4 August 2009 - Youth Against Child Abuse NZ (YACA) is pleased to announce the third in their series of videos addressing issues surrounding child abuse in New Zealand as we seek to gather ideas to tackle child abuse.

"Simeon Brown interviews former Labour MP John Tamihere in this video," said Matthew Van Voorthuizen, spokesperson for YACA. "John is also the co-host of a highly popular Radio Live talkback show with Willie Jackson".

"John expresses the concern that so many parents have: they don't want the Government legislating against good parenting," continued Mr Van Voorthuizen. "John acknowledges that smacking isn't the only tool that parents have, and we agree with him that some parents do take smacking too far. This is absolutely unacceptable".

The video can be viewed on the group's website, www.yaca.org.nz. The board of YACA NZ trusts that this video series will help raise awareness to the real issues of child abuse in New Zealand and also present proven, workable solutions to actually solving the problem.