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It grew and grew and eventually strangled her. That is what happens with these state agencies – Race Relations Conciliator, Human Right Commission, etc etc. They are created with the best of intentions and end up being weapons in the destruction of our values and culture.</p> <p>No one seems to know what to do about this. Act’s idea was simply to close them down. Would save a lot of money and once the hand wringing on RNZ, TVNZ, stoked by Green and Labour MPs, was endured and whole thing ran out of steam, one would care, we’d all be better off, and we’d all be able to get on with our lives unmolested by busy body do gooders.</p> </div> </div> <footer class="comment-meta"> <ul> <li class="voting"> <img style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: none;" id="up-3649263" src="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/comment-rating-pro/images/1_14_gray_up.png" alt="Thumb up" /> <span id="karma-3649263-up" style="font-size:12px; color:#009933;">29</span> <img style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: none;" id="down-3649263" src="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/comment-rating-pro/images/1_14_gray_down.png" alt="Thumb down" /> <span id="karma-3649263-down" style="font-size:12px; color:#990033;">0</span> </li><li class="reply"><a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-login" href="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kiwiblog.co.nz%2F2024%2F11%2Fthe_poor_parents.html">Log in to Reply</a></li><li> <span id="safe-comments-result-3649263"><a class="hide-if-no-js" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="safe_report_comments_flag_comment( '3649263', 'bb8e21ee9b', 'safe-comments-result-3649263');">Report</a></span></li><li class="comdate"><a href="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2024/11/the_poor_parents.html#comment-3649263">November 26, 2024 7:09am</a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment-li"> <article id="comment-3649264" class="jumplink"> <div class="comment byuser comment-author-kenny odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 comdiv clearfix"> <div class="comdiv-a"> <header class="comment-author"> <h3>Bob McCoskrie</h3> </header> <div class="comment-content nobot"> <p>John Key and Helen Clark and other politicians promised that the law would not penalise good parents who lightly smacked their children in a non-abusive way. </p> <p>Of course that was all a big fat lie – and we knew that.</p> <p>The law has changed the way parents raise their children – and not for the better. Children now tell parents “you can’t touch me” but it’s also become “you can’t tell me what to do”.</p> <p>We only need to observe rates of serious physical child abuse which have continued, and increased rates of violence in schools to see that this grand experiment of social engineering has been a failure. </p> <p>But politicians never admit that they made mistakes. And we pay the cost.</p> </div> <footer class="comment-meta"> <ul> <li class="voting"> <img style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: none;" id="up-3649264" src="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/comment-rating-pro/images/1_14_gray_up.png" alt="Thumb up" /> <span id="karma-3649264-up" style="font-size:12px; color:#009933;">13</span> <img style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: none;" id="down-3649264" src="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/comment-rating-pro/images/1_14_gray_down.png" alt="Thumb down" /> <span id="karma-3649264-down" style="font-size:12px; color:#990033;">1</span> </li><li class="reply"><a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-login" href="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kiwiblog.co.nz%2F2024%2F11%2Fthe_poor_parents.html">Log in to Reply</a></li><li> <span id="safe-comments-result-3649264"><a class="hide-if-no-js" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="safe_report_comments_flag_comment( '3649264', 'bb8e21ee9b', 'safe-comments-result-3649264');">Report</a></span></li><li class="comdate"><a href="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2024/11/the_poor_parents.html#comment-3649264">November 26, 2024 7:14am</a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment-li"> <article id="comment-3649265" class="jumplink"> <div class="comment byuser comment-author-dougal10 even thread-even depth-1 comdiv clearfix"> <div class="comdiv-a"> <header class="comment-author"> <h3>Dougal10</h3> </header> <div class="comment-content nobot"> <p>There are Noah’s everywhere in NZ currently . Just go and talk to teachers in primary schools in cheaper suburbs around any town of about 15k people. Before the social reforms of the Lange govt there was help for these kids</p> </div> <footer class="comment-meta"> <ul> <li