FAREWELL BRIAN HARTLEY
Retired Police Superintendent Brian Hartley left us suddenly, aged 84, on 14 August 2022. The team here at the Police Managers' Guild Trust would like to extend our most sincere condolences to Brian's Family, Friends, Colleagues and anyone lucky enough to have known him.
Brian was the Driving Force behind the formation of the PMGT in 1997, a Trustee since the PMGT was formed and was elected a Life Member in 2019.
Under his careful and diligent guidance, the PMGT has donated over $3,500,000 to the victims of crime and produced education to benefit millions of Kiwis.
Brian's extraordinary example and legacy is one that will further motivate us to stop crime and save lives.
SUPPORTER SHOWCASE
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SEW-Eurodrive has been a supporter for PMGT for over 8 years now; helping us to distribute our crime prevention education to over 25,000 kiwis, informing the public on matters such as child safety, domestic violence, alcohol abuse and more as well as allowing us to fund a wide range of community support organisations and services.
Sincerely, thank you to John Hainsworth and the staff at SEW-Eurodrive for their ongoing support - from the team at NZPMGT.
GUILD NEWS
The New Zealand Police Managers’ Guild Trust are proud to have helped the NZ Fiji Schools Rugby Sevens in reaching their financial goals to allow young Fijian boys from across the country to come together and play a game that they love whilst honouring their heritage.
Whilst Fiji did not win (NZ Condors won both boys & girls competitions), the NZ Fijians never gave up, scoring the last try of the match through Ratu Kuli Naleisomosomo within the last minute. We are convinced there is an abundance of future Fijian stars with the team.
The boys blasted out a note or two at the powhiri for the team which was an exceptional event in itself and the team are now taking the opportunity to review what they did well, what could have been done better, and are planning to win the title in the next edition of the World School 7’s in December 2022. We have every confidence that the boys will do an astounding job.
‘’I therefore wanted to pass on our thanks and appreciation for the part you and the NZ Police Managers Guild Trust played in helping us. What we did would not have been possible without your very kind support. Again a big Vinaka vakalevu from our entire NZ Fiji Schools 7’s squad’’ - Inspector Jim Wilson.
NZ Fiji Schools Rugby Sevens Players
COMMUNITY GRANTS
Our latest community grant, Blake Paynter was the recipient of our NZPMGT grant to assist him with advancing in the sport of rowing with a view of gaining a scholarship to study in the United States.
In March 2021, Blake was titled the 6th fastest under-18 single scull rower in New Zealand. Following that, his rowing times and on-water speeds are alongside the fastest junior rowers in New Zealand.
As of 19th January 2022, Blake was able to commence study at the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida USA. He has received an athletic scholarship to be a part of a rowing team and is lined up to be in the stroke seat of their top eight.
We also congratulate Blake on maintaining a high standard in his academic school work and scoring in the top 7% in his SATs. This means he has also been awarded an academic scholarship from the university and has selected to study Business for a 4-year degree.
‘’The journey to achieve this has been filled with hard work, perseverance, and cannot be achieved without the support of many people including the kind support from the New Zealand Police Managers Guild Trust. Our family would like to express that we are very thankful for the support you have given Blake and hope you can feel the same level of proudness that we feel as parents of him. When he is racing, you can feel that you are in the boat with him and part of the team.’’ - Marc Paynter and family.
Your donations help us to continue to offer practical help to people and families wishing to reach their goals.
Blake Paynter, New Zealand rower is a recipient of our community grants program
To see our community grants list; head here
A new text scam is targeting worried parents.
The "Hi Mum" scam, which recently plagued Australia, involves a message claiming to be the victim's child. The scammer claims they have lost their phone, and desperately need money.
NetSafe chief online safety officer Sean Lyons says The best way to avoid the scam was to not panic.
"It really is about taking a moment to stop, think, and breathe," Lyons said. "It could be quite an emotional moment, where a child reaches out and says: Mum, dad, I'm in trouble."
But that emotion is exactly what the scammer wants, he said.
The next step is to verify the sender by getting in touch with your child.
