Mana News editor Joe Trinder

The anti smacking bill has nothing to do with child discipline that was a false perception created by the National party. Section 59 of the New Zealand Crimes Act meant children had the higher civil rights than livestock. Before Section 59 of the New Zealand Crimes Act parents had the right to treat their children like cattle and it was legal. Its real name should be the “Anti-child livestock bill”.

Why hasn’t the National government repealed Section 59 of the Crimes Act?

The National government has unleashed the Nanny state if your child is out of shape, CYFS have the right to remove children from their parents.

Police and medical experts have been working together to setup a system to single out large kids and take them off their parents. This overweight child confiscation system will target the most vulnerable children in communities and will target predominantly children living in South Auckland.

The overweight child confiscation system is the National government’s prejudice Nanny state at its worst.