SOCIETY FOR PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY STANDARDS INC.
Abuse and violence toward children is on the rise and the Salvation Army says more needs to be done to change public policy in the area.
The Salvation Army has released its seventh annual State of the Nation report in which it reviews social progress in New Zealand. [Read more…]
A Statement on Christian Marriage and Sexuality – in light of New Zealand’s Same-Sex Marriage Law.
[A statement crafted by Paul Davison, Senior Pastor of Hastings Baptist Church, New Zealand. Adopted by the congregations of Hastings Baptist Church & Howick Baptist Church, New Zealand. Both churches are registered charities]
Two Dunedin businesses have lost thousands of dollars to a gang of fraudsters targeting Dunedin’s Chinese business community, police say.
Police believe the offenders are of Chinese descent and aged between 40 and 75 years.
Among the fraud schemes used is approaching the owners of takeaway shops with a business proposition. The victims are then drawn into further contact with the fraudsters. [Read more…]
OPINION: When I was young, I was taught that charity was a good thing. My old clothes would be thrown into bins for children in Africa. I still feel sorry for the poor kid in Gambia or Togo who had to wear my awful purple nylon polo-neck skivvies, fawn flared slacks with a built-in elastic belt, and embroidered kaftans. But at least we knew what a charity was.
Today things are a little more confusing. Though the legislation covering charities is based on principles stretching back more than 400 years, some charities are occasionally deemed “non- charitable” by Charity Services, part of the Department of Internal Affairs, because they are seen as engaging in advocacy more than operating in the public good.
That is why Greenpeace and the Sensible Sentencing Trust are not registered charities. You may, like me, think that the National Council of Women is an excellent organisation that works in the public interest, yet until recently it did not qualify as a registered charity. But does it really matter if an organisation is registered or not? [Read more…]
Online predators are increasingly resorting to “sextortion” – blackmailing child victims into providing explicit images.
Internet safety watchdogs say they are seeing new trends in the methods used to extort kids as young as eight into sending pictures of themselves to perverts, who often masquerade as youngsters online. [Read more…]