Out on the street with a message By Louis Houlbrooke NZ Herald 5:00 AM Friday June 13, 2014 ……. The 61-year-old became a casualty of the leaky homes crisis after an apartment he bought in 1999 suffered water damage. When he disputed the repair bill, [his own] legal costs forced him into bankruptcy.

The first international men’s conference has been labelled controversial as feminist extremists move to inflict maximum damage and disruption. Threats against the Detroit hotel complex hosting the conference brought a prompt demand from the venue owners, for organisers, A Voice For Men (AVFM), to engage off duty police officers for security, adding considerable cost to […]

International Research 1974 to 1995 The reason for looking at research available before the DV Act was passed in 1996, is to see whether the legislation was sensibly based on social research available at the time, or was based only on ideology? – ideology only If the legislation wasn’t based on research, then were there […]

If it had not been for the outcry from families losing loved ones, significant union pressure, and good media coverage, we would still be burying forestry workers, unaware of the growing callous disregard for human life within the industry. In two earlier posts New Zealand Forestry Industry out of control (Dec 2013) and more recently […]

Fatal Stabbing: Boys Charged Thanks Sue Bradford and her arrogant feminist brigade that fought to erase male approaches, wisdom and strength from the area of disciplining children. We don’t know to what extent Bradford’s dishonest foolishness was a causal factor in this latest travesty, but we can confidently expect such events to increase into the […]

There has been some debate over statins in the British media in the last few days, which got me thinking, and of course this raises questions for the medical advisors to the site. Is heart disease more prevalent in men? I don’t know, I have never researched this, although I feel generally that I hear […]

TVNZ’s reply to a complaint regarding the humorification (just invented new word :P) of a news item depicting female assaults male. Apparently, the complaints committee also thought that this was a mock-able event adding that it was a celebrity involved. We didn’t see them mocking when another celebrity was just held by the neck (not […]

This fund was set up to invest only in companies that have more women in top positions. Imagine the outcry, and probably much bullying from government departments, if a fund was set up for the purpose of investing in companies that only had males in charge! New index fund bets on women in charge 2:00 […]

In a post late last year you may recall the announcement of the First International Conference on Men’s Issues, scheduled to take place 27-28 June 2014 in Detroit, Michigan. It has been revealed by conference organisers, A Voice For Men (AVFM), that feminist groups are intent on disrupting the conference and the nature of the […]

Story here http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2650672/Most-rapists-dont-lurk-dark-alleys-wearing-balaclavas-say-prosecutors-boost-conviction-rates.html Why is it considered that the low conviction rate for sexual offences is letting so many women down? Interesting Yvette Cooper only says woman. Yvette Cooper must think the jury gets it wrong all of the time. Maybe she would like to change “beyond reasonable doubt” to something less like “possibly be […]

The Minister for Social Services, the Hon Kevin Andrews MP, has asked the Social Policy and Legal Affairs Committee to inquire into the Australian Child Support Program. Although it is not clear what the driving forces for the inquiry are this is certainly a far more substantial effort than we have seen in New Zealand. […]

This article is about our Judith Collins who will be paid by taxpayers to attend a celebrity-headed summit on ‘ending sexual violence in conflict’. Maybe that’s ok though it probably isn’t a good investment of NZ taxes. But the really objectionable thing about the article is the picture showing both Angelina Jolie and a smiling […]

The recent changes to family law are likely to lead to much greater safety because (i) contact with children will not automatically be wrecked by allegations of partner violence, (ii) disputing parties will be required to undertake either mediation (when there are no allegations of violence) or joint counselling (when there have been allegations of […]

Children thrown from bonnet – mother charged Actually, this one’s been referred to previously here on MENZ Issues but we liked the photo. So this mother drives quite fast around a park with two young children on the bonnet and crashes the car as shown. It could easily have been fatal for one or both […]

Here’s a few other recent news articles of possible interest. US girls stab friend 19 times to please fictional creature Yes, two 12yo girls stabbed their friend to please a fictional creature they learned about online. Go figure. Well, I guess people have been doing similar stuff for a long time, killing others to please […]

Here’s the story A jury has accepted that a Christchurch man could have given consent for a sex act with another man while suffering from alcohol-induced amnesia. The 30-year-old defendant thanked the jury from the dock when it found him not guilty after 45 minutes at the end of the two-day trial. Don’t hate me, […]

4 Objects See: www.legislation.co.nz “¢ The objects of this Act are- o (a)to affirm the right of children to be maintained by their parents: o (b)to affirm the obligation of parents to maintain their children: o (c)to affirm the right of caregivers of children to receive financial support in respect of those children from non-custodial […]

As a country, NZ does need to address the protection of several hundreds of thousands of children. Their happiness is seriously being disadvantaged, their ability to manage and organise their lives is compromised and their ability to take up education is being wasted by missing the opportunity to have a proper developing upbringing.

Remember Elliot Rodger, the deranged 22 year old student who a few days ago killed 6 people before taking his own life? In an article titled US slayings expose sick world of misogyny published by stuff.co.nz, Washington Post reporter feminasty Petula Dovrak has this to say: Elliot Rodger has exposed the sick world of the […]

Here’s a live one for you: Detective Sergeant David Beattie, of New Plymouth, is fronting a call for legislation that recognises psychological abuse as an offence. Any one remember the Bradford Bill? Of course it’s fathers that are the bad guys here: “I have examples of a father calling his 10-year-old daughter a “little whore” […]

See here: You’ll want to click out straight away but don’t, watch it to the end. Don’t comment unless you’ve watched the whole video – it’s making a point.

Although children in NZ are “protected”, it isn’t to any specified Quality of Care. On the basis that no real duty of care is required for children, the NZ Government slipped off the hook for any accountability at all! Other posts show how the Government is substantially failing to protect workers from serious hazards in […]

I happened across this song entitled, ‘She only bitches when she breathes’. I’ll have to sum it up this way She could turn a straight man gay She only bitches when she breathes. I am sure there are some other good songs out there. If you know of one, add a link in the comments. […]

While we can be grateful that we have not been burying forestry workers at the same rate, we cannot allow our forestry industry to continue to operate in the same way. We are a disgrace by international standards. The New Zealand forestry industry has been the subject of many recent media reports, some of which […]

Playlist: Depths of corruption 10 talks 2h 22m · Curated by TED https://www.ted.com/playlists/148/depths_of_corruption Corruption manifests itself in many ways, some subtler than others. From anonymous companies to bribes to unjust electoral systems, these talks take you deep into ethically murky territory and offer bold ideas on what we can do about it.