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  The smacking lobby ignores 8 positive reviews of S59 - by Metiria Turei

  
  
  
  After the latest report on Section 59 from the Prime Minister’s taskforce you would think that the media would stop calling the circus performers whose only interest is in keeping the circus going. The review included Dr Nigel Latta – someone who had voted against the law in the recent referendum. However, to his credit [...] read more
  December 8, 2009 7:13 pm - 23 Comments
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  Mt Albert is set to get a new hue - by frog

  
  
  
  Green was the scene at the Green Party’s Mt Albert by-election campaign launch. Many of those present wore this most natural of colours, myself included. Party Co-Leader Russel Norman was a notable exception, choosing a blue tie that matched his eyes, but core green issues dominated his campaign speech. Russel spoke of the grey future [...] read more
  May 11, 2009 4:03 pm - 3 Comments
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  Cold Medicines- why not protect our children? - by frog

  
  
  
  Good on the UK authorities for ordering warning labels on cold medicines that have been linked to disastrous side effects. The warnings say that the medicines can’t be given to children under 6 and shouldn’t be given to under 12s. I think it’s really worrying that over here our Government is dithering and taking a wait [...] read more
  March 3, 2009 3:57 pm - 25 Comments
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  Brainy children ‘likely to vote Green’ - by frog

  
  
  
  We have always been aware of the fact that we are the party of academics, scientists and free thinkers. It often gets in the way of our communications, all our dense and carefully crafted policy. But now the research is in. Brainy children are likely to grow up and vote green. According to the The [...] read more
  November 12, 2008 9:11 am - 58 Comments
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  Violence against children is good business - by frog

  
  
  
  Given their normal stance I had always been kind of surprised that Act was so opposed to protecting children from violence through their opposition to the amendment to section 59 of the Crimes Act.  But now I find out why thanks to Roger Douglas’s blog: The cost of doing business in New Zealand is in [...] read more
  October 23, 2008 12:11 pm - 72 Comments
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  Jack Black sues over global warming - by frog

  
  
  
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  October 15, 2008 8:42 am - 3 Comments
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  Children’s policy - by frog

  
  
  
  Sue Bradford has just released the Green Party’s Children’s Policy on the eve of the Every Child Counts Conference which starts tomorrow. As expected the policy signals the Greens will work to retain the amendments to s 59 of the Crimes Act.  It also has important health provisions (such as free dental care), environmental provisions [...] read more
  September 9, 2008 12:13 pm - 67 Comments
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  National’s education policy demonstrably Jurassic - by Metiria Turei

  
  
  
  The National party’s two recent eduction announcements, national testing and PPPs for building schools, have drawn criticism from all sorts, and many of them not particularly radical organisations. The NZ Principals Federation today criticised Nationals policy of national testing saying that: “The NZPF is disappointed that the National Party is taking this approach to education [...] read more
  August 25, 2008 3:13 pm - 1 Comment
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  Children’s rights - by frog

  
  
  
  There’s an interesting debate taking place on this earlier post about whether a teacher should have given the children she was supervising the option to participate in a protest on the lawn of parliament. This I think, highlights a common children’s advocacy issue – should we protect children and preserve their ‘innocence’, or should we [...] read more
  August 8, 2008 7:59 am - 73 Comments
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  Key’s taxpayer subsidy to wealthy private schools - by frog

  
  
  
  I was quite astonished to see on Agenda that John Key is talking about ‘maybe’ doubling the tax payers’ subsidy to private schools. Key is saying he wants to see the government giving large taxpayer subsidies to private companies in order that they can compete with and undermine important public services. Look at his justification: [...] read more
  April 14, 2008 1:42 pm - 25 Comments
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  Saving the whales - by frog

  
  
  
  Just before she received the 6000 person petition yesterday from anti whaling boatie, David Taylor, Metiria also received this email in support of the anti-whaling campaign. Hello, My name is Aniston I am 7 yrs old and I live in New Zealand. I LOVE all Whales and want to help protect tham. I arranqed a [...] read more
  March 5, 2008 9:08 am - 2 Comments
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  Walking buses for businesses - by frog

  
  
  
  Tomorrow Jeanette is joining the students of Wadestown School on their school walking bus as they make their way to school. School walking buses are becoming an increasingly popular and simple solution to the myriad of linked issues around climate change, road safety, exercise, community engagement and peak oil. And yet, as Deborah at In [...] read more
  March 4, 2008 8:34 am - 15 Comments
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  Advertising cola to children - by frog

  
  
  
  The Heart Foundation is urging the Government to take notice of survey results that show 82% of New Zealand parents and grandparents would like to ban television advertising of unhealthy food and drink products to children. Sue Kedgley has supported the call suggesting that there should be a restriction on advertising unhealthy food on television [...] read more
  February 19, 2008 4:19 pm - 52 Comments
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  The ‘right to beat your child’ petition - by frog

  
  
  
  Family First is fairly certain that it is going to reach the threshold 300,000 necessary signatures on its petitions to initiate a Citizen Initiated Referendum.  This would allow its referenda to join the exhalted heights of the three other referenda questions of our time where we got to vote on how many firefighters we should [...] read more
  January 29, 2008 2:01 pm - 46 Comments
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  The war on obesity - by frog

  
  
  
  Yesterday the government released its response to the Health Select Committee’s inquiry into obesity and type-2 diabetes.  It adopted most, but not all of the recommendations, which led Health Minister David Cunliffe to say: “This Government has made health promotion and disease prevention a priority.” But the somewhat unimpressed Obesity Action Coalition called on the [...] read more
  November 28, 2007 2:15 pm - 32 Comments
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  Keeping down the cost of junk mail - by frog

  
  
  
  Yesterday Sue Bradford drew attention in the house to the recently released Caritas report ‘Delivering the Goods’. It is an in depth survey of the working conditions of child newspaper and junk mail delivery workers. One of the things the survey finds is that the health and safety advice that most companies give to their [...] read more
  November 22, 2007 10:54 am - No Comments