"Call them, get in touch with them via some other channel," Lyons said. "Something that you know is a way of contacting them, and say: is this you? What's going on?"
"The more pressure you put somebody under, the less time they have to think rationally and do their due diligence."
NetSafe and government agency CERT NZ allow victims to report scams and keep lists of common tactics.
To prevent worrisome situations like these, read up on our online safety information pmgt.org.nz/online-safety/#top
Article by RNZ
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#netsafe #parent #scam
A local FB scam I picked up on a couple of years ago when an old neighbor re added me on FB (along with other friends as their fb profile picture and friends list were visible to all) with the same profile picture etc, then fb messaged me saying they needed help and if I had a ware house or Kmart near me(I couldhave but didn'twant to wastemy time playing them along as I was busy gardening for a friend). I thought 'this is odd so I called his copyed profile ON FB messenger. They said they couldn't answer. I then called his personal ph#. He was in a Vodafone meeting. This scam has been happening to many over the past couple of years all I can advise as I have advised many this has happened to. MAKE SURE YOUR PROFILE PICTURES(data), FRIENDS LISTS ARE ALL KEPT PRIVATE AS THEY ARE JUST DUPLICATING YOUR ACCOUNT PRETENDING TO BE YOU.
How long should our kids be on devices? The World Health Organisation recommendations at a glance:
Infants (less than 1 year):
Screen time is not recommended.
Infants should be physically active several times a day in a variety of ways, particularly through interactive floor-based play; more is better. For those not yet mobile, this includes at least 30 minutes in prone position (tummy time) spread throughout the day while awake.
Children 1-2 years of age should:
For 1-year-olds, seated screen time (such as watching TV or videos, playing computer games) is not recommended.
For those aged 2 years, seated screen time should be no more than 1 hour; less is better. When sitting down, engaging in reading and storytelling with a caregiver is encouraged. Spend at least 180 minutes in a variety of types of physical activities at any intensity, including moderate-to-vigorous-intensity physical activity, spread throughout the day; more is better.
Children 3-4 years of age should:
Seated screen time should be no more than 1 hour; less is better. When sitting down, engaging in reading and storytelling with a caregiver is encouraged. Spend at least 180 minutes in a variety of types of physical activities at any intensity, of which at least 60 minutes is moderate- to vigorous intensity physical activity, spread throughout the day; more is better.
Yet according to a new study, most children under the age of 5 are spending an unhealthy amount of time on smartphones or in front of the television. Researchers found only a minority of children worldwide are staying below the recommended hours of screen time.
Are your children exceeding the recommended screen time?
For online safety resources, visit pmgt.org.nz/online-safety/
or www.digitaldiscipline.co.nz/who-recommendations
Article by Digital Discipline
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#screentime #digitaldiscipline #WHO
You are very welcome! Keep up the fantastic work 👍
Half hour to an hour
Every year in New Zealand over 13,000 children under five go to hospital with injuries and 40 per cent of these are from falls," Plunket Hawke's Bay area manager Sarah Mulcahy said.
A coroner this week highlighted the need to secure heavy objects after a toddler was killed by a falling television set.
The 3-year-old Invercargill boy died from massive head injuries after the 60kg television toppled off a chest of drawers in his parents' bedroom as he tried to turn it on last July.
Coroner Christopher Devonport said the death was a terrible tragedy and timely warning to parents to secure heavy objects.
Ms Mulcahy said there were three key things Hawke's Bay parents could do to help prevent falls.
"Changing children on the ground, or making sure one hand is always on their child when they're on a high surface, having barriers at both the top and bottom of stairs, and not using baby walkers. They're dangerous because they can tip over, fall down stairs or move quickly into danger such as towards a heater or stove."
"You can't - in spite of the fact you'd probably like to - watch them every second that they are around.
"It's about doing the best that you can’’ says Plunket.
For more on child safety, visit pmgt.org.nz/child-safety/
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Article by NZ Herald
#childsafety #falling #Plunket
Once my kids could crawl I fixed the tele onto a wall bracket and removed all heavy objects in reach also gated off the kitchen
A survey of 12- to 19-year-olds shows a link between amount of alcohol being drunk and areas where poverty is a problem.
