As the Society’s executive has clearly stated on this website, ever since the Society was granted charity status by the Charities Commission on 17 December 2007, …………. The Society’s Web blog aims to stimulate rational reflection on, and reasoned appraisal of, a wide rage of issues affecting families and society. Since human opinion is always corrigible and [...]
“Cabinet recently decided to transfer the Charities Commission’s functions to the Department of Internal Affairs. It is expected that this transfer will take place from 1 July 2012, subject to legislation [The Crown Entities Reform Bill] being passed.” This statement appeared in a special “note” attached to a Charities Commission job vacancy advertisment for “Manager, [...]
As the Society’s executive has clearly stated on this website, ever since the Society was granted charity status by the Charities Commission on 17 December 2007, …………. The Society’s Web blog aims to stimulate rational reflection on, and reasoned appraisal of, a wide rage of issues affecting families and society. Since human opinion is always corrigible and [...]
Public Servant and legal expert Dr Andrew Jack is the new chief censor. He replaces Bill Hastings who resigned in July 2010. Dr Jack, Customs’ legal and advisory services group manager, is currently chief legal adviser for the NZ Police. His three-year term as chief censor starts on 7 March 2011. See Media Release Wednesday, [...]
The film “End of the Spear” has had its classification downgraded from R16 to R13 following a successful appeal by the Society against the classification decision issued by the Chief Censor’s Office. The Society contended in its written and oral submisssion to the Board that the nature of the depiction of violence in the film – medium level violence – could not possibly justify an R16 classification
Help us get a copy of The Pilgrim’s Progress to prisoners in NZ prisons
What better way to fulfill our Society’s charitable aims of “promoting moral and spiritual welfare” among this sector of society, than to supply a high quality and easy-to-read book to each of our 8,800 prisoners: one that promotes spiritual and moral values!