People and Society

The 2009 Child Discipline Referendum – What Children and Young People think about Parents’ right to hit children

By: Grant Taylor
Published: 2009-06-01

In 2007, the New Zealand Parliament passed a Private Members Bill to repeal Section 59 of the Crimes Act 1961. A petition in response to this law change forced a…

Children & Youth Families, Whānau and Parenting
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