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they invaded your home.On 16 May 2007, Labour's Anti-Smacking bill was passed into law. Sue Bradford (Green MP) had introduced the bill, but it was Labour who ensured that it was successful. National voted for the bill at its final reading upon an agreement that inconsequential cases would not be prosecuted. This made a terrible law slightly better. At the time that the law came into action, an average taken of 14 seperate polls across New Zealand showed that 83% of New Zealanders were strongly opposed to the law. One month after the law was passed, another poll was done by an independent research company, this time on 1,000 people throughout New Zealand. This poll showed that 78% of New Zealanders planned to ignore the tyrannical new law. Good parents know the difference between a smack and child abuse. Click here to download the petition asking Professional musician Jimmy Mason flicked the ear of his son, Seth, at the Bridge of Remembrance just before Christmas after the three-year-old disobeyed his instructions while riding his new bike. The toddler took off down a ramp and was followed by his brother, Zach, two, who was also on a new bike. Seth made the tight corner but Zach did not, and injured his eye. "Seth just wanted to go on riding. He didn't realise the seriousness of it with the youngest one slipping in and out of consciousness," Mason said. "So I turned to Seth and flicked him on the ear and told him to shut up while we fixed up the young one," Mason said. A nearby teacher took umbrage, an off-duty policewoman rang the incident in and in minutes later Mason was surrounded by six police officers. "They were going to arrest me and were trying to ascertain whether it was safe for the kids to go home with me," he said... ...Mason said he took his sons biking every day and they needed to obey his instructions to the letter in order to stay safe. excerpt from The Press, Monday 14 Jan 08 (click here for article)
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