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Archive of Law & Courts

Principal Family Court Judge Boshier on TV One

Wed 1st July 2009:

From Peter Zohrab What do people think of what Judge Boshier said on TV One ? You can read what he said at tvnz.co.nz. Watch the video here. In particular, what do you think about what he said about Family Court statistics? You can see the statistics at: justice.govt.nz/ He is saying that the stats […]

Editorial identifies the key cause of our social problems.

Mon 8th June 2009:

Excerpt from the Otago Daily Times. (Skim past the opening religious stuff and you’ll get to some telling insights.) The “Fathering Our City” report, written by Warwick Pudney and commissioned by Te Korowai Manaaki – Great Start Waitakere and Violence Free Waitakere, was released at the Waitakere City Fathering Hui on May 16. The key […]

“All custody and access should be 50-50.”: Education expert

Education consultant Joseph Driessen said children who came from broken homes were typically 25 per cent behind other children in achievement. “Boys are affected by divorce very deeply because 85 per cent of custody goes to the mother and guys just disappear. That needs to change,” he told The Press. “We need to have a […]

boy was found in an alcohol-induced coma

A 13-year-old boy is recovering in hospital after downing a one-litre bottle of spirits in 30 minutes at a sports training camp. Wanaka police were investigating an alleged theft of a bottle of alcohol from the bar of a backpackers by a 15-year-old boy. Constable Greg Nolet said reports from other camp participants indicated the […]

Family First News

Fri 22nd May 2009:

Fairer child deal sought The Press 21 May 2009 Child-support payments may be changed to reflect the income of a parent’s new partner. The proposal is part of Revenue Minister Peter Dunne’s call for a review of the child-support scheme. Dunne said yesterday that he wanted to make the scheme “as even-handed as possible”. He […]

Anti-Smacking Postal Referendum: July 31 – August 21 2009

We need your help! From Family First In the first three weeks of August, NZ’ers will finally have a chance to have their say on Sue Bradford’s anti-smacking law. It’s taken two years , the booting out of the previous government (which many commentators – even within the Labour party – attribute to this law), […]

Removing Children From Marital Home

Wed 20th May 2009:

Removing Children From Marital Home (Shared Parenting) When you consider this issue, starting from children’s needs, I believe that most married couples who might separate, are in the situation that their mental health and parenting skills aren’t so good that both could make a valid claim for sole custody. Therefore, they would have to either […]

PAS yeah right!

Tue 19th May 2009:

PAS

Every crime against women should be regarded as a hate crime.

Sat 2nd May 2009:

Below is comment left on a site under an article written by Robert Franklin, Esq. I chose to share it because I think it gives good insight into misandry in America. NOW (America’s National Organisation of Women) – New York State recently supported a resolution that “all crimes against women must be regarded as hate […]

Fathers Missing Out

Fri 1st May 2009:

1. Children Penalised in Parenting Orders Family First Media Release 30 April 09 Family First NZ says that children are missing out on access to both their parents as a result of parenting orders being made in the Family Court, and that there appears to be a clear bias against fathers. Figures obtained by Family […]

Tackling the human costs of social experiment

Wed 22nd April 2009:

Family First NZ has made submissions to two high profile bills before parliament at the moment. We would encourage you to take a moment to read these submissions and provide feedback on these important issues. Three Strikes Law Family First supports the intent of the Sentencing and Parole Reform Bill (also dubbed the “Three Strikes […]

No Smacking Bill – special feature

Recent ‘Classic Quotes’ regarding the Anti-smacking law and the upcoming Referendum The anti-smacking Referendum has been confirmed to be held between 31 July 2009 and 21 August 2009. It will be a postal ballot. We thought that we would feature some recent ‘classic quotes’ from politicians and leaders who have ignored the weight of public […]

“Smacking laws were never about the real issue of child abuse”

Fri 17th April 2009:

Sue Reid, researcher and writer for Family First NZ It is a shame that we have a Families Commission that is driven by ideology rather than listening to families. Chief commissioner Jan Pryor espouses her beliefs that “positive parenting should never include a smack” (Herald, April 3). Her so-called justification for the anti-smacking laws are […]

