Despite the 2009 referendum on smacking showing that 87 per cent of signatories did NOT think smacking should be a criminal offence, the law was changed anyway to make it criminal.  Colin Craig's pro-smacking comments may be sad for our society, but he has picked the right issue in terms of bumping up his ratings ahead of this year's election.

Ref:   http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=11185729

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