August 2014

NZ Herald 17 August 2014 A Japanese man suspected of fathering at least 15 surrogate children in Thailand planned to […]

Charged with \’excessive chores\’. Charged with \’kidnapping\’ when preventing a child from harming themselves. Charged with \’excessive time-out\’. Charged for giving

OneNews 15 August 2014 The Internet Mana Party has been asked to remove an advertisement which features a crowd chanting

CBC Network August 2014 I’m no fan of third-party reproduction. Anybody who reads my writings or who has watched any

Mercatornet 13 August 2014 Our legislators may have decided that society is better served by clever women entering the workplace,

ABC.net 12 August 2014 The details of a surrogacy case involving an Australian couple commissioning a pregnancy in Thailand have

OnLine Opinion 12 August 2014 The various credentialed purveyors of health information, such as the Australian Medical Association, the World

3News 14 August 2014 Family First is urging Charities Services to drop its High Court case against it following a

Stuff co.nz 13 August 2014 National has pledged an extra $20 million a year in funding for hospices if re-elected

NZ Herald 13 August 2014 Almost 1 million families will be eligible for low- and no-interest loans under a new

MovieGuide.org August 2014 This year marks the 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty. It appears that poverty won that war.

Many of you have contacted us expressing frustration that some of the candidates in your electorate have refused to complete the Questionnaire

Public Discourse 11 August 2014 As mainline Protestant denominations increasingly accept the ordination of gay clergy and publicly affirm same-sex

Stuff co.nz 12 August 2014 The Christchurch City Council has scrapped plans to provide street workers with temporary facilities on

NZ Herald 11 August 2014 Money tipped into pokie machines in the poorest parts of Auckland doesn\’t come back to

The politicians told us the anti-smacking law was not about banning smacking, yet CYF choose a different approach. Did the politicians

NZ Herald 9 August 2014 Pregnant women would get free dental care, doctors\’ visits and prescriptions under a Labour Government

NZ Herald 9 August 2014 A clampdown on paid surrogacy in Thailand following the abandoning of Down syndrome baby \”Gammy\”

The Sunday Times 27 July 2014 A SHARP increase in the number of male prison inmates living as women has

NZ Herald 8 August 2014 An Internet-Mana Party video clip of a frenzied crowd cheering on Kim Dotcom and chanting

Radio NZ News 7 August 2014 Non-profit groups originally denied charity status for being too political plan to re-apply after

NZ Herald 5 August 2014 Many new mothers suffer from extreme tiredness even four months after giving birth, prompting experts

OneNews 5 August 2014 New recommendations to make schools more accessible to transgender students will simply cause young people more

3News 5 August 2014 Violent video games glorifying antisocial characters could increase teenage gamers\’ risk of criminal and other risky

Radio NZ News 4 August 2014 A youth lawyer is calling for a review of family conferences run by Child,

The Australian 4 August 2014 What have we become? Where even to begin? An Australian couple travel to Thailand in

* First, commercial surrogacy can be exploitative because the contracting parties are not always free and equal. Some surrogates are

The Christian Institute 30 July 2014 Public opposition to assisted suicide grows dramatically when people are more informed of the

Less than 10% of NZ couples with a Civil Union have converted to a marriage. (Why? Because they were quite

Stuff co.nz 2nd August 2014 The Thai surrogate mother of a critically ill twin baby abandoned by his Australian biological

If you\’re a parent and don\’t think the anti-smacking law is relevant to you, think again! One of the concerns

OneNews 1st August 2014 Trying to advance a child\’s development through the use of technology before they are ready could