February 2009

Manawatu Standard 27 February 2009 PARENTAL GUIDANCE REQUIRED: Te Manawa\’s first exhibition carrying a PGR rating opens tomorrow. Curator Nicola […]

NZPA 27 February 2009 A judge sentencing a man for collecting child pornography today took the rare step of releasing

Mail Online (UK) 26th February 2009 Pregnancies among girls under the legal age for sex have shot up to the

UK Telegraph 26 February 2009 Behaviour among children has got worse since the cane was abolished, according to parents. Government

Sydney Star Observer 25 February 2009 Adoption and foster care agencies were split over whether same-sex couples make good parents

guardian.co.uk 25 February 2009 Child neglect is being allowed to persist across Britain because adults are afraid to report concerns about

Mail Online (UK) 24 February 2009 Social networking websites are causing alarming changes in the brains of young users, an

New York Times 24 February 2009 The best way to improve children’s performance in the classroom may be to take

Daily Mail Online (UK) 23rd February 2009 Parents should not tell their young teenage children that it is wrong to

Sunday Star Times 22 February 2009 A new police unit is being launched to protect kids from online sexual predators

Sunday Star Times 22 February 2009 Schools across the country are slashing homework back to the basics while others are telling

Herald on Sunday Feb 22, 2009 Looking back, it\’s hard to imagine what all the fuss was about. The 1999

NZ Herald Feb 21, 2009 Pro-smacking lobby groups such as Family First are being blamed for confusing children about whether

The Dominion Post 21 February 2009 A top policeman has banned officers from accompanying Immigration officials on potentially illegal brothel

BBC News 20 Feb 09 NI Children\’s Commissioner Patricia Lewsley has lost an appeal against the law which allows parents

NZ Herald Feb 18, 2009 Derek Martin Derek Martin has an MA in linguistics. He is Academic Director of Laidlaw

Christchurch Press 18 February 2009 Young boys are becoming fathers at alarming rates, with the number of dads aged under

The Guardian (UK) 18 February 2009 A sharp increase in the number of children living in poverty who have at

Manukau Courier 17 February 2009 A family advocacy group is urging parents to make sure they claim back a third

NZ Herald Feb 17, 2009 A top judge says programmes aimed at stopping domestic violence should be redesigned for one-off

Herald on Sunday Feb 15, 2009 The futures of some Plunket Family Centres around the country may be in the

NZ Herald Feb 14 2009 Some secondary schools are asking parents for more donations this year, despite the economic downturn.

Sydney Morning Herald February 13, 2009 WOMEN are emerging as the pimps of the global trade in humans with a

USA Today.com 13 February 2009 Abortion foes have a new tactic: The hope that women can\’t look away. Lawmakers in

NZ Herald Feb 09, 2009 The controversial Electoral Finance Act will be repealed by the end of next week and

NZPA 08 February 2009 Lobby group Family First has placed advertisements in all three Sunday newspapers calling for the repeal

The Press 07 February 2009 Thousands of New Zealanders living overseas owe more than $460 million in child support, and

NZ Herald Feb 07, 2009 Schools are under fire for forcing parents to pay voluntary fees – and punishing children

NZ Herald Feb 07, 2009 Shopkeepers in parts of South Auckland start half an hour early to clean up used

The Press 06 February 2009 Pies and chips are back on the menu for schools after Education Minister Anne Tolley