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Collins Fails Parents And Children Again

Friday, 27 April 2007, 9:58 am | Parents for Children

“By describing parents who have unpaid child support as neglectful parents Judith Collins has yet again failed to address the underlying cause of the alleged debt: Fundamental flaws exist in the Child Support Act 1991. Real neglect rests with politicians ... More >>

Dunne Urged To Stop Tinkering over Child Support

Monday, 29 January 2007, 5:39 pm | Parents for Children

"Having just pushed through a major amendment to the Child Support Act 1991, United Future Leader, Peter Dunne is back to tinkering with this fundamentally flawed legislation. More >>

Child Support Cock-up May Affect Thousands

Monday, 22 January 2007, 3:50 pm | Parents for Children

Parents for Children have been advised that Child Support Payments made between 12 and 19 of December 2006 were not processed till the 15 January 2007. Numerous parents have been charged late payment penalties and IRD have failed to contact affected ... More >>

Dunne's Double Standard

Friday, 13 October 2006, 9:14 am | Parents for Children

"It's one rule for Child Support Taxpayers and another for Peter Dunne and United Future." is how Mark Shipman, of Parents for Children, describes Peter Dunne's United Future Party repaying only $5000 of the $63,800 dollars misspent by United Future ... More >>

Inquiry into child support reviews

Tuesday, 1 August 2006, 10:25 am | Parents for Children

Parents for Children has launched an inquiry into Inland Revenue’s administrative reviews of child support. Administrative reviews enable departures from standard formula assessments. More >>

Parents Group Highlights Leo Blair Kidnapping Plot

Thursday, 19 January 2006, 9:15 am | Parents for Children

Parents group urges New Zealand politicians to take notice of the alleged kidnapping plot of Leo Blair More >>

United Future Labelled Anti-Family by Reformers

Friday, 25 November 2005, 12:39 am | Parents for Children

"Peter Dunne's dickensian approach to child support reform will be remembered by parents as Dunne's disaster, and clearly shows that United Future is a family-unfriendly political party," observed Mark Shipman, National President of Parents for Children. ... More >>

Ministers ''Day of Reckoning'' at expense of Kids

Wednesday, 10 August 2005, 9:23 am | Parents for Children

David Cunliffe, the Minister responsible for child support, has stated to NewsTalk ZB that "the law is stacked against solo mothers and in favour of the businessman who flits off to Geneva with his mistress." He describes the proposed changes ... More >>

Collins perpetuates child support debt myth

Tuesday, 24 May 2005, 9:02 am | Parents for Children

“To avoid misleading the public Judith Collins needs to do some basic maths and learn some fundamental analysis skills before she continues with perpetuating the child support debt myth. Responded Mark Shipman, National President of Parents for ... More >>

Law Commission on paternity testing unacceptable

Wednesday, 20 April 2005, 3:30 pm | Parents for Children

"Last Thursday, the TV3 documentary Inside NZ: DNA and You, showed Kiwi's that paternity fraud does happen in New Zealand. Paternity fraud is a deliberate act of dishonesty, with the clear purpose of depriving a child of her right to know her ... More >>

Law Commission on paternity testing unacceptable

Wednesday, 20 April 2005, 3:30 pm | Parents for Children

"Last Thursday, the TV3 documentary Inside NZ: DNA and You, showed Kiwi's that paternity fraud does happen in New Zealand. Paternity fraud is a deliberate act of dishonesty, with the clear purpose of depriving a child of her right to know her ... More >>

 
 
 
 
 

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