Vote 'yes' in next month's referendum.
Pub Date: 06/01/2009
Publication: Name: Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand Publisher: New Zealand Nurses' Organisation Audience: Trade Format: Magazine/Journal Subject: Health; Health care industry Copyright: COPYRIGHT 2009 New Zealand Nurses' Organisation ISSN: 1173-2032
Issue: Date: June, 2009 Source Volume: 15 Source Issue: 5
Accession Number: 203135216
Full Text: NZNO is urging its members to vote "yes" in the upcoming citizen's referendum against the repeal of Section 59 of the Crimes' Act. The repeal removed the defence of reasonable force, in some circumstances, for any parent who was criminally charged for hitting a child. NZNO supported the repeal which was consistent with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

NZNO chief executive Geoff Annals says the "yes" vote is the position of most leading child welfare Organisations in the country. More information can be found on p23 of this issue.
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