class="voting"> <img style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: none;" id="up-3649265" src="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/comment-rating-pro/images/1_14_gray_up.png" alt="Thumb up" /> <span id="karma-3649265-up" style="font-size:12px; color:#009933;">9</span> <img style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: none;" id="down-3649265" src="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/comment-rating-pro/images/1_14_gray_down.png" alt="Thumb down" /> <span id="karma-3649265-down" style="font-size:12px; color:#990033;">0</span> </li><li class="reply"><a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-login" href="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kiwiblog.co.nz%2F2024%2F11%2Fthe_poor_parents.html">Log in to Reply</a></li><li> <span id="safe-comments-result-3649265"><a class="hide-if-no-js" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="safe_report_comments_flag_comment( '3649265', 'bb8e21ee9b', 'safe-comments-result-3649265');">Report</a></span></li><li class="comdate"><a href="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2024/11/the_poor_parents.html#comment-3649265">November 26, 2024 7:19am</a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment-li"> <article id="comment-3649266" class="jumplink"> <div class="comment byuser comment-author-chuck-bird odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 comdiv clearfix"> <div class="comdiv-a"> <header class="comment-author"> <h3><a href="https://www.maxim.org.nz/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Chuck Bird</a></h3> </header> <div class="comment-content nobot"> <p>Thanks, John Key.</p> </div> <footer class="comment-meta"> <ul> <li class="voting"> <img style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: none;" id="up-3649266" src="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/comment-rating-pro/images/1_14_gray_up.png" alt="Thumb up" /> <span id="karma-3649266-up" style="font-size:12px; color:#009933;">9</span> <img style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: none;" id="down-3649266" src="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/comment-rating-pro/images/1_14_gray_down.png" alt="Thumb down" /> <span id="karma-3649266-down" style="font-size:12px; color:#990033;">6</span> </li><li class="reply"><a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-login" href="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kiwiblog.co.nz%2F2024%2F11%2Fthe_poor_parents.html">Log in to Reply</a></li><li> <span id="safe-comments-result-3649266"><a class="hide-if-no-js" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="safe_report_comments_flag_comment( '3649266', 'bb8e21ee9b', 'safe-comments-result-3649266');">Report</a></span></li><li class="comdate"><a href="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2024/11/the_poor_parents.html#comment-3649266">November 26, 2024 7:22am</a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li class="comment-li"> <article id="comment-3649269" class="jumplink"> <div class="comment byuser comment-author-taieri even depth-2 comdiv clearfix"> <div class="comdiv-a"> <header class="comment-author"> <h3>Taieri</h3> </header> <div class="comment-content nobot"> <p>John Key?<br /> This legislation, initiated by Sue Bradford from the Green Party, was passed by 113 votes to 7. 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I’m sure that’s some ancient wisdom from somewhere. 😎</p> </div> <footer class="comment-meta"> <ul> <li class="voting"> <img style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: none;" id="up-3649277" src="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/comment-rating-pro/images/1_14_gray_up.png" alt="Thumb up" /> <span id="karma-3649277-up" style="font-size:12px; color:#009933;">8</span> <img style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: none;" id="down-3649277" src="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/comment-rating-pro/images/1_14_gray_down.png" alt="Thumb down" /> <span id="karma-3649277-down" style="font-size:12px; color:#990033;">1</span> </li><li class="reply"><a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-login" href="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kiwiblog.co.nz%2F2024%2F11%2Fthe_poor_parents.html">Log in to Reply</a></li><li> <span id="safe-comments-result-3649277"><a class="hide-if-no-js" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="safe_report_comments_flag_comment( '3649277', 'bb8e21ee9b', 'safe-comments-result-3649277');">Report</a></span></li><li class="comdate"><a href="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2024/11/the_poor_parents.html#comment-3649277">November 26, 2024 7:59am</a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li class="comment-li"> <article id="comment-3649309" class="jumplink"> <div class="comment byuser comment-author-all_on_red odd alt depth-3 comdiv clearfix"> <div class="comdiv-a"> <header class="comment-author"> <h3>All_on_Red</h3> </header> <div class="comment-content nobot"> <p>Yes, all the poor child needs is the love of Jesus/Mohammed and a good hiding<br /> //</p> </div> <footer class="comment-meta"> <ul> <li class="voting"> <img style="padding: 0px; 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Mind you, the website is full of anti government propaganda and hikoi related anti Seymour hatred.