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Worker loses leg in forestry accident

Tue, 13 Aug 2013 18:27:24 +1200 | New Zealand Police

At about 2:45pm this afternoon, emergency services responded to a serious workplace injury, near Broadwood, Northland. More >>

The Rule of Law: Unjust and Violent

Tue, 13 Aug 2013 17:52:54 +1200 | Robert J. Burrowes

The common phrase is 'law and order' but does the legal system deal with dysfunctional social behavior in ways that keep us safe? While diverse but eminent historical figures such as Karl Marx, Leo Tolstoy and Mohandas K. Gandhi all wrote critiques exposing ...More >>

Greater protection for vulnerable children welcomed

Tue, 13 Aug 2013 17:52:30 +1200 | Office of the Children's Commissioner

The Children’s Commissioner, Dr Russell Wills, says the announcement of legislative changes to protect vulnerable children reflects an important shift in the balance between respecting a parent’s rights and ensuring a child’s right to be safe.More >>

Search for Julia SPRINGER - day two update

Tue, 13 Aug 2013 16:31:35 +1200 | New Zealand Police

Kapiti-Mana Police are continuing a search operation in the hopes of finding any signs of where 53-year-old Julia SPRINGER is. More >>

Whanau must step up to help prevent child abuse

Tue, 13 Aug 2013 16:23:35 +1200 | The Maori Party

The Maori Party is urging extended whanau to step in when they know child abuse is going on in their extended families. The Government has released a framework for legislation to protect vulnerable children and to support the Children’s Action ...More >>

Barnardos welcomes legislation changes to protect children

Tue, 13 Aug 2013 16:17:21 +1200 | Barnardos

Barnardos New Zealand has welcomed today’s announcement by Minister of Social Development Paula Bennett to standardise the screening of people working with children, increase the reporting requirements of State agencies, and constrain the movements of people ...More >>

Missing Oamaru man located

Tue, 13 Aug 2013 16:11:57 +1200 | New Zealand Police

Oamaru Police are pleased to advise that they have located Paul Kevin CANNING who went missing from Oamaru last Sunday. More >>

Man Dies In Logging Accident

Tue, 13 Aug 2013 16:02:17 +1200 | New Zealand Police

A 51-year-old Tuatapere man died yesterday in what appears to be a workplace accident, which occurred on a rural property on Young Road, Orepuki, Southland. More >>

Child Abuse Policy Must be Subject to Democratic Process

Tue, 13 Aug 2013 15:06:19 +1200 | Rethinking Crime and Punishment

“Minister Paula Bennett proposal for a wide reaching policy aimed at suspect child abusers, deserves the fullest consideration possible”, says Kim Workman, Spokesperson for Rethinking Crime and Punishment.More >>

Fishery officers use Facebook to catch paua poacher

Tue, 13 Aug 2013 14:56:36 +1200 | Ministry For Primary Industries

A Rotorua man has been sentenced to 200 hours community service after pleading guilty to paua poaching charges. On 31 July 2013, 34 year old unemployed man Raymond Major appeared in the Rotorua District Court on charges under Section 232 of the Fisheries ...More >>

Officer Shoots Dead Mentally Ill Teenager In Wamena

Tue, 13 Aug 2013 14:56:19 +1200 | West Papua Media

An Indonesian Brimob police officer has shot dead an unarmed mentally ill Lani youth in Wamena on Thursday, after the youth allegedly verbally ridiculed the passing heavily armed police patrol on Jalan Ahmad Yani, according to witnesses interview by West ...More >>

Body of missing motorist recovered

Tue, 13 Aug 2013 14:39:10 +1200 | New Zealand Police

The body of a motorist missing since a serious crash on the Mangatapu Bridge in Tauranga last night has been located by police divers. The man in his 20s was located inside a van which has also been recovered from the water using a crane.More >>

Sensible Sentencing Trust welcomes hard-line on child abuse

Tue, 13 Aug 2013 14:21:37 +1200 | Sensible Sentencing Trust

New Zealand’s largest victim advocacy organisation is congratulating Social Development Minister Paula Bennett and throwing its support behind the Ministers proposed hard line on child abuse.More >>

New Child Protection Measures Announced

Tue, 13 Aug 2013 14:07:13 +1200 | Hamish Cardwell

At a press conference in Wellington today Minister for Social Development Paula Bennett laid out Child Harm Prevention Orders. The plans include barring suspected and convicted child abusers from having access to children to children.More >>

Efforts to protect children from abuse a welcome move

Tue, 13 Aug 2013 13:46:51 +1200 | Every Child Counts

Government plans to standardise the screening of people working with children, increase the reporting requirements of State agencies, and constrain the movements of people who pose a safety risk to children are positive moves, says Every Child Counts.More >>

Sensible Sentencing’s Attack on Justice Coalition

Tue, 13 Aug 2013 13:19:12 +1200 | Justice Coalition

“Garth McVicar’s public attack on the newly formed Justice Coalition was unjustified and incomprehensible”, says Coordinator, Kim Workman. He is referring to ‘Child Abduction debacle blamed on Justice Coalition’, a Sensible Sentencing Trust media ...More >>

Government ignoring poverty, again

Tue, 13 Aug 2013 13:15:35 +1200 | Green Party

It remains to be seen if announcements today will better protect children, but the National Government is forgoing an opportunity to really help kids by ignoring the elephant in the room, which is poverty, Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei says.More >>