Wow, what a great little town Otaki is, a great shopping precinct. A number of new shops for young and old, many NZ owned, based and NZ produced products, a great satellite town for Wellington. There are trains available for direct commuting to Wellington. The safest and cleanest footpaths I have come across so far in the North Island, I did not have to wear shoes at all. Well done Otaki give yourselves a pat on the back. I will be back to do some shopping in the near future.
To the whanau from Dannivirke who were shopping in Otaki keep it up. You are doing well. To Austin and mum Andrea very photogenic thank you.
Paraparaumu shopping center on the main road is huge and we found lots of generous and friendly people there. We thought we would stop off for a short while. Not, a few hours later we finally left. We met up with some young men from Otaki while we were there who were just visiting for the day for shopping who joined us and supported the campaign.
I left my hand bag in the toilets and gratefully found there are still honest people around who had handed my bag in to customer services. To the person or persons who did that many many thanks.
There was lots of traffic on the roads with the last day of the school holidays. We had to drive the last 20kms due to motorways. Yeaaaaa, I am almost there, only one day to go. We are in Wellington finally, I feel on a high and feel I could now walk the South Island now, but don't tell Mike he will hit the roof (get angry). My feet are great feeling a little battered and bruised but the overall condition of them are remarkably good.
Tomorrow we go the Parliament to meet with Steve Maharey. So wish us luck. We will be lobbying for Cindy Kiro's proposal for mandatory in home well child checks for all children born in NZ from birth to 5 years. Watch this space and I will let you all know what happened.
To the whanau from Dannivirke who were shopping in Otaki keep it up. You are doing well. To Austin and mum Andrea very photogenic thank you.
Paraparaumu shopping center on the main road is huge and we found lots of generous and friendly people there. We thought we would stop off for a short while. Not, a few hours later we finally left. We met up with some young men from Otaki while we were there who were just visiting for the day for shopping who joined us and supported the campaign.
I left my hand bag in the toilets and gratefully found there are still honest people around who had handed my bag in to customer services. To the person or persons who did that many many thanks.
There was lots of traffic on the roads with the last day of the school holidays. We had to drive the last 20kms due to motorways. Yeaaaaa, I am almost there, only one day to go. We are in Wellington finally, I feel on a high and feel I could now walk the South Island now, but don't tell Mike he will hit the roof (get angry). My feet are great feeling a little battered and bruised but the overall condition of them are remarkably good.
Tomorrow we go the Parliament to meet with Steve Maharey. So wish us luck. We will be lobbying for Cindy Kiro's proposal for mandatory in home well child checks for all children born in NZ from birth to 5 years. Watch this space and I will let you all know what happened.
2 comments:
Hi Parani,
The Government is interfering with many good families in New Zealand. The repeal of Section9 means that even more families are going to be invaded and good, loving parents branded as child abusers.
Cindy Kiro has a bad, bad agenda as does Helen Clark and Sue Bradford. They want to see children more as part of the state than as part of a caring, loving family.
By giving themselves more power in this anti-democratic way (passing the bill into law against the wishes of 83% of New Zealand), it is going to be the worse for children in New Zealand.
The child abusers aren't going to pay any attention to whatever new laws are being passed up in Wellington, they will continue to kill, abuse and molest innocent children.
Good parents know the difference between a smack and child abuse. Believe me, I have spoken to many hundreds of such parents and they are outraged that their authority as parents has been undermined in this socialistic manner.
section59.blogspot.com
"A loving smack is not child abuse"
Hi Andy,
I couldn't agree more with your comments about the smacking policy. Smacking children is not abuse. It is when what happens beyond smacking that I am concerned with. Good loving parents need not worry about the smacking policy it is those that go beyond that will have an effect on.
Regardless of who is in Parliament and the higher salary positions we (New Zealanders) put them there and we need to work with them to get a better healthier society, that nurture, protect and value our future and our children. Otherwise what is the point of a democratic election.
My stance is to stop child abuse in New Zealand and to put it in a way that will be positive and long lasting. You are again correct that there will be some that not amount of policies or law will stop them from abusing their children. Therefore, Cindy Kiro's proposal of 'mandatory in home well child checks may appear intrusive but essential to identifying the stopping child abuse in many homes before it starts.
Thank you for your comments it is always good to have feedback.
Parani Howes
Great to hear that you do not view a smack as child abuse. However I think you may be wrong about good parents not needing to worry. That is exactly what they do need to do. The repeal of Section59 makes all parents who smack their children into law-breakers. It will turn children into bush lawyers. The law has been passed as a way of changing the our culture. Bradford's vision is that the next generation will view smacking as something unthinkable. And why? because it is an unlawful thing.
So yes, lets deal with real child abuse, not criminalise good parents.
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