Quite frankly – I wouldn’t be bothered being an employer in New Zealand again.

In a March 18th – 24th NZ Listener article titled “No Thanks, Sir“, education experts point out that the negative publicity surrounding MP David Benson-Pope is making education as a career even less attractive for men. Last year, primary schools employed only 445 new male teachers competed with 2312 new female teachers. University of Auckland […]

If only people would stop talking about smacking and start understanding the significance and the implications of section 59 of the Crimes Act, and how it relates to our children – your children, and the future of fathers in New Zealand.

Judge Andrew Becroft has previously linked violent crimes to fatherless homes, however that is not mentioned in this article.

You will pass on, your descendants however may not enjoy the freedom and community that your parents left you. It is at this point many women will realise that they never gained liberation, they just became a pawn of the state.

‘Nomad students’ pose headache for schools – 22 January 2006 – By TARA ROSS
“Principals said families that moved a lot were often being “chased” by Child, Youth and Family, Inland Revenue or someone they owed money to. ”

Cow Pat was a more polite rendition of my first thought after reading Pat Booths column – The Runaway Dads. I know this column will have irritated and angered many in the community.

That leaves me to conclude, Ms Bradford, that the only reason for your persistence is the ulterior motive.

The General Court recognises that men are an important resource for families and children, and wishes to explore the causes and consequences of a variety of social, economic and health problems facing men.

A 14 year old Masterton Girl is in Custody today and will be appearing in the youth court after a vicious attack on a boy with a scapple.

There are some great things happening in the Bay of Plenty around teaching boys to be good men, according to the Bay of Plenty Times top story Bay leads country in making good men, by Anna Bowden. Western Bay schools are leading the country with innovative strategies to better the education and attitude of our […]

A Stuff News Release advises the launching the out of the blue campaign, for male depression and suicide, then links to a website about female and gay depression.

Of all age groups for NZ males 75 years and under with the exception of one, youth aged 15 – 19 have the lowest suicide rate.

The boys may now need more than a condom and a pre-nuptial in their tool kit, for protection!

You can call me sexist, bigoted, biased, or anything else that takes your fancy, but I doubt you find a convincing argument supporting the appointment of a female Police Commissioner to resurrect the Police Force from its current regrettable position

Girls have out-performed boys in every school subject and low male achievement is spurring concern. Secondary school NCEA results were released yesterday by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority. The profiles show a growing gap between girls’ and boys’ achievement, and suggest children might be better off in single-sex schools. Girls-only schools dominate all NCEA levels. […]

British teachers accused of abusing pupils should be given anonymity while claims are investigated, the Tories say. One former Lancashire headmaster, who now works for the campaign group Falsely Accused Carers and Teachers, explains how such protection would have helped him when he was arrested in 1998. I was interviewing some parents when my secretary […]

A packed public gallery erupted in cheers, tears and high-fives as a schoolteacher cleared of sex charges walked from Palmerston North District Court a free man today. It took the jury – comprising 10 women and two men – 12 hours to reach its verdicts over the charges against Michael Warren Neville, after being sent […]

The Ministry of Youth Development (formerly Youth Affairs) have recently produced a literature review on Young Males. Launched by the Hon John Tamihere, Minister of Youth Affairs, the publication Young Males: Strengths-based and male-focused approaches is anticipated to be of great interest to all people who work with the young men of New Zealand. It can be found at http://www.myd.govt.nz/pag.cfm?i=414

John Tamihere has again defended boys’ rights to be boys. The Youth Affairs minister has attacked the media’s portrayal of boys as “problems” and society’s failure to recognise their differences. He told the New Zealand Family Daycare Association conference in Rotorua last night: “We are told their behaviour needs to be controlled, managed or handled. […]

By TARA ROSS The father of slain six-year-old schoolgirl Coral-Ellen Burrows believes mandatory reporting – repeatedly ruled out by successive governments – could have saved his daughter… Under mandatory reporting regimes overseas, teachers and doctors must report instances of suspected child abuse, but efforts to introduce that here have been rejected by both National and […]