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Kōrero: Parenting

Positive role model

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Positive role model

In the 2000s All Black rugby player Rodney So'oialo was part of a public campaign called 'Kids are unbeatable' which aimed to reduce violence against children. So'oialo and his wife Marilyn were outspoken advocates for parenting which did not involve physical discipline.

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New Zealand Herald

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by Mark Mitchell

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Lesley Patterson, Parenting – Parenting practices, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/26343/positive-role-model (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Lesley Patterson, i tāngia i te 22 March 2011.