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NZers vote 'NO' for smack as criminal offence
Almost 90 per cent of people who participated in a national referendum asking New Zealanders whether smacking should be illegal have voted no, preliminary results show.
!['No' vote campaigners divided on way forward after likely win](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
'No' vote campaigners divided on way forward after likely win
Polls have shown more than 80 per cent of voters planning to vote 'no' to the referendum.
![Sinister undertones to referendum instigators](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Sinister undertones to referendum instigators
There is something very creepy about the smacking referendum now arriving in the mail, John Roughan writes.
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Theft fears as smacking ballot hits letterboxes
Concerns enthusiasts on both sides of the debate may try to corrupt the vote by stealing voting papers.
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Spanking has its uses, say pupils
A sampling of children suggests most want smacking banned but there is still some support for it as a form of discipline.