303:, "Should a smack, as part of good parental correction, be a criminal offence in New Zealand?" With his wife Barbara, Baldock travelled all over New Zealand for the next 18 months. With the help of many volunteers and support from organisations like 'Family First' they collected approximately 310,000 signatures from voters, surpassing the 285,000 signatures, or 10 per cent of total voters, required to force a referendum. When it was held from 31 July to 21 August 2009 voter turnout was 56.1%, with 87.4% of voters answered 'no'. In June 2009, then Prime Minister
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Conservative Party's board before the end of 2014, and had his party membership suspended while he faced disciplinary action. The suspension was not related to his earlier policy disagreement. The subsequent strange and erratic behaviour of Colin Craig certainly seemed to
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Electoral Commission announced it had referred Baldock to the police for filing a false expenses return and for exceeding the $ 25,000 cap on election expenses. Baldock maintained the error was made by others, and the police did not lay charges.
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