at it again sweeping up further hatred towards men by using the derogatory term “deadbeat dads”, conveniently failing to mention that liable mothers are at least as likely as fathers to default on paying child support. She based her latest male-bashing bigotry on one alleged case the details of which […]

Hi John, This person is doing research on step-parenting . She needs men to take part. Unfortunately she has nearly all women at present which is not good, as , given the Family Court, most step-parenting is done by men (where they live in the same house). Could you publicise this in some way that […]

In December 2007 the Families Commission issued a Request For Proposal titled: “Research on contact, care and financial arrangements made by separated parents for their children”. [14th March edit by JohnP – at the request of Paul Curry from the Families Commission this info is updated below:] Families Commission Research into Child Support Arrangements: The […]

Myth: Single-mother-headed households are not detrimental to children. Truth: Single-mother-headed households are the most dangerous place a child can be. Proof: The US Office of Technology Assessment (1987): “The increase in the number of mother-headed households and the corresponding decrease in father-headed households paralleled a 158% increase in child abuse and neglect in the 8 […]

From July 1 all parents paying or receiving child support will have their payments adjusted according to a formula based on the cost of raising children. As part of the changes to child support, the agency has beefed up compliance rules. Parents who are not paying will face having payments such as unemployment and disability […]

West Virginians could soon face criminal charges for falsely reporting child abuse or neglect to influence a custody case. The House of Delegates voted 85-13 Wednesday to send the Senate a measure that would also slap any parent making a false report with a $1,000 fine or paying the other side’s lawyer fees. The misdemeanor […]

Peter, the worm- man, Dunne is at it agaian. He probably even believes what his Child Support gestapo are telling him. Media statement For immediate release Thursday, 28 February 2008 Worm-Man Dunne speaks on Child Support Revenue: Minister Peter Dunne is welcoming initial figures that suggest the Government’s newly-implemented measures to ensure liable parents meet […]