No Right Turn performs a public service and explains to all us simpletons how the Government Statistician’s numbers appeared to be so wrong.
The Government Statistician checked 29,501, and found that 25,754 (87.3%) were valid. Multiply that proportion by the 324,511 and you get 283,294 - just 1,733 signatures short of the number required. So why [...]
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Posted in Section 59 on March 8, 2008 | No Comments »
Let’s not forget this.
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Posted in Section 59, humour on March 6, 2008 | No Comments »
Oh, this is too good to ignore.
The Children’s Commissioner is confident the smacking ban is changing public attitudes.
…as proof, she pulled out thousands of letters from abusive parents who never before knew they were abusive. Every one of them vowed to change their attitude, and never again let anyone like Dr Kiro anywhere near public [...]
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Posted in Section 59 on February 26, 2008 | No Comments »
How could I not comment on this?
I want to smack my daughter. At least twice today I’m likely to threaten it and may even make meaningful preparations to carry it out. Send her to her room. Get the wooden spoon out of the drawer. Enough to be arrested for an attempted smack, I’d have thought. [...]
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Posted in Section 59 on February 25, 2008 | No Comments »
Scott Kennedy blogs his experience getting signature for the smacking referendum.
Getting people to sign the petition has been an interesting experience. I’ve helped man tables in Manurewa, door knocked and over the weekend attended the Franklin A&P show.
I’ve begun to see a few trends which have surprised me. I guess I thought that many young [...]
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Posted in Fisk the Left, Section 59 on February 23, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Let’s have a look at her latest press release and see if we can work out why so many people are ignoring the Children’s commissioner.
Many people have been misled by the way the petition calling for a referendum to overturn the law on child discipline was sold to them, Children’s Commissioner Dr Cindy Kiro said [...]
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Posted in Section 59 on February 21, 2008 | No Comments »
One of Tremain’s classics, well worth reposting.
Of course, even smacking lightly with an open hand is now illegal - this woman is actually stating her intent to violently abuse her child (if you listen to Sue Bradford).
In this instance, I’d stand by the rights of the cat!
But it demonstrates a vital point - this is [...]
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Posted in CYFS, Section 59 on February 19, 2008 | No Comments »
Bob McCoskrie has responded to Cindy Kiro’s recent statements about Family First.
The Children’s Commissioner Cindy Kiro seems to be attempting to discredit Family First, but her comments are factually inaccurate. Family First has never commented on this case (although we are aware of the history of the family), and based on the [...]
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Posted in Section 59 on February 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
There’s a reason that Sue Bradford has often been called a liar. It’s because she is one, and she has not stopped even now.
“Last Friday, Barbara Bishop was sentenced to nine months jail for her part in an assault on her son, still claiming that it was her right as a ‘good parent’ to [...]
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Posted in CYFS, Section 59 on February 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Sadly, not all people are perfect.
The woman who smacked her son and became the “Poster Parent” for the anti-smackers has been sent to jail for an unrelated assult.
No one ever claimed this woman was perfect. What we claimed was that her actions were not abuse - a claim backed by the facts and the courts.
We [...]
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Posted in Section 59 on February 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today we had a report that a teenager who was in CYFS care has died.
It made me think.
While I don’t blame CYFS for the recent death, there have been a regular parade of CYFS failings, usually poor choice of foster parents, over the years. Sexual abuse, murder, beatings, prostitution… the list goes on.
Now, look at [...]
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Posted in Section 59 on February 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Latest update in my inbox from Larry Baldock tells me that the Section 59 referendum is now over 295,000 signatures.
Now, Larry estimates that the mark is about 286,000 so you’d think they’ve done it. However, other referendums have had up to 60,000 signature struck off, so they’ve aimed for 300,000 while maintaining a through checking [...]
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Posted in Section 59 on February 12, 2008 | 3 Comments »
They just keep coming.
Rotorua police are investigating the parents of an 11-month-old who is in Starship Hospital with a fractured skull.
The baby boy has been in the Auckland hospital since January 31, The Daily Post reported today.
Police were yet to make any arrests but have said his injuries were believed to be “non-accidental”.
Detective Senior Sergeant [...]
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Yet another anti-smacker opens his mouth.
Lucyna:
f it is not ok for me to come and smack you when you are out of line, why is it ok (in some eyes) to smack a child.
For the same reason that it is not ok for you to come and put me in time out or wipe my [...]
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Cindy Kiro published a column today, I’ve taken the liberty of fixing some of the mistakes she made.
(”Blue car” is a reference to The Simpsons, where Homer tells Mr Burns he’s not easily distracted, then immediately gets distracted by a blue car.)
Update: Added Kiro’s comments in italics, and tweaked my own - they’d moved around [...]
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Posted in Section 59 on February 1, 2008 | No Comments »
An exclusive article from Swedish family lawyer, Ruby Harrold Claesson.
The articles and the videos about the NZ PM and Sue Bradford are very interesting. It is so typical of politicians that they twist things to their own advantage, but while twisting the truth they lose their integrity and they lose their [...]
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Posted in Fisk the Left, Section 59 on January 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The SST has gotten a few people up in arms. Here’s my Fisk for what it’s worth.
The Right has found a heavy club to beat the government with:
Because quite simply, between stolen election money, caps exceeded, zero tax breaks after years of record surpluses, and the Electoral Finance Act, we’re really short of material!
a referendum [...]
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Posted in Section 59, tagged definitely on January 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Jim Mora on The Panel (note: audit link) yesterday spoke with with Mike Williams (Labour President) and Graham Bell (ex. cop). They spoke about the concerns of foster parents, raised earlier today in other media.
It sheds some light on the issue, and makes a point that we have always made - that the new legal [...]
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