A book on child smacking that led to an American couple beating to death their seven-year-old adopted daughter could soon be banned from New Zealand's book shelves.
To Train Up a Child, written by fundamentalist United States Christians Michael and Debi Pearl, teaches parents how to smack, thump and pull children's hair as a way of disciplining them, Fairfax Media reported today.
Whitcoulls agreed to pull the book from its website after a complaint from American child abuse victim, now living in New Zealand.
She said she was shocked to find the book was being sold in New Zealand, despite the country's anti-smacking law.
The Internal Affairs Department's Censorship Compliance Unit said the book's content would be examined.