The Second Wives Movement

Thu 16th April 2009:

Often, the fathers’ rights movement is stereotyped as being full of angry guys at war with womankind. Fathers today certainly have a lot to be angry about. However, the fathers’ movement is not at war with women, but instead with the idea held by some women and some men that mothers matter and fathers don’t. […]

83% Still Want Smacking Law Fixed – Poll

Thu 19th March 2009:

We thought you’d be interested in Famiy First’s latest Media Release. Feel free to forward it on to your local MP and others on your Contacts list. PS… If you support the work and ‘voice’ of Family First NZ and would be willing to contribute towards the cost of this research, we would greatly appreciate […]

Counsel to assist the court

Tue 17th March 2009:

Hi folks I have noticed an increasing tendency for judges in cases in Hawkes Bay to appoint a ‘counsel to assist the court’ in FC cases where the father is self represented. I’m just wondering if there is a trend in any other regions? For the record they don’t seem to add much to the […]

UK MP discusses familycaught problems

Sun 8th March 2009:

UK MP John Hemming has completed over 1 and half hours against the secret caughts on Edge TV. He’s really dishing the dirt on secret courts and dodgy social workers. It’s been uploaded to YouTube: YouTube speeches Campaign . What do you think about his straight shooting comments? Cheers, MurrayBacon.

In the name of child abuse?

Schools call cops 40 times a week NZ Herald Mar 02, 2009 Police are being called to schools about 40 times every week of the academic year to deal with behaviour teachers say they cannot handle. Figures issued under the Official Information Act and obtained by Family First NZ show officers were called out an […]

Stopping Violence Programmes – one size does not fit all

Mon 2nd March 2009:

At a hui for anti-violence providers in Auckland on Feb 16th, Principal Family Court Judge Peter Boshier told the participants that too many offenders were dropping out of anti-violence programmes, possibly partly because of the current “one-size-fits-all” approach. Boshier asked: “If there is a one-off act of violence, which is limited to and caused by […]

Man in coma made father without consent.

Fri 20th February 2009:

ROME – Prominent Italian gynecologist Severino Antinori will artificially inseminate a woman with the sperm of her comatose husband, in a first in Italy that has drawn Vatican criticism, press reports said on Wednesday. “I decided to act because … there’s a woman who wants to become a mother to overcome the immense sadness” brought […]

Men’s sperm belongs to MEN

Sat 7th February 2009:

What’s the difference between sperm samples and discarded toenails? Answer: A landmark case in the UK has ruled the former is still a man’s property. Sperm samples – given by the men after they were warned by doctors that chemotherapy might damage their fertility – were the property of the six NHS patients who can […]

Devastated by Canada’s Divorce Court

Fri 30th January 2009:

Canadian man Wayne Tippett is broken, bankrupt and bunking in the guest room of his parents’ home after a divorce settlement that’s left him $75,000 in debt and racking up $1,000 more each month. He’ll be appearing before a Judge at a default hearing to try to explain why he can’t afford to pay his […]

Celebrities coming out to fight for fatherhood

Sun 25th January 2009:

Families have suffered greatly over the past 40 years of social experimentation throughout the Western world. The Family Court has especially been harmful for fathers and children. Men’s Rights Advocate Mike LaSalle from Men’s News Daily has written a summary on Alec Baldwin’s book; A Promise to Ourselves: A Journey Through Fatherhood and Divorce. Mike […]

The difficulty of righting wrongs in caught

Fri 23rd January 2009:

This paper discusses removal of children, in a perceived emergency. The unwillingness of familycaught “judges” to admit that they have ever made a mistake or an error of judgement, results in bad decisions being difficult to impossible to reverse. It is this rigidity that makes parents extremely fearful of losing a custody hearing in familycaught, […]

Who are the real victims for false rape conplaints?

Thu 15th January 2009:

A 17-year-old New Zealand girl was arrested this week after falsely claiming that she was dragged off by three youths and sexually assaulted at knife point, The Rotorua Daily Post reported. (“Calls for help, not charges,” January 8, 2009.) The news report explained that this was the second alleged false sexual assault claim local police […]

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