Tuesday, 14 December 2004, 9:56 am Press Release: Men’s Coalition Redressing The Balance: The Men’s Manifesto The social landscape of New Zealand will be need to be changed dramatically if men are to have a “fair go” in New Zealand society, according to James Nicolle, Coordinator of the Men’s Coalition. Mr. Nicolle was commenting on […]

In a letter to her daughter, published in Cosmopolitan in 1978, feminist Betty Friedan said: “I hope there will come a day when you, daughter [of] mine … can truly afford to say ‘I’m not a feminist. I’m a person’ – and a day not too far away … when I can stop fighting for […]

MEN’S CONVOY 2005 : (Child Support,Family Law……… ) Men don’t like this! Just a reminder to all New Zealand – Following on from the success of MEN’S CONVOY 2004 we’re on the road again in 2005! Starting Auckland and Invercargill : Sunday 6 March 2005 Converging on Parliament Buildings Wellington : Friday 11 March 2005 […]

by James Hickey Aspects of human behaviour, often has parallels within the animal world. Individual members of a dingo pack when they are hunting down their prey work as a team, taking it in turns to chase the prey until it is finally cornered. Each individual member then takes it in turn nipping at the […]

Press release: New Zealand Child Support Reform Network. 10 November 2004 For Immediate Release Lack of free Family Court Ordered DNA Paternity testing abuses Dads and Kids. “The Labour Government is abusing fathers and children by failing to legislate for free DNA testing to establish paternity”, is how Jim Nicolle, spokesperson for the New Zealand […]

Press Release: ACT New Zealand– Social Welfare Dr Muriel Newman ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today said a report, that shows nearly two-thirds of recidivist offenders have demonstrated anti-social behaviour by the age of 13, highlights the urgent need for a reform of the welfare system and family […]

Father on run for days with daughter By LOUISA CLEAVE Lapana Seve had been on the run with his 4-year-old daughter for three days before she was found murdered in the back seat of his car beside Auckland’s Northwestern Motorway. Mr Seve, 45, picked up daughter Storm Apera-Seve from his estranged wife’s Grey Lynn home […]

United Future MP Gordon Copeland today expressed his frustration and disappointment at the government’s steadfast refusal to use DNA-testing to prove paternity. During debate in Parliament on the Care of Children Bill, Mr Copeland outlined a real-life case to the House. “A young couple became the proud parents of a beautiful baby girl. Not only […]

Turner: Govt misses chance to help children of divorce The Government has missed a huge opportunity to help children whose parents are divorcing by failing to take note of innovative mediation approaches overseas, most notably recent Australian reforms, United Future’s Judy Turner said today. “They have also failed to consider Law Society recommendations on mediation […]

Dr Muriel Newman – Press Releases – Social Welfare ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today accused Labour, United Future, New Zealand First and the Greens of giving Kiwi fathers false hope about their support for Shared-Parenting. “Last night, Parliament had an opportunity to change the law, to help […]

A plea for fathers to ask for help. The call comes as police investigate an apparent murder-suicide in Auckland. Forty-five-year-old Lapana Seve died after being hit by a truck on the northwestern motorway on Wednesday afternoon. His four-year-old daughter Storm Apera-Seve was found dead in his car. Union of Fathers national president Jim Bagnall says […]

Well away from pig hunting and jugs of beer, in the halls of Waikato University, psychology lecturer Dr Darrin Hodgetts says for the last couple of decades men have been told that there’s something wrong with expressing the sort of manly traits idealised by brewery and ute adverts… A couple of decades of feminism has […]

A small but dedicated bunch of men women and children (plus a “parrot” – centre of photo behind cake) turned up to celebrate the 10th Aniversary of Men’s Centre North Shore. Several super-heroes were in attendance. Jack Lioneagle’s protest songs were played loudly, Speights was sunk and cake was eaten. The evening’s most enthusiastically received […]

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. […]

The Broadcasting Standards Authority today released a decision upholding a complaint from Peter Ellis about an interview conducted on National Radio’s Nine to Noon programme in August 2003. The BSA ordered Radio New Zealand to pay $5,300 legal costs to the complainant, to broadcast an apology on Nine to Noon, to publish a summary of […]

Maharey defends penalty on solo mums Media Release 10 September 2004 Jim Nicolle NZ Child Support Reform Network DPB recovery is not Child Support “Given the fundamental flaws of the Child Support Act 1991, it is not surprising that mothers refuse to lodge a so call Child Support application,” commented Jim Nicolle, spokesperson for the […]

Labour tells us ” its on the radar” .The ACT Party responds with a call to “scrap the Ministry of Women’s Affairs” . Let me take you back to Monday 6 September : Over tea last night Jim, Kerry, Jack and myself discussed the Men’s Picnic on fathers day at Parliament. It was a great […]

The ACT Party has a way to deal with John Tamihere’s suggestion for a ministry of men’s affairs — even things up by scrapping the Ministry of Women’s Affairs. ACT MP Heather Roy said Mr Tamihere was right when he said men were not treated the same as women. “But rather than setting up a […]

By HANK SCHOUTEN A ministry of men’s affairs could be set up to deal with serious men’s issues, says Youth Affairs Minister John Tamihere. He was commenting on a call to set up a ministry made by organisers of a men’s rights picnic that marked Father’s Day with a protest at Parliament yesterday. “I think […]

Plunket is celebrating Father’s Day by congratulating the men who are making their children a priority in their lives. “When we consider the short and long-term benefits to children of having both parents fully involved in their care and upbringing, it is clear that society will also ultimately benefit,” says Erin Beatson, clinical advisor with […]

Dr Muriel Newman – Press Releases – Social Welfare If Youth Affairs Minister John Tamihere is so concerned with Kiwi boys lacking adequate role models, then why doesn’t he put his money where his mouth is, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman challenged today. “Mr Tamihere is right: many […]

Nobody is even certain how many teen fathers are out there. The meagre statistics available (commissioned by the former Ministry of Youth Affairs and dating back to 1997) indicate that just over half the babies born to teenaged girls are fathered by teenaged boys. Given New Zealand has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates […]

Cabinet Minister John Tamihere is planning an attack on “politically correct” critics of “red-blooded heterosexual men”, who he says are sick of being told they are the source of all evil. In a speech Tamihere will give at St Peter’s College in Epsom tonight, the Youth Affairs Minister will criticise society’s attitudes towards straight men […]

Press Release: New Zealand First Party New Zealand First social services spokesperson Bill Gudgeon says he’s thrilled that a dedicated house for fathers and children during marriage separation is being recognised for the much needed service it is providing. ………….