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MRA Perspectives on Recent Events

Sun 13th September 2015:

1. Michael Murray sentenced to life for murder of Connor Morris It’s difficult to imagine anything more provocative than seeing a P-addled gang member bashing the shit out of your brother with the real possibility of death or permanent brain damage. That doesn’t mean it’s ok to have a slasher with you and to swing […]

What’s bad about gay marriage?

Fri 11th September 2015:

Help me here please! There must be something about the above debate I just can’t get. Marriage is a tradition from the earliest societies when humans had developed the cognisance to understand the importance of creating a safe environment for their offspring to develop in. Couples, of opposite sex, were the only ones able to […]

Ministry of Justice Refuses to Correct Wrong Statistics

Tue 8th September 2015:

FYI, our media release 07/09/2015 Ministry of Justice Refuses to Change False Statistics Community group the Ministry for Men has accused the Ministry of Justice and other government departments of spreading false statistics about domestic violence then refusing to correct their error after being informed. The Ministry of Justice recently published a document called ‘Strengthening […]

Send Women Back to Fight Too, Winston (and f*** off with them)

We don’t actually agree that anyone should be sent back to Syria to fight, mainly because we think that fighting for Syria’s corrupt and inhumane dictatorship would be no better than fighting for ISIS, the Russians or most of the other ‘rebel’ groups there. How could anyone fight for their country’s ‘freedom’ in those circumstances? […]

Need support and advice

Mon 7th September 2015:

Hi, I am in a troubled marriage and facing accusations that I am a bad father and husband. It is getting to me. There is a long history to my marriage and I have recently discovered I am asexual. And then, my wife goes and tells our 15 year old daughter that I am gay, […]

The False Gods of Feminism

Sun 6th September 2015:

The previous post, The Fiamengo Files while a breath of fresh air, is testament to the destructive influence of any ‘ism’ not just, as is the case here; Feminism. The deterioration in rational thinking, the censorship of opposing views, and the illusion of belief are patently evident.

NZ Centre for Political Research

Wed 2nd September 2015:

The NZCPR is Dr Muriel Newman’s organization and web site. She has many good thinkers providing opinion pieces. Dr Newman is we believe the only NZ politician who tried to introduce a bill into parliament for a presumption of shared care by both parents after separation; the Labour government’s feminists voted it down because it […]

Amy Adams’ Consultation is a Sham?

Thu 27th August 2015:

FYI, our letter to Hon Amy Adams. For background see (hear) http://www.radionz.co.nz/audio/player/201768136

Research exploring the experience of sole fathers caring for their child(ren) and the impacts to you and your family

Tue 25th August 2015:

Sole Fathers experiences of accessing social services. You are invited to take part in research that Jason Rushton a thesis student on the Masters of Social Work programme at Massey University is undertaking in regards to exploring the experience of sole fathers caring for their child(ren) and the impacts to you and your family.

Boshier To Be Chief Ombudsman

Mon 24th August 2015:

How can the head of the a male-blaming campaign that deliberately excludes concern for male victims be trusted to be an ombudsman? How can a person who has publicly called for more draconian state violence towards men be put in that role? NZ men can now look forward to the same discrimination they routinely experienced […]

Convicted Killer living with Children

Wed 19th August 2015:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/71211748/deported-killer-unsupervised-living-with-children-in-christchurch this guy has been in the media a number of times, my son is the 14 yr old mentioned in this article and the way I was treated when I asked the Police if this man was a risk to my child was awful. I am pretty sure if the shoe was on the […]

How shallow are females on tinder?

