In 2007, politicians changed the laws making it illegal for parents to use smacking as form of correction with their children. The referendum in 2009 revealed that 87% of New Zealanders opposed this move believing that it wouldn’t solve genuine child abuse but would lead to good parents being unjustly persecuted.

We’ve created a series of videos which share parents’ stories, and which list reasons to reverse the controversial and problematic anti-smacking law… ⤵️