A comment from the post – Gendered Justice in New Zealand:

Tell us more about the red fems.
The way to sink em is to get women onside who see this too.
It must be said that all this “system” does is perpetuate and create violence rather than reducing it.

It’s a discussion we need to have. Who exactly are these Red Fems? (more…)

Three years ago I was newly separated in auckland and I joined the single parents trust. I wanted to see how other parents remained close to thier children after separation.
I found support and new friendships and the experience was extremely rewarding. My daughter and I joined in many exiting activities, well organised and without a shred of gender indiference.
An organisation where dads are valued and I highly reccomend it to any single parents.
Julie Whitehouse runs the single parents trust and regularly contributes to topics on this site.
I truely admire Julie as I wonder just how many other men she has helped.
THANKYOU ! Julie Whitehouse. ,

Another fine woman is Lee-Anne Cartier.
She is the sister of phil nisbit who was murdered by his wife helen milner.
Nz police had botched the investigation.
Cartier was tenacious and committed and after huge expence and effort managed to get the case reopened and Milner put to trial.
What a fantastic woman that she took on nz police and refused to be told to go away.
Her brother was murdered and she stood up.and got busy!
Nz police had written it all off as just another male suicide.
Lee-Anne Cartier…has changed the course of history and she did it, not just for her brother , but for all men who mightve been milners next victim.
Lee-Anne Cartier, Lee-Anne Cartier, Lee-Anne Cartier !
Im just so impressed with her!,

Feel free to add yours to the list ive started.

If Robin Williams had been a New Zealander we would not be having a discussion about his suicide, and certainly not publishing the method of execution, but the law in the US state in which Williams died is exactly the opposite – police are required to release all the relevant details of his death.

The media restrictions in New Zealand and the limited discussion is something I have been critical of, but that’s another story; Robin Williams is American and beyond the media eulogies the subject of his suicide is being openly debated.

It’s not a bad thing, to rationalise and make sense of human tragedy.

So, what did kill Robin Williams? (more…)

I’ve seen women’s advocates in the Waitakere Court. They wander around the court like they own it and make the judge look like a clingon to the proceedings. When I saw a news article showing their direct influence in sentencing, I put up the post Women’s Refuge Justice System

I had been waiting for another such case to surface – which it has – and is posted under NZ Judge – Women’s domestic violence and anger ok

We have a tendency to classify such cases, especially within the justice system, simply as a pussy-pass which I have a problem with; not because I am sensitive about the comparison with female genitalia, but because we need to look more closely at the mechanics of what is happening and the likely outcome.

This needs closer analysis. (more…)

This is a staggering article that brings to life the feminist philosophy that many people cannot accept exists in the Family Court.

Worse the article highlights the disparity between what would normally be considered intolerable domestic violence and what is increasingly being considered acceptable female violence. (more…)

In the last post we looked at Robin Williams as a men’s advocate and his political messages.

Here is an article by Christopher Bucktin looking at Williams’ personal life and the cost of his two divorces. (more…)

Yesterday the world reeled from the sudden death of Actor/Comedian Robin Williams.

Today tributes will flow, and rightfully so, from all corners of the earth, from those who knew him and worked with him, to those who respected and enjoyed his immense talent – he was a rare talent that could seize any moment, and turn it into theatre and laughter.

He will be remembered for his many roles, his ability to own the part, to make them unique likeable characters that only he could create.

But beyond this is another Robin Williams, a modern day Charlie Chaplin – both of whom are notable, not just because of their fame, but their political positions. (more…)

Child support overhaul delayed

Revenue Minister Todd McClay announced today the first of the reforms in the Child Support Scheme Amendment Act would be delayed a year because of the “complexity of the reforms”.

“Inland Revenue has informed me… it needs more time to implement the new scheme to the high standard that the Government expects.”

It is the second time the changes have been delayed – the Social Services Select committee held back the changes so IRD would have time to adjust its systems.

I wonder if IRD will be forced to pay the government substantial penalty payments for being overdue in their service delivery.

I may contact the IRD Child Support team and advise them that “My newly assessed Child Support payments would be delayed a year because of the “ridiculous over-assessment of my real income”, and that “I need more time to raise my salary to the high standard that the IRD expects.”

