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    'Silenced' claim by men's rights lobby 

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    Published on 11-03-2013 10:42 AM

    Men's rights campaigners claim they've been silenced by a government select committee reviewing controversial planned changes to the Family Court. Wellington psychologist Craig ...
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    Papers reveal costly chaos of Family Courts 

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    Published on 02-12-2012 09:25 PM
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    Ministry of Justice staff insisted everything was fine and morale was high within the Family Court in Auckland, even as judges and lawyers described a system in chaos, official papers show.

    The Sunday Star-Times revealed in August how a new centralised processing system for the courts in ...
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    Child-abuse funds 'blown on hype' 

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    Paula Bennett's action plan to rescue vulnerable children has been dismissed as "an exercise in window dressing" with almost $400,000 spent on consultants.
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    Alarm bells sound over Family Court reform process 

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    Published on 27-11-2012 06:16 PM
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    Judith Collins' announcement today that the legislation restricting access to the Family Court has raised concerns that it has been timed to avoid proper parliamentary scrutiny, Labour’s Charles Chauvel says.
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    Family Court reforms miss opportunity to curb parent rivalalry 

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    Published on 21-09-2012 05:38 PM
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    The Government's Family Court reforms have missed a golden opportunity to fix New Zealand's broken family law. The reforms make only narrow administrative changes, leaving us stuck with an outdated model that encourages separating parents ...
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    CYF's pays out millions for sex abuse 

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    Child Youth and Family - the New Zealand Government department charged with the care and protection of children - has revealed it paid out $4.084 million to 198 children abused while in its care.

    As at June 30 this year, there is a total ...
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    Court cases stress need for elderly to be vigilant with money 

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    Financial abuse of the elderly in Nelson is widespread, with family members the most common perpetrators, Age Concern says. Jess Breeze, of Age Concern, said the organisation saw four or five new cases of elder abuse each week, and about half of them ...
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