Repeal 59 Campaign Material |
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| Publications | |
| Unreasonable Force - New Zealand's Journey Towards Banning the Physical Punishment of Children | PDF (2.2 MBytes) |
| New Zealand - 4 years post the law change | PDF (81 KBytes) |
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Submissions to Select Committee |
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| ACYA 2006 | PDF (42 KBytes) |
| Barnados 2006 | PDF (158 KBytes) |
| EPOCH NZ 2006 | PDF (191 KBytes) |
| Institute of Public Policy AUT | PDF (76 KBytes) |
| Paediatric Society 2006 | PDF (61 KBytes) |
| Peter Newell 2006 | PDF (86 KBytes) |
| RNZ Plunket Society Inc 2006 | PDF (180KBytes) |
| Save the Children 2006 | PDF (70 KBytes) |
| UNICEF NZ 2006 | PDF (217 KBytes) |
| Communications to MPs | |
| Briefing Sheet 1 | PDF (43 KBytes) |
| Briefing Sheet 2 | PDF (52 KBytes) |
| Briefing Sheet 3 | PDF (54 KBytes) |
| Briefing Sheet 4 | PDF (56 KBytes) |
| Briefing Sheet 5 | PDF (50 KBytes) |
| Briefing Sheet 6 | PDF (50 KBytes) |
| EPOCH NZ Letter to MPs Oct 2006 | PDF (18 KBytes) |
| General | |
| Agencies in support of the Bill | (PDF 348KBytes) |
| Agencies opposed to the Bill | (PDF 27 KBytes) |
| Swedish letter | (PDF 23 KBytes) |
| Media kit | (PDF 1.4MBytes) |
| Statement by New Zealand Anglican Bishops | |
| Epoch Paper: 'Physical Punishment of Children and the Child Discipline Law' | PDF (290KBytes) |
| Physical punishment of children in New Zealand – six years after law reform. | PDF (445KBytes) |
| Speech to Conference Barcelona 1997 Dr Penelope Leach | PDF (342KBytes) |
| Documents associated with law reform | |
| Parliamentary record of progress of the Bill | (External website) |
| The original Bill | (PDF 109KBytes) |
| Select Committee Report | (PDF 78KBytes) |
| Bill as reported back from Select Committee | (PDF 34KBytes) |
| Bill as reported back after Committee Stage | (PDF 236KBytes) |
| Chester Borrows proposed amendment | (PDF 195 KBytes) |
| Judy Turner Proposed amendment | (PDF 118 KBytes) |
| David Benson-Pope’s Amendment | (PDF 101 KBytes) |
| Peter Dunne’s Amendment | (PDF 100 KBytes) |
| Sue Bradford’s Speech at the Bill's Third Reading | (External website) |
| Substituted S59 in the Crimes Act 1961 | (PDF 75 KBytes) |
| Leaflet on the effect of law change No 1 (2 pages) | (PDF 78 KBytes) |
| Leaflet on effect of law change No 2 (1 Page) | (PDF 80 KBytes) |
| International Documents | |
| UN Committee on the Rights of the Child | (External website) |
| UNICEF Innocenti report | (External website) |
| Statement of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the launch of the Global Initiative April 2001 | (PDF 78KBytes) |
| Media items | |
| Murray Edridge April 2006 | (PDF 11KBytes) |
| Letter to NZ Herald May 2007 - Dr Ian Hassall | (PDF 3KBytes) |
| Letter to NZ Herald April 2007 - Dr Ian Hassall | (PDF 3KBytes) |
| Barnados re Waitakere City 2006 | (PDF 29KBytes) |
| Advert commentary | (PDF 17KBytes) |
| Publications related to s59 | |
| List of Useful References 2007 | (PDF 6KBytes) |
| Research | |
| Just who do we think children are? Authors Debski, Russell and Buckley |
(PDF 428KBytes) |
| “The Impact of A TV programme on attitudes to physical punishment” Beth Wood and Sue Buckley | (PDF 37KBytes) |
| Views of parents who don't smack | (PDF 40KBytes) |
| "Physical punishment in the home in New Zealand" Sept 1993 Dr Gabrielle Maxwell | (External Link to abstract) |
| "The Effects of Sweden's Ban on Physical Punishment" May 2004 Goran Hakansson | (PDF 442 KBytes) |
| Papers and opinion pieces | |
| “What does God think about hitting children” 2005 Glynn Cardy |
(PDF 20KBytes) |
| Dr Ian Hassall May 2007 | (PDF 12KBytes) |
| Dr Ian Hassall Nov 2007 | (PDF 10KBytes) |
| John Hancock 2004 | (PDF 101KBytes) |
| Dr Ian Hassall April 2007 | (PDF 5KBytes) |
| Dr Ian Hassall May 2006 | (PDF 8KBytes) |
| Beth Wood and Peter Newell | (PDF 47KBytes) |
| Terry Dobbs May 2007 | (PDF 9KBytes) |
| Dr Emma Davies 2006 | (PDF 12KBytes) |
| Beth Wood and Terry Dobbs 2003 | (PDF 54KBytes) |
| Beth Wood and Robert Ludbrook 2003 | (PDF 1.4MBytes) |
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Physical punishment of children: effects and evolution |
(PDF 178KBytes) |
| Letter to the Editor from Epoch | (PDF 300KBytes) |
| Beth Wood Violence free childhood 2016 | (PDF 300KBytes) |
| Beth Wood Ending Physical Punishment of Children 2000 | (PDF 184KBytes) |
| Beth Wood: The Role of the Professional in changing attitudes about physical punishment of children 2000 | (PDF 71KB) |
| Robert Ludbrook and Beth Wood: Children's Rights to Safety | PDF 1.30MBytes) |
| "Taking Smacking Seriously" 2001 Rex Adhar and James Allan | Weblink |
| "Physical Punishment of Children: Where are we at in New Zealand?" 1998 Beth Wood, Marie Russell and Mandy Smith | (PDF 588KBytes) |
| 2008 Referendum | |
| Media Kit | (PDF 113KB) |
| Referendum Briefing Sheet No 1 | (PDF 75KB) |
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Other |
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| Sue Bradford's Valedictory Speech | Weblink |
| Material not available electronically can be provided on request | |
| "Children are Unbeatable - 7 Very good reasons not to hit children" by Rhonda Pritchard | |