Adolescents living in the most deprived areas in New Zealand drink almost twice as much alcohol than their peers living at the other end of the scale, a joint study has found.
Researchers from the University of Southern Denmark and Massey University surveyed 1144 adolescents aged between 12 and 19 living in New Zealand across 10 area deprivation levels, 1 being the least deprived.
Their paper published in Health & Place found that at the poorer end of the scale, teenagers drank an average of 96.2ml of pure alcohol or 6.4 serves on each drinking occasion, while t the least deprived adolescents drank 50.6ml or 3.4 serves.
A public health worker on alcohol issues for Otara Health, Poutoa Papali'i hopes the recently passed Alcohol Law Reform legislation, which opens the way for greater local input in to policy development and liquor licensing decisions will finally deal a huge blow to the density of off-licences in South Auckland.
Under the new legislation, parents or guardians must give consent for minors to drink. It will be a criminal offence, with a $2000 penalty, to supply alcohol to under-agers without such consent.
Where to get help: pmgt.org.nz/teen-safety/#Alcohol
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Article by NZ Herald
#poverty #drinking #youthnz
Regardless of age and / or income, I am always surprised about the quantity of bottles sitting outside peoples homes on glass recycling day. I can not believe how much alcohol is consumed in many households.
The owner of a horse that had to be euthanised after suffering serious injuries while trying to escape backyard fireworks is angry there is nowhere to report the death.
Morrinsville local Deb Garner had been checking on her stud farm horses every hour on the night of Guy Fawkes until 11pm, but the backyard fireworks continued after that.
On Sunday morning, she arrived to find one of her mares, Doris, limping badly.
"She had obviously hit the fence with force and she'd degloved her whole leg.
"From her knee about half way down her shin to her hoof was just bone exposed, it was really horrific.
"I could see there were tendons severed and when the vet arrived I had to make a call for her quality of life that she had to be put to sleep."
Garner said she was not angry about the short offical firework displays each year, as she plans for them with her "fireworks bag" with wire cutters and medicine, as well as giving her horses magnesium to calm them.
"What we can't manage are these really sporadic random fireworks that people let off.
Other animals on her stud farm were also harmed, including a foal that hit a fence and a horse that needed electrolytes after dripping with sweat from fear.
The mare that died also had an elderly paddock mate who was also put down as she would have found life hard without her.
If you are planning to use fireworks this NewYears, remember to let your neighbours know and keep any pets safe inside.
For more on animal welfare, visit pmgt.org.nz/animal-abuse/#top
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Article by NewsHub
#NewYears #fireworks #horses
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The Police Managers' Guild Trust provide New Zealanders with support and useful information that helps them to avoid becoming a victim of crime.I used to farm where we had races horses. One went through the fence and her foal followed, both had to be put to sleep due to their injuries. Time for them to banned for public use. They go on for weeks and people save them for the holiday season coming as well
I have been saying it for years, ban the private sale of fireworks and private use. Official, properly organised displays only.
It is with sadness that we continually hear of stories of terror and the death of animals, caused by an outdated form of entertainment. The sale of all Fireworks should be banned. Many of us have been fighting for this for years.
Time we all got on the same side and banned the sale of fireworks, just ridiculous the amount of resources waisted on miss use and in reality, animal cruelty.
Every single year something along these lines happens!! How many more horses (and other livestock, not to mention the panicky missing cats and dogs) do caring owners have to lose? It is rarely just one or 2 weeks either!
I lost 6 valuable breeding ewes once ..they crashed through a fence and drowned in a creek ,.fireworks are childish.
BAN FIREWORKS NOW,SORRY FOR UR LOSS
We have family and friends fireworks every year and give neighbours plenty of notice when it is happening including alternative dates If raining. Public displays are great but do not cater for the rural dwellers very well. Given fireworks usually get let off for a week before to two weeks after Nov 5th and have done for many years I am surprised that those with twitchy livestock have not made sure they are safe over those times. Horses we had were impervious to them but the stud horses were put in the stable yard with a handler and over many years none were injured
It should be controlled public displays only.