Tue 18th August 2015:

In response to this article in the Herald I ran my own study. In my first post I added my close up photo and simply said I was looking to form a relationship with a woman to share the good things in life and to love and cherish her. I added that I had lost […]

Sign this US petition demanding paternity testing

Although a US petition, changes in international law and approaches will be influential towards changes in NZ. It’s interesting that it’s being done by ‘Women Against Paternity Fraud’. Although it’s hard to avoid feeling suspicious of any women’s group these days, their motivation appears to be social responsibility and it’s important that men’s groups go […]

Men Need to ‘Step Up’ to Support Women Into High-Paid Jobs

Thu 13th August 2015:

We share and comment on an interesting broadcast by Radio NZ on ‘Te Manu Korihi’ (‘the birds singing’) on 7 August 2015. Excerpts from the transcript were as follows: Presenter: The head of the Federation of Maori Authorities says Maori men need to step up and be more supportive of Maori businesswomen. The Authority runs […]

Feminist Logic 101

Fri 7th August 2015:

The Court of Appeal is said to have “reached a new milestone” in having its first all-women bench in its history. This was seen by New Zealand Law Society President Chris Moore as being “another step in a long road to equality”. Mr Moore has clearly been well trained in feminist logic. ‘Equality’ for feminists […]

Recent Women’s Refuge Poster

Tue 4th August 2015:

So are Women’s Refuge implying that internet trolling and anonymous victimization is something men mainly do to women? All they need to do is visit almost any feminist blog to see the misandrist online violence perpetrated by women, or look through MENZ Issues to read the demeaning, emotionally abusive responses by presumably female feminist trolls […]

Revise abuse guidelines – Amy Adams

This news article disturbs me on many fronts. To allow a new or current partner secret access to someone’s historical police record that is sealed will only end in corrupting relationships and could potentially end in male suicide.

Radio NZ informed of error concerning DV statistics

Mon 3rd August 2015:

Dear Morning Report At 8:28am today 03/08/2015 you broadcast an article entitled ‘Judge says change needed to make protection orders effective’. Your announcer commenced by stating “14 women, 6 men and 10 children are killed by a member of their family every year on average; pretty extraordinary statistics…”. Your web site also states “Fourteen women, […]

More gossip from our leading newspaper

This story Was front page news. It is only when one reads the facts that the headline disintegrates. The girl in the bikini was not attacked at all. Her boyfriend was the target of aggression because he took umbrage at the guys being cheeky. Things got out of hand and an object was thrown and […]

The cost of being a NON-custodial parent

Sun 2nd August 2015:

So today I was helping a friend of mine work out their entitlements though Winz and IRD, my friend is a Single Parent with a child under 5. For them renting a 2 bedroom unit in South Auckland for $300 a week, and working 20 hours a week at min wage, their total take home […]

Provocation and Hopelessness Cause Terrible Reactions

Thu 30th July 2015:

Tony Robertson committed seriously disturbed sexual and sexually motivated offences against children and was sentenced to eight years prison. It may well be that he would have committed the horrific running down, injuring, rape and murder of Blessie Gotingco after his release if given half a chance. However, it may also be that if he […]

Millionaire leaves daughters $27m – but there is a catch!

Tue 28th July 2015:

In this NZ herald article the final line says it all. Rather than being portrayed a loving wise father wishing to protect his daughters inheritance, and therefore setting up protections and persuasions for such, he is simply labeled as a ‘controller’. The etymology of this word in this context is derogatory and the Herald must […]

Harmful Digital Communications Act

Mon 27th July 2015:

This Act came into force on July 3. It’s probably a good idea for all posters to check out the information about it published by the Dept of Justice. It seems to provide the opportunity for people who don’t like something that was posted to ask/demand that it be taken down. The site administrator then […]

Canterbury DV research 38% of victims are men

Fri 24th July 2015:

When Men Experience Violence – An Interview with Researcher Shelley Johnson Well, I was amazed to find that of the assaults in the Canterbury region from July 2014-March 2015, 38% involved a male victim. All the media is around males being the perpetrator and females being the victim but there are males that are victims […]

Labour MP Kelvin Davis mocks men with a white ribbon

Thu 23rd July 2015:

We noticed that Labour MP Kelvin Davis wore a prominent white ribbon in parliament and during subsequent news interviews when he challenged the government about a possible cover-up concerning the death of an inmate who was thrown off a balcony in one of our privately-run prisons. Hey, it’s great to see any politician pay any […]

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