Late night browsing…okay not that late and came across this one……maybe someone finally gets it

Old sayings are often a reflection of a different era and in effect become modern day myths. One such saying that comes to mind is that men only vote for their wallet. When they had families to support they may have been more inclined to do so, but this election has put the saying firmly […]

It came out loud and clear as far back as July that election 2014 was going to be the election of the feminist, or so THEY thought. Most of the relevant posts can be accessed through a previous post New Zealand Labour and the Feminist Election Campaign. The post election analysis is going to be […]

This is a discussion that started back in a July post NZ Labour and the Feminist Election Campaign The election wallpaper is pretty much all hung now and the pre post-election analysis is already beginning – as you can see in this article from Duncan Garner. There are some interesting points coming out of a […]

Father & Child are making a second attempt to get a branch started in Wellington.

Steve Taylor, who is eighth on the Conservative list, and will make it to Parliament if the party gets 6-7 per cent of the vote, is vowing to advocate for “radical change to the fractured and toxic matrix that is the New Zealand Family Court” if he is elected. He also promises to name offenders […]

Something that has become apparent to me during the last year is the sea change in the British Media around the reporting of men’s issues. I am not making any claim that their media has lost all sexist bias, but certainly there has been a significant change in the nature of their reporting. When I […]

The subject was discussed recently in The Rights of Men (2) Quinn’s Act passed in 2010 introduced a blanket ban removing the right of a prisoner to the vote. The law has been challenged by an Auckland Prison inmate, Arthur Taylor, as being inconsistent with our Treaty of Waitangi and our Bill of Rights. A […]

Many men who have visited the MENZ site will be interested in this decision which relates to birth certificates. STUFF NEWS artice: the truth will shock boy The complete article is quoted below:

Today we have an interesting case being heard in the New Zealand High Court, on the right of a prisoner to vote. Not a prisoner, eh … … not expecting to be a prisoner anytime soon? … doesn’t affect me? Go back to The Rights of Men.

We often talk about the disposable male; I attribute this phrase to Warren Farrell, but only because that’s where I heard it first. In being disposable the corollary is that male rights must also be disposable. Just to be clear, I am not talking male rights v female rights (which we often compare on this […]

Sexist or not. The 2014 lotto promotion for Fathers Day featured 20 prizes….. The 2014 lotto Mothers Day promotion featured 100 prizes…… I have asked lotto why, but as yet have not received a reply…….

What I have learnt in this life is- 1. Injustice or the the lack of justice is unavoidable. 2. Justice is finite. It is estimated there is only 2 billion tons of justice in the universe.

The continuing story of John the Grain Farmer and The Drained Man. It was a small funeral, mostly the grain farmers from the hostel. The children sat with their mother, listening intently to the few men that got up and spoke about John, hoping they might hear a little about the father they never knew. […]

The continuing story of John the Grain Farmer. John was too old to be a farm labourer now, and nobody wanted to hire him anymore – he had no choice but to move to the city. He didn’t like the city but he hoped he could find work there. The officer of the city always […]

There was once a grain farmer named John, who worked hard on his land and produced 10 tons of grain a year. His wife became annoyed with him, saying, the land was his mistress and that he did not pay enough attention to her. She took their children and moved to the city. John’s wife […]

IRD pursued David Sharp for unrealistic fees and late payments for child support payments. Indeed there are three male suicides the news article. Establishing a pattern perhaps.

When STUFF NATION put up their recent assignment, inviting writers to contribute to a debate on Equality in New Zealand (whether women have achieved equality in New Zealand society) I thought it might be interesting to look at this from the point of view of the background-role media play: whether media actually support equality of […]

A Stuff Nation Assignment running at the moment – Are Women Equal in New Zealand poses questions about equality: Maybe you think the fight for equality has gone too far the other way and it’s now men who are discriminated against in some areas…? What do you think it would take, and what should we […]

You see someone doing something excellent for people and then you see them hurting people ….. which matters to you?

Tauawhi (Maori) to hug, embrace, support (one another) Tauawhi Men’s Centre is located in Gisborne and its co-ordinator Tim Marshall has announced via STUFF NATION their intention to hold a hui – a hui promoting a men’s response to violence in Aotearoa.

My 15 year old daughter was taken to Canada by her mother a few months ago. The Courts allowed this because they allow mothers to do most things don’t they, but I don’t know where she is now.

When I saw this article the other day it confirmed my thoughts – the ones I’ve been sharing in recent posts – that we are now seeing an overt feminist political-position. Internet-Mana is a feminist party. No I didn’t say that. They did. Dr Pani Farvid, an Iranian-born psychologist at AUT, [The Party’s gender issues […]

Chief Coroner Judge Neil MacLean today released the provisional annual suicide figures for the year ending 30 June 2014. The total for the year was 529, which is the lowest number by two since the annual coronial figures were first produced for the 2007/08 year. There were 12 fewer suicides compared to last year, and […]

Join us on Fathers Day for a Picnic/BBQ at Ambury Farm, on Sunday, September 7th 2014, from 11am – 4pm Father and Child Trust welcomes families and friends, come and enjoy the animal fun and lambing season. Low cost sausages, drinks, steak sandwiches, ice-creams and coffee will be available. Local music, community and dad support […]