Monthly Archives: July 2006

Swedish child abuse increases despite anti-smacking laws

By admin | Published: July 31, 2006

Press 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 [...]

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Swedish Parents Kill 258 of their children (1965-1999)

By admin | Published: July 29, 2006

Media 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 [...]

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Society Disgusted by Website Attacks on NZ Teachers

By admin | Published: July 25, 2006

Press 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 [...]

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OFLC Ban on Reservoir Dogs Computer Game

By admin | Published: July 11, 2006

Media 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 [...]

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