<br /> Why would anyone visit that hotbed of radical disinformation?</p> </div> <footer class="comment-meta"> <ul> <li class="voting"> <img style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: none;" id="up-3649271" src="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/comment-rating-pro/images/1_14_gray_up.png" alt="Thumb up" /> <span id="karma-3649271-up" style="font-size:12px; color:#009933;">17</span> <img style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: none;" id="down-3649271" src="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/comment-rating-pro/images/1_14_gray_down.png" alt="Thumb down" /> <span id="karma-3649271-down" style="font-size:12px; color:#990033;">0</span> </li><li class="reply"><a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-login" href="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kiwiblog.co.nz%2F2024%2F11%2Fthe_poor_parents.html">Log in to Reply</a></li><li> <span id="safe-comments-result-3649271"><a class="hide-if-no-js" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="safe_report_comments_flag_comment( '3649271', 'bb8e21ee9b', 'safe-comments-result-3649271');">Report</a></span></li><li class="comdate"><a href="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2024/11/the_poor_parents.html#comment-3649271">November 26, 2024 7:44am</a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li class="comment-li"> <article id="comment-3649276" class="jumplink"> <div class="comment byuser comment-author-blog-aholic even depth-2 comdiv clearfix"> <div class="comdiv-a"> <header class="comment-author"> <h3>Blog-aholic</h3> </header> <div class="comment-content nobot"> <p>I just searched Poisoned 24 rabbits, that was enough.<br /> The child is indeed societys’ concern.<br /> These are the signs of a psychopath in the making.</p> </div> <footer class="comment-meta"> <ul> <li class="voting"> <img style="padding: 0px; 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I know at least two families who have brought up several children and apart from one child they’ve become well adjusted and productive members of society.</p> </div> <footer class="comment-meta"> <ul> <li class="voting"> <img style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: none;" id="up-3649301" src="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/comment-rating-pro/images/1_14_gray_up.png" alt="Thumb up" /> <span id="karma-3649301-up" style="font-size:12px; color:#009933;">8</span> <img style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: none;" id="down-3649301" src="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/comment-rating-pro/images/1_14_gray_down.png" alt="Thumb down" /> <span id="karma-3649301-down" style="font-size:12px; color:#990033;">0</span> </li><li class="reply"><a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-login" href="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kiwiblog.co.nz%2F2024%2F11%2Fthe_poor_parents.html">Log in to Reply</a></li><li> <span id="safe-comments-result-3649301"><a class="hide-if-no-js" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="safe_report_comments_flag_comment( '3649301', 'bb8e21ee9b', 'safe-comments-result-3649301');">Report</a></span></li><li class="comdate"><a href="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2024/11/the_poor_parents.html#comment-3649301">November 26, 2024 8:35am</a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="comment-li"> <article id="comment-3649283" class="jumplink"> <div class="comment byuser comment-author-f_e_smith odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 comdiv clearfix"> <div class="comdiv-a"> <header class="comment-author"> <h3>F E Smith</h3> </header> <div class="comment-content nobot"> <p>Oranga Tamariki is not fit for purpose. It needs to be closed. Completely. It is beyond redemption.</p> <p>I am not saying that as a knee-jerk response to this story; in my pofessional life I have seen and have been told of the ruination that OT has brought upon thousands of lives. It needs to go.