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This page last updated Oct 27 2006
2006-0629 - NZ Herald - Airline
policy on men goes to human rights tribunal
by Derek Cheng - An airline policy that prevents men from being
seated next to unaccompanied children could pave the way for similar
discriminatory policies to run rampant, says National's Wayne Mapp. Dr Mapp
yesterday laid a claim with the Human Rights Review Tribunal, saying that
Qantas and Air New Zealand's seating policy breached the Human Rights Act. He
said the policy discriminated against men and implied they were dangerous.
2006-0514 - Sunday Star Times - Mapp
takes action on airlines
New Oct 27 2006
by Irene Chapple - National MP Wayne Mapp is taking his complaint
about two airlines banning men from sitting next to unknown children to the
Human Rights Review Tribunal. Mapp raised the issue in December after
Auckland father Mark Worsley complained that he was asked to move on a Qantas
flight when an unaccompanied child was seated next to him. Worsley's case
triggered dozens of complaints to the Human Rights Commission, including one
from Mapp
2006-0506 - Nelson Mail - A bloke
on the wharf, fishing for fatherhood
by Kevin Gill - If we continue to denigrate men, continue to blame men
for all that seems wrong in the world, if we continue to alienate men from
family-type community groups and pre-school teaching, if we continue to
accept rules like "no men sitting with unaccompanied children on
planes", then keep watching as our social problems rise.
2006-0309 - Manawatu
Standard - Flight rules
by Alan Radford - Last week, Air New Zealand said it would continue
its sexist, prejudiced policy of not letting males sit next to unaccompanied
children. The killer of Lillybing, being female, presumably gets Air New
Zealand's blessing
2006-0227 - Dominion Post -
Air NZ sticks to its child seating policy
Air New Zealand is not backing down from a ban on seating
unaccompanied children next to male passengers on flights, despite an
official complaint by National Party political correctness spokesman Wayne
Mapp. He has filed a formal submission to the Human Rights Commission against
the policy, which is used by both Qantas and Air New Zealand
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