Honestly, what a complete sham.

For someone who has lived a lifetime with a loving wife they could easily hold the view that all women are loving honest souls – then later in life – finding themselves alone in their old age could easily become the victim of the less honest.

A woman has been held in custody following the alleged (more…)

A female paedophile has been jailed for having sex with an eight-year-old boy more than fifty times.

That’s seems reasonable.

Loren Morris, 21, started sleeping with the boy five years ago
She continued doing it for two years, until the boy was ten
She was convicted of sexual intercourse with a child last month
Today she was given the two-year sentence at Worcester Crown Court

Loren Morris

The judge in the case told Morris that he would be lenient with the sentence – which will see her released from jail after one year – because she ‘realised it was wrong’ and stopped having sex with the boy.

His batteries must have gone flat.

Judge Robert Juckes QC said: ‘I make no secret of the fact your case has given me cause for much consideration.

‘I have come to the conclusion that due to the concern and embarrassment caused to both you and your family that you will not be offending again, let alone committing sexual offences.

Is this a bit of a ‘pussy pass’?

Defence lawyer Antonie Mullers had told the court Morris was struggling to accept the facts of the case, and asked Judge Juckes to spare her a prison sentence altogether.

Didn’t we have a case where a female teacher had sex with a pupil and when it was found out the teacher committed suicide – that’s right, the coroner suppressed the details and it had to be removed from the site?

Any man considering a new relationship should watch this video attentively.

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The current election campaign may not be offering much in the way of policy for men, but it has brought a few more commenters to this site and some interesting posts from new authors – which is great – we need to be our own media sometimes, it is the only way some of these stories will be told.

The more participants we have, the more ideas that float around (even if we don’t all agree with each other) the more we think about the issues that face men in this country, at this time and in the future.

While some of us might be getting a bit long in the tooth to be much more than grumpy old men, it is good to see younger guys continuing the good fight. It’s been a long fight; decades of effort in fact.

Times are a-changing still.

Sometimes important information gets lost in the comments – like this comment from Phil Watts:
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Child Youth and Family (CYF) have acknowledged that they did not conduct an investigation into the death of a 13 month old baby who died in a bath tub drowning in November 2012.

The story was first discussed here in the post multi-tasking manslaughter.

The victim’s mother was subsequently charged with manslaughter and found not guilty in October 2013.

A follow-up story by journalist Phil kitchin detailed the father’s frustration about evidence that was withheld from the mother’s trial.

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I don’t want to go into too much detail prematurely, especially without permission, but a new political group is in the formation stages and is looking for input on their law and order policy platform before registering as an official political entity.

If you have any ideas, keyword “ideas,” not rants, and can put them forward in a coherent way with added rationale, please contact me privately.

Basically, I’m asking you to share your thoughts on what changes need to be made, what policy needs to be implemented in order to make the legal system fairer for males, too.

Please write your proposed policy idea, and add a short paragraph about why it’s necessary. These will be added in with the other remits, and voted in within the next few weeks. If you wish to be contacted via email or social media, please leave your details in the comments.

We can’t say we’ve tried everything until we have a crack at this, too.

In solidarity

Mana Male

Yep I could be wrong but she seems very interested in mens rights. I dont want to sit around and wait and see what happens and create summaries when men get screwed by systemstic discrimination. If you want to sit there.. then ok, but you can still help. Can you add statistics… rephrase my questions?
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A report released last month has put the cost of domestic violence in New Zealand at $8 billion per year.

There appears to be a new type of inflation impacting our economy – Election Inflation.

This ‘$8 Billion dollars is a big increase on previous estimates. The difference between the $8 billion and the 368 million estimated in the PSA report as a cost to New Zealand business may be government funding of the industry – I haven’t seen the calculations to confirm the basis of their costing.

A 155-page report called ‘The Way Forward’ denounces the current industry as being in “Overwhelming Disarray” and proposes a new Integrated System for Intimate Partner Violence and Child Abuse and Neglect in New Zealand. (more…)

The Essay of Tania Billingsley discussed in a previous post saw a young woman jeopardise a possible court case in exchange for a minute of fame and some mileage for the airing of her views on the much politicised idea of New Zealand’s ‘Rape Culture’.

