Article from Scoop News The Law Commission is recommending revising the restrictions in the Coroners Act 2006 regarding reporting suicide. The new restrictions would be limited to public comment by any person of the method of the suicide death, the place of the suicide where it is suggestive of the method and the fact that […]

A report (see here) commissioned by the Public Service Association (PSA) has made a number of recommendations it says will save businesses millions and help victims break the cycle of violence. Report author, Suzanne Snively puts the cost of domestic violence to New Zealand business at $368 million a year. Recommendations include workplaces adopting domestic […]

Men have long been the most frequent victims of violence and the most severe violence. While feminists don slut clothes to march demanding safety from attack on the streets (and fair enough too), the truth is that a sole male out on the streets of our cities at night is more at risk of violent […]

Tannery finned 163K The tannery was evacuated and the unconscious men were eventually pulled from the building by co-workers, who found two breathing masks that enabled them to make it up to the mezzanine. I wonder if this was because of on-site training or whether these guys worked out some way to save their fellow […]

I don’t have an opinion on this, I am merely posting it because a) It is more likely to affect men b) A select committee has expanded the bill. I don’t have any information to hand on that but if anyone does please comment. Legislation cracks down on child abusers A select committee is recommending […]

Interesting to see this on the front page of the Stuff website on a Sunday morning. Men Failing in a Woman’s World What’s even more interesting, is that a reporter sought the opinion of a masculist crusader. comments were sparked by new research showing New Zealand blokes get a “raw deal” in education, health and […]

Story here: Female paedophile, 21, is jailed for two years after she had sex with an eight-year-old boy 50 times, starting when she was 16 . The lack of transparently between male and female sentences is not just a New Zealand problem. I suppose she would be out in say 9 months. That’s 5.47 days […]

Families Commission reform This is another of the lemon deals we got from Dunne. Is the country finally coming to its senses? Significant reforms of the Families Commission have been passed into law. The Government’s had the numbers to pass legislation enacting the changes. It sees the Commission cut to just one Commissioner and removes […]

And now, a new low for our criminal justice system when Lucille Scollay yesterday was sentenced to 6 years imprisonment with no minimal parole period, meaning she can and probably will be out of prison in 2 years for stabbing to death her husband.

I have just had my “assessment” for the next year arrive in the mail yesterday. What I am bewildered about is that the IRD gives me a “living allowance” of $288.00 a week? The average rent for a 3 bedroom house in Auckland is $550.00 a week on it’s own let alone food, power, water, […]

I haven’t followed this case in any detail so I am not suggesting that it is necessarily a good example but if anyone has been following it, they may like to comment on that aspect. What I am suggesting is that since the Kahui case, which essentially remains unresolved, we have seen an increase in […]

So what do the guys think?

Self Representation and McKenzie Friend Course Notes These notes were recorded from the Seminar arranged and funded by Jim Bagnall, at Remuera Bowling Club. Although these notes are now quite old, legislation has been meddled with and changed, but some things just seem to stay the same?

The young couple, from Dunedin, have told the Sunday Star-Times of their harrowing two-year battle to regain custody of the girl, who was taken by Child, Youth and Family at just 14 weeks because the agency wrongly suspected she’d been abused. Stuff Report The parents had to sell their house in Dunedin and move to […]

(Was missing now found) I am not posting this simply out of concern for James – I’m a little staggered at the abysmal response. Firstly the Police media report is a little blase about a missing male, and I would question whether the later Stuff report was generated by a journalist or by his family […]

Hi By accepting an interim order, would you be effectively delaying any action that the court would take on the matter? Appreciate any thoughts on interim orders. Cheers, B.

Story here http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2568580/Woman-schoolteacher-love-schoolboy-led-bed-narrowly-dodges-jail-sentence.html What would of happened if this were a male teacher? Looking forward to a Judge applying the same sentance to the next male teacher.

Obviously no one could possibly condone the tragic event of Ed Livingstone and his children. In the NZ Herald’s publications highlighting the shortcomings of this father over the past 2 days, and also in all the other reporting since this dreadful event took place I have been unable to find a reason for the protection […]

Unbelievable: It has just been revealed by the Guardian newspaper that the male suicide rate is 3 1/2 times that of the female suicide rate in England. Of course I am not suggesting that the rate of male suicide is unbelievable, it is a headline that contained not only the word Male or the word […]

I am certain that many of you on this site have moved on, having met another woman and have embarked on the journey of step parenting. Your new woman shares responsibility with her ex partner to raise her children, but where in the equation do you as a step parent fit in? We have read […]

The confused male In the world of show cases and clebrities there are as many confused males as there are females. If you hold this guy up against some ball swinging singer, he is no more and no less confused about what his role is in society, is meant to be, or should be. I […]

We Understand How Colin Craig Feels. We don’t necessarily support his politics. We don’t know whether he gives a damn about the harm done to men, though he probably recognizes the harm to families that has resulted from the denigration of men. However, those who speak up about men’s issues know what it’s like to […]

This is how you do it. It’s quite simple really, it just requires opening your eyes and ears. http://www.theguardian.com/law/2014/feb/17/mother-permissive-parenting-court-custody-battle

The injustice shown to men over the decades since the inception of the Family Court and the abuse done by that Court to children’s relationships with their fathers (and therefore to the children themselves) have been largely ignored by our media. Exposure of the Court’s sexism against men relied mainly on individual men’s letters to […]

Story here. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/9724858/Blackmailer-rues-her-actions Angie Rose Wilson your actions have led to the death of this man. What ide really like to know is did you plan the consensual sexual relationship in order to make some cash from the outset or did you come up with a the plan afterwards? I am surprised you didn’t call […]