On Friday night a 16 year old youth died on the driveway of a property on Clinkard Avenue Rotorua, he’d been stabbed to death and a 15 year old has been arrested in connection with his death. A passerby stopped to give assistance to the injured boy as he lay dying, he gave a traumatic…
People who read this blog regularly will know that one of the topics we are most concerned about is the culture of brutality in New Zealand, in all its manifest forms. We often write about bullying, both in the workplace and at school; of child abuse, violence in the home, the street and on the…
Two recent reports have again highlighted poor health and welfare outcomes for children in New Zealand, with disease patterns that are closer to those of developing countries. If you’re thinking about emigrating to New Zealand and raising kids this may make interesting reading. The Public Health Advisory Committee’s report The Best Start in Life re-iterated…
Much as we’d predicted the “senior public servant” accused of assaulting his 15 year old son has been acquitted, despite three independent witnesses testifying that they’d seen the assault which happened after the boy had stolen money from his mother so that he could run away from home. See our post “Name Suppression V. The…
20 May 2010 You may remember the “well respected” professional man in Palmerston North, Manawatu, who was uncovered with 300,000 pornographic images on his computer after being caught in an FBI operation, many of them were of children. He was given name suppression and sentenced to 4 months home detention. You may also recall the…
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