No matter how many times mothers kill and seriously harm their own children the myth that this is exceptional persists. Gabriela Espinosa, 23 was arrested early Saturday after police said she admitted drowning her 2 month old baby boy while they were interviewing her following a traffic stop, ABC TV station KFSN in Fresno, USA […]

Australian Government Remains Silent on Judicial Fraud Thursday, April 15, 2010 By Ash Patil The 7th of April 2010 marked the fourth anniversary of the Magill v Magill paternity fraud case in Australia, effectively creating two remarkable precedents in terms of the perpetuation of fraud in this country.

Australian men reclaim child support through DNA tests after law change Australian fathers are reclaiming thousands of dollars in child support payments after a change in the law allowed them to demand DNA tests on children Peter Dunne(Nothing) could have followed the Aussie lead instead of doing nothing about Paternity Fraud. (Re-spun by academics as […]

I have only just found out about the F77 cure for prostate cancer. Has this been widely reported? Is NZ allocating funds to speed this into clinical trials stage? Surely a cure for cancer as promising as this would have government funding pouring into it? Oh wait this cancer only affects males.

I’d like to know your thoughts on this subject. I am interested in long term happiness. The kind of happiness when you can say you have a happy and forfulling life. I think it is important. MENZ – – promoting a clearer understanding of men’s experience – Does it matter to society if fathers are […]

article here A high suicide rate among people involved in Family Court custody proceedings has prompted the country’s top family judge to shake up the system. The court is speeding up the way it deals with childcare disputes, particularly when they involve potential violence or abuse. Principal Family Court Judge Peter Boshier said too many […]

Article here A shake-up of Family Court processes will speed up child care cases, with those involving abuse or violence to receive urgent attention. Principal Family Court Judge Peter Boshier, who announced the changes today, said cases involving family break-ups often saw bitter disputes between parents. “This can cause considerable delay in resolving the issues, […]

This thread is a post of the comment by No Confidence to the Child Tax Quiz Thread. Its way offf topic of the Child Tax Quiz and should be a thread of its own, Regards Scrap Who said this… Of all the politically correct organisations littering our Capital, the big Mother of them all is the […]

We are looking for 1000 women to assist us to protect the rights of children. WE NEED YOU! You can make a difference. About 20% of children are denied the right to know who their biological parent is for no good reason. We want 1000 women to name Mr Peter F Boshier as the father […]

Here is an article about a solo teenage parent, written in 2005. Worth reading I think.

Time to analyse the words of Child Tax Administrator Dunne Nothing.

A summary and comparison of legislation and policy in New Zealand and Australia. Child Poverty Action Group [PDF ] I don’t agree with this report, it relies heavily on the Trapski Report which is 14 years old.

This article will be of interest. Family trusts can be a great way to lose control of property in a divorce. But a landmark Supreme Court decision may help change that.

Reading comments on MENZ recently one would think that a website that has for years been closely monitored by Politicians and Officials has been attacked by white ants. My Father used to talk about white-anting as part of the toolkit of ideologies such as Communism and Fascism a tool that was used by the enemy to […]

This article today headlined “Half of victims killed by unarmed attackers” gives further details on NZ homicides in 2009. Murders: 41 men, 24 women. Manslaughter: 18 men, 5 women. How dare Heather Henare, on National Radio today, comment on violence as if only women and children are subjected to it? How dare our government fund […]

I am who I am. I am female. I can do everything man can do! I can fix a car or truck. I can drive a tractor. I can kill an animal with my bare hands and supply food for thy table. I can make money to buy thy bread for thy table. I can […]

Crime figures were released by NZ police yesterday claiming a 9.2% rise in violent crime driven primarily by an 18.6% reported increase in domestic violence. Yesterday was April Fools Day and it’s sad that we, the NZ public, are being taken for fools concerning such an important social issue.

I know for far too many fathers it will not be a happy Easter. It will be will lonely and hurtful time due to no fault of their own. For many other fathers it will be a frustrating time of mixed emotions. I am not a Christian but my thoughts are with you and your […]

A gathering of academicians drawn from a range of disciplines will meet on April 7, 2010, at Wagner College, Staten Island, New York, to examine the declining state of the male, stemming from cataclysmic changes in today’s culture, environment and global economy. The live teleconferenced colloquium will be chaired by Lionel Tiger, PhD, Rutgers University […]

Lots of different people have different ideas on what success is but I think it comes down to achieving goals you have set. One group making success in the family court is American Fathers & Families with executive director Glenn Sacks. Their goal is to seek better lives for children through family court reform that […]

article from here MP doubts court changes Thursday, 18 March 2004 CLEVEDON MP Judith Collins doubts proposed changes to the New Zealand courts system will help to bring greater transparency to the Family Court. The National party’s families spokesperson said the Law Commission’s recommendation to open up the Family Court, including allowing the media to […]

I just found a site dedicated to men in early childhood education. I have no idea if these folk are incredibly brave or incredibly naive. Check it out for yourself: http://www.ecmenz.org/index.html

Consider the state of the NZ male when you read this quote. Tell me if you think this describes the state of NZ men today and why. Afterwards I’ll tell you who wrote it and when. A wise ancient declared that the most perfect popular government was that ‘where an injury done to the meanest […]

Wellington – Single women have a problem finding a husband or partner in New Zealand – they outnumber men. There are 35,000 more women in the prime marrying age group of 20 to 45, according to Statistics New Zealand and the situation is so bad that a 32-year-old Kiwi woman has as much chance of […]

Wikipedia (which you will know can be edited by anybody) has this to say about the stereotypical NZ female: The kiwi female There are few stereotypes surrounding New Zealand women, and these stereotypes are not as strong as those involving men. The two strongest stereotypes are: * Independence: New Zealand women are sometimes thought to […]