It was a most fascinating, if not extremely expensive, day at the High Court having my appeal heard. Justice Asher was in charge of being in charge. It became quickly clear that Asher J has one hell of a fine mind. He didn’t miss a thing in amongst the various attempts of opposing council to […]

The current focus of the Family Court is on ‘best interest of the child’. This, I would say, is something that is very difficult to determine. Also it ignores the presence of the parents, both mother and father and since the mother invariably ends up with the child, this makes the Family Court appear to […]

I thought I would just tell ever so briefly my story to add to the file. I was employed in the government power generation industry and was able to provide for my wife and family without too much hardship. When my older kids went to polytech and university, I was made redundant and my career […]

A couple of days ago I recieved the following email from the Ministry of Justice. I believe this is designed to suppress complaints made about the lawyer who was involved in the case, rather than to protect the children. As I don’t have a spare $2,000 lying around, and have other plans for the next […]

Men’s Coalition protest was sent to me via Jim Bailey’s address book. I have received Andrew’s permission to post. Another series of protests were held outside lawyers home addresses in Auckland yesterday. This was the first of round 2, ,i.e. protesting outside of lawyers houses for the second time. The public support has been amazing […]

Judge speaks up on Family Court criticisms Saturday June 10, 2006 By Chris Barton Graeme MacCormick retired as Family Court judge in December after serving 15 years on the bench. Here are his views on men’s groups’ protests. Will judges be intimidated by the men’s groups’ protests? I do not perceive the judges of the […]

Opinion: Dave Crampton Big News with Dave Crampton Bradford & Kiro Disagree On Smacking Green MP Sue Bradford and Children’s Commissioner Cindy Kiro are in sharp disagreement over Bradfords bill which aims to remove reasonable force as a defence for child discipline from the Crimes Act. Such is the disagreement that Kiro refuses to comment […]

An Auckland District Court jury in the trial of a woman charged with stabbing her husband heard closing arguments yesterday. The 34-year-old woman has pleaded not guilty to one charge of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. Police said her injured husband, 49, called them on February 20 last year about 3.30am, saying […]

Dear Dr Robertson You were quoted in the Waikato Times on 3 June 2006 as saying (i) that for parents effectively to take shared responsibility for children “you need a high degree of co-operation and goodwill between the parents” and (ii) that “it is probably in the best interests of a child not to have […]

Loose section 59 and you will empower the state parent of the Family Court. This state wants legal ownership of our sons and daughters.

On Nine to Noon yesterday, Katherine Rich interviewed Bruce Tichbon from Families Apart Require Equality. Photo: Bruce Tichbon in action last weekend (from Noelle’s video – link below transcript). For the next few days you can listen to the audio here. I was so impressed with Bruce’s communication skills I have transcribed his responses for […]

It may be less obvious to many, amid the projections of a seemingly idyllic society; however it is the latter category, into which the New Zealand family court has evolved.

The lesbians on the other hand seem to be the main source of discontent, with male officers: “The place is infested with them”.

Your Editorial: Dad’s Army does itself no favours, detracts from your editorial credibility and the New Zealand image.

I wonder how many girls under 18 years have been charged with murder in New Zealand before?

Guaranteeing the effective recovery of maintenance, in Europe and in the world Draft programme of the Joint Conference European Commission Hague Conference on Private International Law

Last Sunday, Bailey and about 15 other members of their radical Fathers Coalition picketed the homes of four lawyers and parliament’s Speaker Margaret Wilson in Tauranga, before moving on to Hamilton where two judges, three lawyers and an anger management class were targeted.

Stuff: Foreign brides swamp refuges ‘Men are legally allowed to bring them into the country and beat them senseless. We’re setting them up to be abused.’ Heather Henare, Women’s Refuge national manager

Family Court Statistics 2004

In Stuff today: Plan to help families cope with divorce Parents about to divorce or separate are to be given free counselling sessions in a bid to lessen the impact on their children. The $6 million scheme, unveiled by Justice Minister Rick Barker yesterday, was aimed at 15,000 parents who would separate or contemplate a […]

In what we believe is a democratic country it is sometimes easier to live in denial than it is to face up to the human rights abuses that exist within the New Zealand Family Court.

NZ Herald: Fathers’ vendetta angers top judge Principal Family Court judge Peter Boshier said men’s groups such as the Union of Fathers, which had been picketing two judges’ homes in recent weeks, were going beyond acceptable democratic protest. Boshier’s “beyond acceptable democratic protest” demonstrates the type of thinking which underlies the whole dysfunctional culture of […]

Chief Family Judge Peter Boshier claims the New Zealand Family Court has become a ‘supermarket court with judges expected to rule on everything from choices of school to choices of surname.

While Officers of the New Zealand Family Court have immunity from criminal prosecution and the Commissioner of the IRD, can recover money carte blanch then men in this country need to fear for their wellbeing.

Having spoken to some of the protesters who have been on the recent crusade against the family court I am surprised to hear about the nature of the behaviour of some of the New Zealand Family Court Staff.