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Time’s up for familycaught$ secret bullies

Sat 13th April 2013:

Times up for familycaught$ secret bullies by Judith Collins Minister of Justice Judith Collins – some details lost in translation, some gained. 1 APRIL, 2013 Justice Minister Judith Collins has announced a raft of new proposals to hold familycaught$ bullies to account for their bullying and harmful behaviour.

FUD Submissions

Sun 7th April 2013:

Fear Uncertainty and Darkness (FUD) Instead of addressing the problems and looking for solutions, it seems that the beneficiaries in the existing familycaught$ system are distracting our attention away from the required outputs and a system for achieving them at a sensibly low cost.

Law Commission Panders to War Against Men

Fri 5th April 2013:

MoMA MEDIA RELEASE: Law Commission Panders to War Against Men Community group the Ministry of Men’s Affairs today expressed concern that the latest changes recommended by the NZ Law Commission in sexual offence cases will further reduce the ability of defendants, mainly men, to protect themselves against false sexual allegations.

Politicians frightened to admit fathers are vital

Tue 19th March 2013:

Conspiracy of silence on value of marriage: Politicians frightened to admit fathers are vital, says top family lawyer. Supporting marriage has become a ‘no go area’ for our politicians says Baroness Deech. She says an absence of fathers is ‘harming’ the next generation of children. Politicians are ‘too afraid’ of offending cohabiting partners or single […]

Paternity testing when father is deceased or not available

Fri 8th March 2013:

Paternity testing is carried out as a proof of biological relations between a child and an alleged father. In a normal case, obtaining a sample from the said father is as simple as a swab from the mouth. If the alleged parent is deceased however, the entire process is a bit more complicated. Fortunately, it […]

CYF, do they do anything useful??

Mon 4th March 2013:

OK, this is probably a rhetorical question and I would imagine that the answer is ‘no they are completely useless’ , but my daughter is at risk and I don’t know where to turn.

Bashing Prostitutes’ Customers

Fri 22nd February 2013:

Media Release: Prostitute Law Reform A community group calling itself the Ministry of Men’s Affairs has accused politicians of male-bashing as a select committee considers former Labour MP George Hawkins’ bill introduced to address problems caused by prostitutes.

Prosecuting Partners of DPB Fraudsters

Thu 21st February 2013:

Media Release: Prosecuting Partners of Benefit Fraudsters This proposed legislation reaches a new low in the financial exploitation of men and also represents a giant backward step for women to a past patriarchal era in which men were held legally responsible for their spouses’ behaviour.

Family Court Lump Sum Payment

Thu 14th February 2013:

The mother of my children is going to the Family Court asking them to make me pay a lump sum Child Support payment.

It is important that people complain

Sat 19th January 2013:

For us to make NZ into a better environment, for men, women and children, it is important that people complain vigorously and constructively. I have suggested that NZ has a serious mafia problem, in terms of secret caughts, that pillage families and fail to do what Parliament allocates money to achieve.

Family Court Proceedings Bill Submission Kitset

Wed 19th December 2012:

Write Your own Submissions on Family Court Proceedings Reform Bill. Submissions close on 13th February 2013

Offender Anita Killeen Gets Special Treatment

Tue 18th December 2012:

You might have come across this case last week in which a former Chief Prosecutor for the Serious Fraud Office was nicely discharged without conviction after pleading guilty to forgery charges for which she could have been jailed for up to 10 years.

A Few of This Weekend’s News Stories

Sun 9th December 2012:

Story time children, time to analyze a few news stories from a men’s movement perspective. Once you start to do this it’s like enlightenment and you find you’re recognizing the broader reality in what you read. The stories covered here simply happen to be from this weekend’s news and there were more even in that […]

Police Admit False Claims about Rugby Domestic Violence

Thu 1st November 2012:

The Ministry of Men’s Affairs recently challenged the NZ police for making a public claim that domestic violence call outs had increased during an All Blacks match. The police have finally responded acknowledging that they had not been able to find any significant link between family violence and rugby matches.

Boshier’s Last Salvo

Principal Family Court Judge Boshier has made what is described as his last speech in the role. Guess where? Yep, at the Women’s Refuge annual conference. Radio NZ has today been pushing his call in that speech to make domestic violence a separate criminal offence. Various feminist sympathizers have agreed but the only real advantage […]

Of marriage and men: stereotypes that ignore half the story

Mon 15th October 2012:

I don’t think this needs a summary. Just read it: Of marriage and men: stereotypes that ignore half the story

DIY submissions to family court

Sat 13th October 2012:

Good morning fathers, I don’t have any intention to flood you with all my legal documentation, however as part of my theory that family court is a “zero-sum game”, I take action and not letting any response from the other side to be left without an answer.

Boshier on the couch with Women’s Refuge

Fri 12th October 2012:

At the end of October, Women’s Refuge held their 2012 annual conference at The Winery Riverlands, Blenheim. They “planned a ground breaking conference on how we can build safer futures for women, children and families in Aotearoa.” Based on what I have heard from hundreds of men who have come in contact with Women’s Refuge […]

Parent relationships hypocrisy

Wed 26th September 2012:

Parent relationships hypocracy? In these examples, the “judges” under the spotlight are in USA and in Turkey. The USA case was not under Hague Convention, but the real world parenting issues are similar.

The terror of the politically correct – Karen Woodall

While many men are sitting delicately, on their oversized derrieres, it is women who are getting out and actively doing something to protect children’s rights to have a relationship with their fathers…. No, I am not suggesting drug or electric shock treatment for your lethargy, more adrenaline injections from extreme violence….. Anyway, maybe reading Karen […]

NZ Police: Nearly 50 per cent of children who die as a result of family violence are killed by their mothers

Tue 25th September 2012:

NZ Police today released a report summarising the findings of 95 family violence death reviews involving 101 victims between 2004 and 2011. The report, which did not include all deaths that occurred during that period, found 15 out of 33 child victims were killed by their mums. Five newborn babies were killed by women who […]

‘Time for a Change’ in how we address DV?

Written for FathersCan by Dr. Don Dutton PHD-for national and International distribution ‘Time for a Change?’ What do Chris Brown, Ike Turner, and OJ Simpson have in common? They are all famous men who beat their wives. Chris Brown’s case got maximum exposure on Oprah, Ike Turner was vilified in a movie, OJ got all […]

He’s Just Swapped His Fists For The System

Sun 23rd September 2012:

Cartwright Seminar Concerns that Family Court failing women and children HE’S JUST SWAPPED HIS FISTS FOR THE SYSTEM

The place of the father & child support: the bible’s perspective

Fri 14th September 2012:

(Disclaimer: I’m writing this article since our Minister is a Christian, with a hope that his legislation of child support will be influenced by it. I have no intention to convince any of you to become a Christian – I’m not a Christian myself! I just have knowledge of the bible, have researched the scriptures […]

Costs from False Allegations

Sat 8th September 2012:

Prosecutions should only proceed when it is in the public interest, for example when there is sufficient evidence that there is a reasonably prospect of gaining a conviction. When there is no workable system of accountability for prosecutors, then defective prosecutions may still occur. From the prosecutor’s perspective, successes gain public credit (and wrongful prosecutions […]

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