I've been preaching that for years .Once people have been to a controlled fireworks display they won't be interested in the rubbish ones sold in the shops and pop up selling sites .
Ban the stupid things.... how much longer do injuries like this have to keep happening
So how many more animals have to be traumatized before this stupidity goes on. Not only animals but older people as well. Sorry about the horse, it didn't deserve that.
Its so cruel.
This is so sad Fireworks need to go
We need more of those low noise fireworks, I had a large gum tree crack the other day and spooked my heard leaving 1 colt with a sore shoulder 😰, he's all better now 😊 ... now I'm not in any way saying ban gum trees, I am saying we need more low noise fireworks so that people can still enjoy themselves without harming others.
It is time that all fireworks is banned
So unnecessary. If they want fireworks it should be co
This is so sad and totally unnecessary. Why have them at all. All the news is on about saving the planet and lowering pollution. Ban the fireworks (except for organized displays) and altho it won't make any big difference, doesn't every little bit count?. So help all animals the unnecessary trauma, and hopefully a little bit of the planet, and just have organized ones for special occasions?
Send the photos to the Prime Minister to go in her file if inactivity
Happened here in NewPlymouth as well!
Time to ban fireworks other than official displays with permits! The origins of Bonfire Night have no real relevance to New Zealand, & it needs to stop now!!
People should be held accountable for this .....
Just ban fireworks already. There's no cool ones left to buy anyway (even though idiots would misuse them if they were still around).
ban them and have public displays
Yes!! Definitely time to ban the public sale of fireworks 🎆. A woman in Temuka had to euthanize her beautiful 10 month old horse "George" 🐎 because he was seriously injured by a fireworks related accident. I believe the story is on "Stuff" and Facebook.
New Zealand has the highest rate of intimate partner violence against women in the OECD.
One in three women here has experienced physical, sexual or coercive violence from an intimate partner in her lifetime; the rates are higher for Māori women, New Zealand born non-white women and migrant women.
Five years ago, the MeToo movement exploded and sparked global mobilization creating a moment in preventing and responding to violence against women and girls.
Since then, unprecedented awareness and momentum have been created thanks to women’s human rights defenders and survivor advocates worldwide.
At the same time, there has been a rise in anti-rights movements, including anti-feminist groups, resulting in shrinking space for civil society, a backlash against women’s rights organizations and a rise in attacks against women human rights defenders and activists globally.
Supporting and investing in strong, autonomous women’s rights organizations and feminist movements is key to ending violence against women and girls.
That is why this 2022 theme is UNITE! Activism to End Violence against Women & Girls.
Have you experienced abuse and need help?
If you have felt threatened, unsafe or need assistance, please see the list of domestic violence helplines pmgt.org.nz/directory/#family-violence-directory
More on the 16 day campaign here >> www.unwomen.org/en/news-stories/in-focus/2022/11/in-focus-16-days-of-activism-against-gender-base...
Thank you to @Harcourts Tokoroa and @Roadrunner Manufacturing Ltd - NZ for sponsoring our organisation!
#MeToo #16days
An extremely worthwhile organisation that we are proud to continually support. Keep up your great work!
It happens to men to abuse and mind games and violence to sadly
unfortunately it happens to all culture religion age intelligence it doesn't discriminate
Firstly I'll acknowledge genuine cases, but the numbers aren't profitable enough. A lot of these so-called charity organizations are comprised of ghouls that feed off hyperbole and histrionics in order to boost their supposed statistics in order to MAXIMIZE THEIR FUNDING. If there's any minor squabble where someone is put in contact, these ghoulish organizations use CULT behaviour in order to isolate and brainwash these people into becoming cult members. Once someone becomes a cult member they'll be coached into using hyperbole and just straight lies, in order to further the agenda of the cult, ie it's all about the funding. Legitmate prevention is never the real agenda. The same goes for just about every so-called charity out there. For example, the heart foundation management is rubbing their hands with glee at the present time.