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Wednesday, August 27th, 2008MEDIA RELEASE
27 August 2008
Test of Democracy In Parliament Today
Family First NZ says that there will be a test in Parliament today of whether NZ is a democracy that represents the voice of New Zealanders.
Independent MP Gordon Copeland is seeking the leave of the House for a debate on a motion that the House [...]
Parents to get truancy reminders
Monday, August 25th, 2008ttp://www.stuff.co.nz/nelsonmail/4666609a6007.html
Parents to get truancy reminders
By MARCUS STICKLEY - Nelson | Monday, 25 August 2008
Parents could soon start being prosecuted for taking their children out of school for a holiday, a Nelson principal says.
Primary schools have been reinforcing attendance rules with parents after receiving reminders from the Education Ministry to do so.
Under the Education Act, every [...]
Why ‘cotton wool’ children face risk of mental problems
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23524947-details/Why+%27cotton+wool%27+children+face+risk+of+mental+problems/article.do
Why ‘cotton wool’ children face risk of mental problems
Evening Standard (UK) 2 August 08
Children do not learn how to cope with life’s setbacks because a ‘cotton wool’ culture stops them experiencing hardships, an education expert claimed yesterday. Sandy MacLean says there is a link between a rise in mental health problems and a culture of [...]
Report veils junior school violence
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008From the Family First NZ Weekly newsletter:
Report veils junior school violence
The Press 06 August 2008
A Ministry of Education report trumpeting a fall in school suspensions has overlooked a 37 per cent surge in primary school disciplinary actions. …the number of primary school children stood down and suspended [...]
Policeman takes girl to school each day
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008http://www.stuff.co.nz/4642055a11.html
Policeman takes girl to school each day
By JOHN HARTEVELT - The Press | Monday, 04 August 2008
A Christchurch mother has been prosecuted over her daughter’s truancy in the first Canterbury case before the courts under a new scheme designed to cut wagging.
The mother of the 14-year-old Linwood College student was given a six-month suspended sentence [...]
Home schoolers swap teaching tips
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4633178a7694.html
Home schoolers swap teaching tips
By JOHN HARTEVELT - The Press | Monday, 28 July 2008
Parents who home school their students compared notes on a surge in their number at a gathering in Christchurch at the weekend.
Home schoolers from Christchurch and around the country met in Bishopdale for a [...]
Owen Walker “Akill”: World at the fingertips of NZ’s young and lucky geek
Sunday, July 20th, 2008It would seem that Owen Walker was home educated.
By putting this news item on this website we do not endorse the wrong that he did but want to highlight the skills that he gained through possibly being home educated and self taught.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10522457
By Jane Phare and Carolyne Meng-Yee
Owen Walker (left), with friend Richard Simms. Photo [...]
390,000 + Signatures
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
RE-Presentation of Petition against NZ’s ‘anti-smacking’ law
Source: www.youtube.com
Re-Presentation of Petition (390,000+ signatures) to New Zealand Parliament, 23rd June, 2008, against Bradford’s anti-correction law, which has criminalized all New Zealand parents through making it illegal to use force to correct kids.
390,000 + Signatures
Silence is Golden - “Don’t Talk to the Police”
Wednesday, June 11th, 200812 June 2008 - Family Integrity #398 — Silence is Golden
“Don’t Talk to the Police” by Professor James Duane
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4097602514885833865&hl=en
“Don’t Talk to the Police” by Officer George Bruch
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6014022229458915912&q=&hl=en
Gidday all,
Here again at the bottom is the Stuff article proposing new powers for Police to issue safety orders on the spot (forbidding one person [...]
Government Schools in New Zealand
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Government Schools are Revolting!
Wednesday, 11 June 2008, 9:43 am
Press Release: Libertarianz Party
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0806/S00110.htm
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Education
Government Schools are Revolting!
Libertarianz spokesman Phil Howison is completely unsurprised that 15 Auckland principals are “deeply concerned about the future of New Zealand’s schools” due to the ill-conceived and unworkable ‘Schools Plus’ initiative.
“Which is worse, Education Minister Chris Carter’s oppressive new [...]