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SPCS Objectives from its Constitution – Incorporated Society No. 217833

July 13, 2012 by SPCS Leave a Comment

2. The objects for which the Society for Promotion of Community Standards Inc. (“SPCS”) is established are:

(a) To encourage self-respect and the dignity of the human person, made in the image of God.

(b) To promote recognition of the sanctity of human life and its preservation in all stages.

(c) To promote wholesome personal values, including strong family life and the benefits of lasting marriage as the foundation for stable communities.

(d) To focus attention on the harmful nature and consequences of sexual promiscuity, obscenity, pornography, violence, fraud, dishonesty in business, exploitation, abuse of alcohol and drugs, and other forms of moral corruption.

(e) To foster public awareness of the benefits to social, economic and moral welfare of the maintenance and promotion of good community standards, including supporting enforcement agencies to uphold such standards as set out in law and encourage constructive debate and discussion in this area.

(f) To support responsible freedom of expression which does not injure the public good by degrading, dehumanising or demeaning individuals or classes of people.

(g) To raise money that will be used, under the control of the executive, to promote the moral and spiritual welfare of sectors of society that need special help and to advance the charitable objects of the Society (a) to (f).

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New Charities Registration Board appointed

June 29, 2012 by SPCS Leave a Comment

Community and Voluntary Sector Minister Jo Goodhew announced today the members of the newly established Charities Registration Board.

From 1 July, the functions of the former Charities Commission will be undertaken by the Department of Internal Affairs.

“The new Charities Registration Board will be established on 1 July and will make independent decisions on applications from organisations that wish to register for charitable status,” Mrs Goodhew says.

“It will also decide the removal of charitable status from registered charities that do not continue to meet the necessary requirements.

“I am pleased to announce that I have appointed Roger Miller as Chair of the new Charities Registration Board.

“Mr Miller is a Wellington lawyer and Registered Trustee, whose specialisations include trust law and governance. He chairs the Scots College Foundation and the Porirua City Council Community Services Board and is a trustee of Performing Arts Foundation of New Zealand.”

The other two members of the Board are:

Caren Rangi, a chartered accountant and audit specialist from Napier. Ms Rangi has extensive community governance experience and is currently a board member of the Broadcasting Commission (NZ On Air) and a trustee of the Eastern and Central Community Trust.

Kirikaiahi Albert, a Wellington lawyer with experience in taxation, Treaty settlements and iwi governance. Ms Albert is active in the M?ori legal community, Wellington rugby league and international indigenous networks.

“Together the members bring the skills, experience and diversity necessary to fulfil the independent functions of the Board in a manner that over time will earn the confidence of the charitable sector and the New Zealand public.”

There will be no substantive changes for registered charities or applicants for registration arising from the transition to the new structure. Access to information about charities on the Charities Register and all the educational guidance developed for charities will continue to be available on the website www.charities.govt.nz.

Source: http://www.national.org.nz/Article.aspx?ArticleID=38852

also:  http://feeds.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-charities-registration-board-appointed

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The SPCS blog – Purpose clearly stated yet again!

June 22, 2012 by SPCS Leave a Comment

As the Society’s executive has clearly stated on this website, ever since the Society was granted charity status (Reg. No. CC20268) by the Charities Commission on 17 December 2007, ………….

The Society’s Web blog aims to stimulate rational reflection on, and reasoned appraisal of, a wide range of issues affecting families and society. Since human opinion is always corrigible and meaningful assertions imply conditions under which they may be falsified, the web blog opinion piece articles are written in the belief that truth is ultimately independent of opinion. The opinions and views expressed in such web log articles do not necessarily wholly reflect the Society’s stance. They are simply deemed to be worth publishing for readers to consider, evaluate, respond to, etc. A careful effort is made to ensure that no article is published that promotes or defends any viewpoint that is contrary to, or might undermine or negate, our Society’s objectives.

Copied from www.spcs.org.nz/activities/

The Society’s objectives have been registered with the Registrar of Societies. See www.societies.govt.nz (Inc. Soc. No. 217833. Incorporated 26/09/07) or viewed at www.spcs.org.nz/objectives/

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Drug-resistant gonorrhoea strain reaches New Zealand

June 11, 2012 by SPCS Leave a Comment

A strain of gonorrhoea that appears to be mutating into a drug resistant form has reached New Zealand and has been found mainly in the gay and bisexual population of Auckland and Wellington. 

The World Health Organisation has revealed that several countries, including Australia and the United Kingdom, are reporting cases of the sexually transmitted disease’s resistance to cephalosporin antibiotics – the current cure.

Clinical microbiologist Dr Sally Roberts, from Auckland District Health Board, who was the one to first pick it up here and watch prevalence increase since July last year, said.

“If this becomes the predominant strain in our community, there will be people who have UNTREATABLE gonorrhoea.” [Emphasis added].

WHO wants greater vigilance on the correct use of antibiotics and urgent research into alternative treatment since no other drug is currently available.

Dr Roberts, said:

“We’ve been seeing mutations, suggesting it is becoming less susceptible to the antibiotics. It’s clearly been introduced into New Zealand somehow.”

She had already been working with sexual health doctors and the New Zealand Aids Foundation [a registered charity with the Charities Commission] to raise awareness.

Gonorrhoea had already become resistant to past treatments, like penicillin. If it was to do the same with the current antibiotic – an intra-muscular injection – treatment could become so difficult that patients could need hospitalisation,

Gonorrhoea can infect the penis, rectum and throat – often showing no symptoms. People should not feel panicked, but anyone thinking they may have been infected are asked to get tested to avoid spreading the mutating strain.

WHO figures show about 106 million people are diagnosed with the disease each year.

A Health Ministry spokesman said the antibiotic Ceftriaxone was still an effective treatment in New Zealand right now. But gonorrhea trends were being monitored to detect early the development of resistance in gonorrhea.

Full Story: http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/7076621/Drug-resistant-gonorrhoea-strain-reaches-NZ

Source: Fairfax NZ News. Reported  The Dominion Post. Monday, June 11, 2012, p. A8. Story by Judy O’Callaghan.

Additional References:

1. Gay men urged to get tested. 7 June 2012. Fairfax NZ News

http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/7060751/Gay-men-urged-to-get-tested.

2. STDs: Diagnoses of increasingly antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea infections rise by ‘unprecedented’ 25 per cent.

The Independent. Story by Charlie Cooper. Thursday 31 May 2012

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/stis-diagnoses-of-increasingly-antibioticresistant-gonorrhoea-infections-rise-by-unprecedented-25-per-cent-7804780.html

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LEGALISED EUTHANASIA: DO WE NEED IT? – Conference 30 June

June 7, 2012 by SPCS Leave a Comment

ANNOUNCEMENT: YOU ARE WARMLY INVITED TO ATTEND A ONE-DAY CONFERENCE

TOPIC: LEGALISED EUTHANASIA: DO WE NEED IT?

A one-day conference for health professionals, educators, carers and the general public

Date and Time : Saturday 30 June 2012 9 am to 1 pm

Venue: Barrycourt Conference Centre, 10 Gladstone Rd, Parnell, Auckland

Led by Alex Schadenberg. Executive Director and International Chair

Contributors: Dr Huhana Hickey, Russell Vickery, John Kleinsman

Euthanasia Prevention Coalition: For registration details and more information go to:  http://euthanasiadebate.org.nz/

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