NEWS STATEMENT
9 February 2006
Bring Back Dad
The Republic of New Zealand Party (The Republicans) will repeal the Care of Children Act and abolish the Family Court,
the Party’s spokesperson on Family Affairs, Jim Bailey said.
Generations of politicians and bureaucrats have devastated New Zealand families with bad law and insensitive
administration he said.
“Nearly one third of the one million children who went to school this week are without Dad and some without Mum,”
Mr Bailey said the Republicans would replace the Care of Children Act with provisions for ‘hands on equal parenting’.
The Family Court would be replaced by a mediation service aimed at working out an equal parenting arrangement where
there is an irreconcilable split.
‘These changes will be based on the principle that every child has a right to a Mum and Dad whether they are together or
apart,” he said
ENDS