Archive for July, 2006
Swedish child abuse increases despite anti-smacking laws
Monday, July 31st, 2006Press Release 31/07/06
Non-government child advocate lobby groups in NZ have urged police to confirm that police officers will not arrest parents for smacking their children, should smacking become a criminal offence if Section 59 is removed from the Crimes Act, upon the passage of Green MP Sue Bradford’s bill into law. In effect, what they [...]
Swedish Parents Kill 258 of their children (1965-1999)
Saturday, July 29th, 2006Media Report 28/07/06
Sweden has been hailed by Green MP Sue Bradford as an enlightened country where anti-smacking legislation has had a significant impact on reducing the number of child homicides committed by parents. She wants to repeal Section 59 of the Crimes Act, which provides a defence of “reasonable force” to parents, or those in [...]
Society Disgusted by Website Attacks on NZ Teachers
Tuesday, July 25th, 2006Press Release 19 July 2006
The Society is disgusted that many New Zealand secondary school teachers (all named) are being subject to a range of personal attacks and abuse on a new website where New Zealand students are encouraged to rate their teacher’s ability and post anonymous comments. The Secondary Teachers Union (PPTA) has also expressed [...]
OFLC Ban on Reservoir Dogs Computer Game
Tuesday, July 11th, 2006Media Release 11/07/06
The Society is pleased that the Office of Film and Literature Classification (see Scoop 7 July) has applied the censorship law correctly and banned the computer game Reservoir Dogs that is based on the Quentin Tarantino’s ultra-violent sick film of the same name. However, the Society’s president Mike Petrus says:
“The OFLC has a [...]