She’s already been forgotten about, and the chances of a court case are now resting close to zero.

But there is the distinct possibility that this will provoke further attempts to use the media to double the shame, post court case.

The barrier of course is suppression. (more…)

Ms King’s apology for being a woman is “insulting” because not all women are so forgetful, our Prime Minister says.

“It’s a pretty silly comment from Ms King,” said Mrs Tubb.

“The problem isn’t being a woman, the problem is if you’re a forgetful woman, and I think it’s a bit insulting to imply that all women are forgetful.

“A small group are, and they need to change their behaviour or be held to account,” Tubb added.

The predominantly feminist-leaning Labour Pains Party leader, (more…)

Minimum wage is a political toy in the sense that it can be abused at election time with promises that have notable flow-on effects and manipulated between elections; it is a cabinet decision as to what the minimum wage is set at.

When you look at our position in world statistics we are amongst the best at maintaining our minimum wage levels – our economic issues are not wages, but our spending power.

So what happens when we hike the minimum wage $2 an hour (more…)

The previous post Minimum Wage and Feminist Entitlement opens up the discussion about how feminist monetary policy is driving men backwards into a slave culture.

Now let’s have a look at the good work The Ministry of Women’s Affairs does to help out. (more…)

When it comes to election campaigns and gender politics there are only two policy positions, female and gender neutral; and yes, that is just a different way of saying there are no male specific policies, but is that true.

If there were male specific policies you would expect them to be gender positive – I’d like to give you an example but I can’t find one, so I’ll have to use a female positive one; like Labour’s push to move the burden of proof in rape cases, it’s gender positive toward women, negative toward men.

There is something much more subtle going on when it comes to financial policy. (more…)

She doesn’t have to hit you for it to be abuse:
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Please join MoMA in Wellington when we raise awareness of men’s issues in the lead up to the election. We have sent the following invitation to various MPs and the Ministry of Women’s Affairs:

MMA
MINISTRY OF MEN’S AFFAIRS
MINITATANGA MO NGA TANE
A Community Group because successive governments have neglected the voice and welfare of New Zealand men

PO Box 13130, Tauranga 3141
Contact Hans Laven (07)5712435 or (0274)799745; or Kerry Bevin (09)4747762; [email protected]

27 July 2014

Dear

On Friday 1st of August representatives of the Ministry of Men’s Affairs, an NGO, will be
– outside Bowen House from 11:00am to 12:30pm,
– at parliament grounds from 1pm to 2.45pm, and
– outside the Ministry of Women’s Affairs from 3pm to 4pm.
We warmly invite you to meet us there, to learn a little about the serious issues of concern to us, and to show your support for gender equality in New Zealand.

For many years politicians have believed that acknowledging men’s issues may jeopardize their public support, but the tide is now turning. People are starting to recognize how important for our country it is to address men’s issues such as huge male suicide rates, male health, huge male workplace deaths, ongoing and new sexist laws that only discriminate against males, bias against males at all levels of law enforcement and Courts. Women are increasingly seeing how exploitative and unfair New Zealand has become towards their brothers, fathers, uncles, sons and grandsons. David Cunliffe’s apology for being a man would have been tolerated a few years ago as “possibly fair enough’ by many New Zealanders, but not now.

This is an opportunity for you to ride the new tide of public opinion. We believe it will be advantageous to politicians now to show the country they can think fairly about gender issues. Increasingly, being seen to support unbalanced feminist claims will be punished in the polls.

Please do put a few minutes aside to meet us on the 1st of August. We will inform NZ men’s networks that you cared enough about men to show some interest.

Yours sincerely

Hans Laven
Chief Executive

I would like to blame the Aussies for starting it, but history tells a different story – yes, this goes way back.

Even, back past the Condom War. You haven’t heard of the Condom War? (more…)

In a recent post first NZ gay marriage fails questions were asked as to whether this site was anti gay-men and if that particular debate was homophobic; distinguishing politics from the personal does not reside ouside of discussions on homosexuality, even if some would have us believe that.

New Zealand is no stranger to the presence of gay men – many have come here from overseas because of the current social climate or more recent social climate, it wasn’t always this way. (more…)