</p> </div> <footer class="comment-meta"> <ul> <li class="voting"> <img style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: none;" id="up-3649283" src="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/comment-rating-pro/images/1_14_gray_up.png" alt="Thumb up" /> <span id="karma-3649283-up" style="font-size:12px; color:#009933;">15</span> <img style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: none;" id="down-3649283" src="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/comment-rating-pro/images/1_14_gray_down.png" alt="Thumb down" /> <span id="karma-3649283-down" style="font-size:12px; color:#990033;">0</span> </li><li class="reply"><a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-login" href="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kiwiblog.co.nz%2F2024%2F11%2Fthe_poor_parents.html">Log in to Reply</a></li><li> <span id="safe-comments-result-3649283"><a class="hide-if-no-js" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="safe_report_comments_flag_comment( '3649283', 'bb8e21ee9b', 'safe-comments-result-3649283');">Report</a></span></li><li class="comdate"><a href="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2024/11/the_poor_parents.html#comment-3649283">November 26, 2024 8:09am</a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li class="comment-li"> <article id="comment-3649285" class="jumplink"> <div class="comment byuser comment-author-freedom101 even depth-2 comdiv clearfix"> <div class="comdiv-a"> <header class="comment-author"> <h3><a href="https://www.facebook.com/cda.milne" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">freedom101</a></h3> </header> <div class="comment-content nobot"> <p>Yes, see my comment at the top.</p> </div> <footer class="comment-meta"> <ul> <li class="voting"> <img style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: none;" id="up-3649285" src="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/comment-rating-pro/images/1_14_gray_up.png" alt="Thumb up" /> <span id="karma-3649285-up" style="font-size:12px; color:#009933;">9</span> <img style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: none;" id="down-3649285" src="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/comment-rating-pro/images/1_14_gray_down.png" alt="Thumb down" /> <span id="karma-3649285-down" style="font-size:12px; color:#990033;">0</span> </li><li class="reply"><a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-login" href="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kiwiblog.co.nz%2F2024%2F11%2Fthe_poor_parents.html">Log in to Reply</a></li><li> <span id="safe-comments-result-3649285"><a class="hide-if-no-js" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="safe_report_comments_flag_comment( '3649285', 'bb8e21ee9b', 'safe-comments-result-3649285');">Report</a></span></li><li class="comdate"><a href="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2024/11/the_poor_parents.html#comment-3649285">November 26, 2024 8:14am</a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="comment-li"> <article id="comment-3649286" class="jumplink"> <div class="comment byuser comment-author-wrightingright odd alt thread-even depth-1 comdiv clearfix"> <div class="comdiv-a"> <header class="comment-author"> <h3>wrightingright</h3> </header> <div class="comment-content nobot"> <p>Reason #483,952 why smacking never should have been made illegal.</p> </div> <footer class="comment-meta"> <ul> <li class="voting"> <img style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: none;" id="up-3649286" src="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/comment-rating-pro/images/1_14_gray_up.png" alt="Thumb up" /> <span id="karma-3649286-up" style="font-size:12px; color:#009933;">7</span> <img style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: none;" id="down-3649286" src="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/comment-rating-pro/images/1_14_gray_down.png" alt="Thumb down" /> <span id="karma-3649286-down" style="font-size:12px; color:#990033;">1</span> </li><li class="reply"><a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-login" href="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kiwiblog.co.nz%2F2024%2F11%2Fthe_poor_parents.html">Log in to Reply</a></li><li> <span id="safe-comments-result-3649286"><a class="hide-if-no-js" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="safe_report_comments_flag_comment( '3649286', 'bb8e21ee9b', 'safe-comments-result-3649286');">Report</a></span></li><li class="comdate"><a href="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2024/11/the_poor_parents.html#comment-3649286">November 26, 2024 8:14am</a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment-li"> <article id="comment-3649287" class="jumplink"> <div class="comment byuser comment-author-jimbobjoe even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 comdiv clearfix"> <div class="comdiv-a"> <header class="comment-author"> <h3>JimBobJoe</h3> </header> <div class="comment-content nobot"> <p>Wow, Noah is showing a lot of signs of being a serious risk when an adult. 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