Also by Simon Collins in Saturday’s NZ Herald, another story titled ‘Changing places‘ set my mental propoganda alarm ringing by a beginning with three atrocity stories about violent men: These three stories from the Herald in the past year have a common theme. In all cases, desperate men turned to violent or controlling behaviour at […]

In the NZ Herald on Saturday: No refuge for battered male victims By Simon Collins The Separated Fathers Support Trust ran the four-bedroom refuge, officially a men’s “retreat house”, in Manurewa from December 2002 until May, when the manager, Warren Heap, became paralysed with the rare nerve disorder Guillain-Barre Syndrome. Heap says the refuge was […]

1) Licensing Parents, John Hudson. Should parents be required to pass a warrant of fitness to see if they are up to the job of raising their child ? That’s what some experts are saying should happen in New Zealand. It’s a radical idea as a way of reducing child abuse and preventing kids from […]

by Peter White of the Western Leader. Josh isn’t the only kid with heaps of sporting potential but limited cash reserves. The Western Leader has profiled dozens of youngsters over the past year whose families spend their weekends scrapping together every spare dollar they can. It’s not uncommon to find proud mums and dads manning […]

[My contact details] 9 November 2006 Dr Rajen Prasad Chief Families Commissioner [email protected] cc. Peter Dunne, MP [email protected] Dear Dr Prasad Firstly, please note that I have copied this letter to Mr Peter Dunne, MP, for his information, given his instrumental role in setting up your Commission. I am writing to express my deepest regret […]

Author: Timocrat From: The Honor Network After 6 months of serious and heavy work, added on to the participants already busy schedules, the men & fathers who took part in the first think tank run over the Internet could be rightly considered tired. On top of it being the first one run over the Internet […]

Dateline: Quebec, Canada From: Montreal Gazette Author: Peggy Currain Via: Kurt Anderson at F4J (US) & The Honor Network Andy Srougi isn’t afraid to make people angry. Last year, he climbed to the top of the Jacques Cartier Bridge during rush hour to draw attention to fathers’ rights. Yesterday, in Montreal outside a hotel where […]

If Intermediate boys hit each other they do not generally get seperated as an unspoken rule but left to fight it out. After this they get sent to the office and talked to from the principal about what they did and they keep both of them in the office until someone owns up (boys unspoken […]

Dateline: US From: Glenn Sacks Comment: Intrepid Via: The Honor Network If you can remember back a few months ago there was a fact that came out of the UK on separated mothers without kids being slightly less likely to pay support than their badly badmouthed counterparts or fathers. Some new stats that I’ve just […]

What is this…… A number of key directional matters were endorsed unanimously, including the formation of Women’s Council led by women with authority to influence the Federation on matters affecting the well being of women in their relationships, homes, community and workplace.

I just read an article on young men in our mental health services, written by a young mans mum. Brilliant, best article in ages! It rang bells for me of countless tales I hear in a supporting role for men of all ages. There has for so long been a movement to turn our men […]

Be aware; be very aware when you send your boys to Mental Health. I cannot stress enough that if you find yourself working with Mental Health insist on a male Psychiatrist or Psychologist for your boys. And be present for their interviews. Do not let what I am going through be your story. I approached […]

Current Initiatives link The New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse maintains a list of current initiatives in the field of family violence prevention and intervention within Aotearoa New Zealand, including current projects, programmes, and strategies in the areas of: Services and practice; Research and evaluation; and Policy and legislation.

XY: men, masculinities, and gender politics XY is a website focused on men, masculinities, and gender politics. XY is a space for the exploration of issues of gender and sexuality, the daily issues of men’s and women’s lives, and practical discussion of personal and social change.

Dateline: US From: Honor Network Author: Pit Bull That’s right, certain schools have now banned the Game of “Tag” by stopping it in its tracks in area schools in the New England region of the US. With all that’s wrong with the world, the PC types are after the little things in our kids’ lives […]

Link to Scoop Project Re-Union Press Release. We have been cutting fathers off at the knees for the past 20 years, we are paying the price socially and politicians are still not prepared to front up to the legislation that is the driving force behind social decay.

From: Norway (Source not identified) Commentary: Pit Bull Via: The Honor Network (Funny, But Still Just Another Sign of the Coming Gender War) Urination Will Go to Committee A local [Norway] decision that schoolboys must sit on toilet seats when urinating has provoked political debate. The head of The Democrats Party, a splinter group of […]

Let’s have some fun. Do you want to know what the feminist are doing with the tax-payers money? Hmmm… Let’s see. Firstly, I need to point out that I have not spent tax payers money on researching this so I don’t have all the credibility (shite) to go with it although I would love to […]

The commission’s founding father, Mr Dunne, admits he had hoped the commission would be more vocal on family issues. Stuff Article. But he does not agree it has been given too wide-a-brief, or is replicating work. “We worked very hard on the definition . . . It’s important — it seems to me — for […]

Children’s orgs urge politicians to repeal s59 Tuesday, 24 October 2006, 9:32 am Press Release: EPOCH NZ Media Release EMBARGOED until 24 October 2006 Those involved – note the charitable trusts. Action for Children and Youth Aotearoa Ahu Whakatika Challenge Violence Trust Alternatives to Violence Project (Waikato) Inc Barnardos New Zealand Brainwave Trust

TVNZ 1’s program ‘Sunday’ just keeps on bringing out the truth for New Zealanders. We spend some nights on the mean and violent streets of south Auckland. Teenagers out of control and it’s a big problem for law enforcement. Why is it happening? What are the police and the local community doing about it? We […]

I wrote a post only 3 days ago of my fear of these young boys who are not in gangs carrying knives to protect themselves. Violence and our teens Well, 2 days later and we have a death and hospitilazion right outside one of the highest graded high schools in West Auckland and out side […]

From: Australia Author: Jim Macnamara at Online Opinion Commentary: Intrepid Via: Honor Network Stats to Back Up What We Already Know From Experience (Use these for Reference with those in Denial) Here is a piece by a Aussie columnist showing that men’s activism has more behind it than just passion for the cause, by relating […]

I wasn’t impressed with the Herald of Sunday article on child support. Judith Collins has obviously enlisted the help of some of our lame journalists, to promote her cause. Any journalist with an ounce of credibility would have had opposing views in their article. Perhaps the suggestion here is that there is no opposing point […]

? The Sunday Hearld and Auntie Judith? a at it again. So lets look at the quality of Journalism that the Sunday Herald provides in this article. Stephen Cook showcases how lamentable the quality of journalism on Child Support Tax debt actually is. —— 1) Focusing on “387 fathers” who are alleged to owe “6.3 […]