the 4th of March, Amnesty International reminds the country is far from satisfactory. improve the lives of all New Zealand children. At least one and thousands face increasing physical, emotional and co-ordinator, Peter Sutton, says, "As a state party to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, New Zealand is mental violence, neglect or maltreatment" [Article 19].
"The In a recent statement, the National Collective of Independent Women's Refuges Manager, Heather Henare, said that over 24,000 battered women and up from 15,000 in the previous 12 months. "Exposure to family violence, either as a victim or as an onlooker, had a serious effect on a child's psychological development," Mr step, Amnesty calls on Parliament to pass, without amendment, the bill to repeal Section 59 of the Crimes Act a child, or a person in the place of a parent "is justified force is reasonable in the circumstances."] improve the economic status of lower income families, much more needs to be done.
Many children are attending school hungry and without lunch. This and their inadequate standards of housing and clothing, show that many have not received any benefit from the measures taken so far. of abuse and poverty.
sound investment, with every dollar spent now on prevention justice, health and social welfare systems," Mr Sutton says. "More importantly, it would also be honouring New all children." statements indicate support for children's rights, Mr Sutton states, the governments own report card should read "must do - As the Government has been moving swiftly to defuse the dispute over a planned Landcorp sale at Whenuakite of land sought by the Hauraki Iwi and subject to a Treaty Claim, the Maori Party are calling for comprehensive review of the Treaty Settlement Process.
Mr Flavell warned that if issues such as that at Whenuakite and others were not better dealt with Maori would have no choice but to mount further occupations in order to ensure they were listened to. See… Prime Minister Helen Clark will meet President George W. Bush and other senior members of the US Administration when she visits Washington D.
C. this month. Helen Clark departs New Zealand on 19 March and will return on 26 March.
She will be in Washington on 20-21 March, and will also visit Chicago and Seattle. "New Zealand and the United States enjoy a strong and mature friendship," Helen Clark said. See.
.. Dear Mark, Last night you ended Close Up with a montage of me criticising media for inaccurate reporting.
I stand by those comments, particularly the sequence involving Kim Hill. But why did you not show the outcome of that particular argument? Was it because I was right to contest what she was saying, and Kim Hill finally had no choice but to admit she had misrepresented what I had said?
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National’s bold new tax policy on charities shows a National government will support private giving and is serious about backing groups doing important work in our communities, says National Party Leader John Key. “This policy will give a big boost to the giving tradition in New Zealand. We want to encourage that culture of giving.
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- In my November 1 newsletter I contrasted United leader Peter Dunne's strong rhetoric in favour of the interests of families against his party's vote against family-friendly policies...
I would like to make an unqualified apology to Hon Peter Dunne that the wording of the original version of that November 1 newsletter to members and friends might have been misinterpreted by some to suggest that Robson-on-politics was in anyway suggesting that Mr Dunne was not an honourable person. See..
. - The New Zealand Parliament can be applauded for passing the second reading of the Crimes (Abolition of Force as a Justification for Child Discipline) Amendment Bill, says Save the Children New Zealand's Executive Director, John Bowis. "The job now is to follow through by passing the bill, without watering it down with amendments, through committee and third reading stages.
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