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Newman – Fatherless Generation

Sat 29th October 2005:

Muriel Newman has just posted an article about ‘the fatherless generation‘ on her new NZ Centre for Political Debate website. She notes that despite recent concern over gangs and youth violence, little has been said about the underlying causes of the problem. Any discussion with police or those who work with troubled youth will quickly […]

Peter Dunne must be bitterly disappointed

Tue 25th October 2005:

At a meeting between men’s groups and United Future leader Peter Dunne in Birkenhead last year, I listened to him talk about the Families Commission, which he hoped would address some of the concerns we raised about the state-mandated removal of fathers from children’s lives, and the anti-male bias within the courts and the social […]

MENZ mentioned in ChCh Press

Tue 18th October 2005:

Headed: ‘Man —haters’ on abuse checklist , a story in the Press yesterday written by Kim Thomas notes the fact that we recently linked to an item on another site containing a checklist for spotting women who make false abuse allegations. Thomas reports: The Masculinist Evolution New Zealand (Menz) website says false allegations of domestic […]

Academics against reducing suicide gender differences

Fri 14th October 2005:

Rift erupts over male suicide policy The Press A serious rift has appeared among suicide experts over policies targeting male suicides. The debate erupted yesterday as the Males and Suicides Symposium 2005 organised by Suicide Prevention Information New Zealand (Spinz) opened in Christchurch. Spinz is a non-government, New Zealand-wide information service, in partnership with the […]

Virus savages the XY gene

Tue 11th October 2005:

A most fearsome virus has been released into society, in some ways even more lethal than the feared H5N1 strain of avian (bird) flu. The strain PRA (XY-XX) is already estimated to have infected nearly 70% of NZ couples with potential for financially and emotionally debilitating results. There have been cases of suicide. At the […]

Campaign to Target Male Depression.

Fri 7th October 2005:

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.

Judge warns of violent young girls

Brazen and streetwise teenage girls are responsible for an increasing share of the violent crime in New Zealand, a senior judge says.

The Rising Hysteria of The Domestic Violence Industry.

Thu 6th October 2005:

This burgeoning billion dollar business is home to the lazy and incompetent – the hyenas of family destruction and social meltdown.

Suicide – Lack of Research or lack of Acknowledgment

This is especially for people who are stuck on the casual link theory.

Conference to tackle high male suicide rate

Insert (I can’t blame men for leaving NZ, when I see these engineered political cover-ups, I wonder why I would even want to exist on the same planet as these people. Perhaps we could have a conference about the number of men that have committed suicide in the last 6 months while being pursued by […]

2002 Suicide Statistics

Mon 3rd October 2005:

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.

CYF dysfunction worsens

Child, Youth and Family (CYF) is so short of foster parents that children are being placed with caregivers before the new parents are properly trained. A national recruitment campaign to find 300 caregivers has fallen short, with 120 signed up and a further 60 to be assessed. … Christchurch Family and Foster Care Association chairwoman […]

Who Killed My Girl.

Mon 26th September 2005:

Dear Ms Kiro,
When you can put the lives of children above the subjective truths of your ideology, you might do justice to your position.

The Developing Gynecocracy.

Wed 21st September 2005:

The Institute spent its first five years based in New York City, under the Executive Directorship of Karen Berry, and the next five in New Zealand, benefiting from the leadership of former NZ Member of Parliament Marilyn J. Waring, who is likely to fill the role of reserve bank govenor in New Zealands developing gynocracy.

Fight for your Family.

If you want family you will have to fight for it, because the power is with the legal few that think otherwise.

Social service agencies wary of sharing CYFS workload

By Simon Collins NZ Herald Some social service agencies say they will refuse to “prostitute” themselves by taking part in a plan to farm out possibly around half the children notified to Child, Youth and Family Services (CYFS). The controversial plan, due to go before the new Parliament, is designed to help CYFS cope with […]

Fathers should get paid parental leave, say couple

By ANNA SAUNDERS The Dominion Post Legislation on paid parental leave discriminates against fathers, an Upper Hutt couple say. Melissa Tiraha, 21, and Aaron Mahony, 28, are expecting their first baby this month. Mr Mahony restores houses and Miss Tiraha works part-time and is also studying for a pre-police course at the New Zealand Institute […]

Revenge is just an Allegation Away.

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

The Male Deficit.

Thu 15th September 2005:

So who has been hunting male lately? I would really like to know, how many of those missing men are in another country? and how many are in a coffin?

No Female Police Commissioners

Wed 14th September 2005:

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

The Hard Road to Reform.

Tue 13th September 2005:

One thing the family court cannot afford is for the name Von Dadelzen to become a household name, outside of Napier, as it may well bring some light to the goings on in the Rolly Young case, and how it ever ended up in the Napier Family court in first place.

Am I Helping.

Fri 9th September 2005:

He is living in his car with his dog in the electorate for which I am a candidate. I have spent time with this man during the week.

Why child support is failing.

Thu 8th September 2005:

Child Support might better be referred to as issue tax. It is nothing more than a crippling pole tax most often levied on the biological father, accompanied by a sinister mythology in the way it is portrayed.

For the Sake of Our Children Trust

Mon 5th September 2005:

Rankin to run big families campaign By Simon Collins An Auckland property developer has thrown a wildcard into the election with a multimillion-dollar campaign to turn social policy around to stop families breaking up. John Sax, chief executive of Southpark Corporation, has hired former Work and Income head Christine Rankin to set up For the […]

Statistics on NZ Fathers

Father Figures To acknowledge the positive role of fathers, Statistics New Zealand offers the following facts about fathers for Father’s Day on Sunday: A baby will be a Father’s Day present for an estimated 140 men this year. The average age of fathers of new babies is 33 years, but one in 100 babies has […]

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