August 2009

NZ Herald 19 Aug 2009 Women are still being advised by the Government to use the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil

Herald Sun (Aust) August 19, 2009 FAMILIES that play board games together improve their social, educational and life skills, new

Central Leader 19 August 2009 The New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation’s decision to turn down money from the Boobs on

BBC News 18 Aug 09 Three in four parents are risking their child\’s eyesight by exposing them to bright sun

Rotorua Daily Post 18th August 2009 A Rotorua principal has threatened to ban students for up to five school days

The Press 18/08/2009 The Government plans to curb schoolyard misbehaviour as new figures reveal a growing number of attacks on

Christchurch Press 16/08/2009 A baby\’s T-shirt bearing the slogan \”they shake me\” has sparked an angry online response from parents.

Sunday Star Times 16 August 09 Professor Sandy Simpson is clinical director of the Auckland Regional Forensic Psychiatry Service. …he

NZ Herald Aug 16, 2009 Raising a child to the age of 18 will cost the average parents almost $250,000.

NZ Herald Aug 16, 2009 Our state services fail to protect some of New Zealand\’s most severely abused children and

Telegraph (UK) 15 Aug 2009 The obsession with promoting breastfeeding could be putting babies health at risk as mothers are

Reuters 14/08/2009 Children are using the internet to watch YouTube videos, connect with friends on social network sites and look

The Press 14/08/2009 Parliament is the proper authority to oversee the activities of the Abortion Supervisory Committee and not the

The Dominion Post 14/08/2009 Almost a third of liable parents are shunning child support obligations, the highest rate in five

NZ Herald Aug 14, 2009 The New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation has declined a $7500 pledge from the controversial Boobs

• Dr Michael Reid is a parent, teacher, and author of the 2006 book From Innocents to Agents: children and

Taranaki Daily News 13/08/2009 Nigel Latta has hit a nerve with some viewers with his bring-back-punishment methods for bringing up

NZ Herald Aug 12, 2009 Most of New Zealand\’s mainstream churches are supporting a \”Yes\” vote in the referendum on

The Southland Times 10/08/2009 If you don\’t want an obese child who is likely to smoke and flunk school, then

NZ Herald Aug 10, 2009 Asian migrant men hit by recession are moving overseas to look for work – but

NZ Herald Aug 10, 2009 Manurewa parents have formed a charitable trust to help families tackle the social problems that

Sunday Star Times 09/08/2009 ACT party leader Rodney Hide has warned Prime Minister John Key of a public backlash if

Whatever happens, the hiding has had its day NZ Herald Aug 08, 2009 The men behind the smacking poll are

The Press 08/08/2009 You may think you are happily married, but you might just be happy. The Department of Internal

Invercargill child, 3, eye-gouged playmates The Southland Times 08/08/2009 A three-year-old who was removed from an Invercargill preschool for assaulting

The Press 07/08/2009 A generation of children has been \”disenfranchised\” by being put in preschool group care, an early-childhood education

The Press 06/08/2009 Violence against children is unlikely to drop over the next three years, Children\’s Commissioner John Angus says.

The Press 06/08/2009 An investigation has been launched into the risks of New Zealand\’s world-leading rates of out-of-home care for

NZ Herald Aug 06, 2009 * Jim Evans is emeritus professor of law at Auckland University. John Roughan is a

The Press 05/08/2009 More than 40 serious injuries to young people in Child, Youth and Family (CYF) residences have been

UK Telegraph 04 Aug 2009 More than a third of secondary school children have been sent messages containing sexual content,

GARTH McVICAR – Sensible Sentencing Trust Hawkes Bay Today 4th August 2009 Child abuse is the scourge of New Zealand;