Rather than being simply apathetic towards fathers, the Families Commision has become hostile towards fathers. “The Families Commission has accepted the political reality of having a new minister and scrapped plans for a $200,000 conference. Social Development Minister Paula Bennett discovered plans for the conference in a briefing paper, released publicly yesterday. She got in […]

By Philippe Siuberski in Nivelles, Belgium December 09, 2008 11:05am A WOMAN lured her five children upstairs one by one and slit their throats before trying to kill herself, a court has been told. Belgian woman Genevieve Lhermitte, 42, is on trial for the murders of her four daughters and son, aged from three to […]

“Illiterate, sexist and anti-intellectual school boards are appointing poorly qualified school principals, says a researcher with 15 years experience working with boards.” Regards Scrap

Our new government seems to be off to a good start. Instant protection orders to ensure thousands more children are disconnected from their fathers, DNA to be taken from anyone arrested on suspicion of a crime, and more prisons to be built to throw men into.

In NZ, the debate about domestic violence hasn’t got past the “90% of domestic violence victims are women, so provide support services only for the women”. (The values are wrong AND the statistics are wrong!) In NZ, 90% of serious assault victims and murder victims are male. In UK, there are working helpline services which […]

For me, it is sad that the conditions around our children’s upbringing, did not receive much discussion during the recent election campaign. Issues include: almost complete absence of men among preschool and primary teachers <10% relatively few men among secondary school teachers <25% Unskilled familycaughts failing to make care decisions based on the real life […]

An Auckland woman has been sentenced to life imprisonment with minimum non parole period of 17 years for the murder of ten month old baby Jynia Te Awa. Tiana Kapea, who was the child’s minder, has also been sentenced to three years jail on a cruelty charge – that is to be served concurrently with […]

Two young lesbian murderers are defying the wishes of a Supreme Court judge in Perth by spending recreational time in prison together, Attorney-General Christian Porter said yesterday. In March, Judge Peter Blaxell sentenced 21-year-old Jessica Stasinowsky and 19-year-old Valerie Parashumti to life in prison for the wilful murder of teenager Stacey Mitchell. Their friend of […]

The case was struck out but (a) it should never have gone to trial in the first place and (b) what about perjury? From http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/21/2426849.htm?section=sport Rape charges against New Zealand Warriors NRL player Michael Crockett have been dismissed by a Sydney court. Crockett, 25, fronted a committal hearing on Friday at Sydney’s Downing Centre Local […]

I don’t know how to go about it but I think this is an opportunity to press for the state apparatus to support father involvement. Fatherless children are at risk children. Tariana Turia states “Families need to stay strongly connected so that they are able pick up on any issues that arise.” So now is […]

It seems that men’s intuition is more than good enough, to be used in familycaught, as evidence? Interestingly, scientific checking shows that women’s intuition is less sensitive and less accurate. Men’s suspicious minds better at spotting infidelity Suspicious dads spark surge in sales of DNA kits Is this a bit of a turnaround from the […]

If you are interested in joining a Skype Conference Call to discuss planning a thorough and complete strategy to respond to the proposed on the spot protection orders please email [email protected] You need to have Skype. You need to be committed to action. You need to understand working as team with diverse people with different […]

An organisation called the World Economic Forum has released a report on how much the world’s countries have closed the “gender gap”. New Zealand ranks fifth behind Iceland and the Nordic countries. Here is an excerpt from their web pages: New Zealand (5) and Australia (21) continue to perform well in the rankings. Both countries […]

This is a draught of the letter to be sent to Mr Key, please read over it and comment about what changes, additions or subtractions you feel are necessary. A week from now I will circulate for signatory from men’s groups. Dear Prime Minister John Key, Congratulations on your appointment to Prime Minister of New […]

I have taken a keen interest in family law and men’s issues. I worked with Judy to draft and get the DNA bill on the order paper, where it now languishes because United fell 0.3% short of getting Judy Turner back into Parliament.

Original article… http://www.stuff.co.nz/vote08/4757899a28477.html It is also understood Key plans to relieve Judith Collins of the welfare portfolio and offer it to up-and-coming Waitakere MP and solo mother Paula Bennett. Let’s hope she is not a bitter, anti-male solo mother.

Paternity tests prove hundreds of men duped EXCLUSIVE by Kelvin Bissett November 11, 2008 12:00am MOTHERS are having to pay back as much as $60,000 to men who were wrongly claimed to be the father following reform of child support laws in Australia. More than 300 men have been cleared by DNA of being fathers. […]

Today is Armistice Day. Ninety years ago today, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, 11.00 am on 11/11/18, hostilities ended in the First World War. Although there was no formal peace treaty until the following year, the approximately eight million people who died have been remembered every year since […]

Following on from my last post concerning a Suicide Prevention Interagency Steering Group that just happened to omit any men’s or fathers’ represetative, their meeting highlighted high rates of suicide by Maori men and talked about needing Maori male representation in the group. However, no mention was made that men in general commit suicide several […]

I became aware of a local sucide prevention initiative recently. The minutes of their last meeting showed that in attendance were representatives of Schizophrenia Fellowship, the local District Health Board, Pull for Humanity, CYF and two female “educators” from the government Suicide Prevention Project. Others who had been invited included Ministry of Education, Police, Primary […]

National’s policy is on the way. Police will gain the power to issue on-the-spot protection orders to protect victims of domestic violence. This type of policy sums up how National views men. Those who cast their vote for National, Act ,United Future and perhaps the Maori Party voted for this.  Child Tax is in Judith […]

From YouTube Sweden: Why is it a crime to be a man? Worth watching, as it seems to have a bit in common with NZ. Cheers, MurrayBacon.

Maxim Institute Lecture: Breakthrough New Zealand? On Monday 3 November in Auckland, UK family policy expert Dr Samantha Callan delivered a lecture for Maxim Institute about why tackling family breakdown is an important social justice issue. “I want to talk about what we’re doing in Britain to tackle family breakdown. I’m a long way from […]

International Men’s Day is an international holiday, celebrated on the first Saturday of November. It was suggested by Mikhail Gorbachev and was supported by the United Nations in Vienna, and other organisations[1]. The tradition began in 1999, probably by analogy to International Women’s Day. Recognition and support of the day is limited; in Malta it […]

Crime TelstraClear Father relieved abduction case is over Wednesday, 29, Oct, 2008 4:04PM The father of an eight-year-old boy at the centre of a high profile abduction case is relieved the ordeal has come to an end. The boy was missing for five months after he was taken from Hamilton City Library two years ago. […]