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Nick Smith Support Rally - Auckland 22nd Feb 2004
With Member of Parliament Nick Smith about to go on trial for revealing information about injustice in the NZ Family Court, almost 100 people turned up at the High Court in Auckland to show their support.
TV3 reported the rally on the 6pm news:
download video of Nick Smith rally [943 KB MPEG].
Speaker is Kerry Bevin of the Men's Affairs Group.
"Mullah Margaret" came along to listen to Judge Dread telling the crowd that the Family Court considers it to be in the best interests of children that their fathers be removed from active involvement in parenting:
National MP and spokesperson for families Judith Collins expressed her support for her colleague, while a group of silenced, anonymous fathers are lead away in chains to be thrown on the scrap heap. A couple of film crews shot some footage - TV3 reported the rally on the 6pm news (link to video at top of page).
Union of Fathers founder Darrell Carlin challenged Collins to take a message back to the National Caucus:
- The Family Court should be open to media scrutiny,
- Equal Shared Custody should be the default situation following separation,
- Child Support should mean actual hands-on parenting rather than fathers paying but not seeing their children,
- The Domestic Violence Laws must be changed to stop men being convicted on the basis of an unsubstantiated accusation.
From all of us here in Auckland: "Hang in there Nick".
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