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Topic: Ewen McQueen


  
  McQueen Family - Famous McQueens
McQueen was born in Palmerston North in 1965, although spent most of his youth in the North Shore (part of the greater Auckland area).
McQueen died in Augusta, Georgia as a result of burns received when a kerosene heater she was attempting to light exploded and burst into flames.
McQueen was a goalkeeper as a schoolboy but then switched to his defensive position which caught the attention of St.
www.mcqueenfamily.org.uk /famous   (1182 words)

  
 Scoop: Party Leader for Pakuranga
McQueen says he is excited to be standing in an electorate which has shown in the past that it is open to new ideas and candidates from non-traditional parties.
McQueen also pointed out that the electorate with 55 churches had an abundance of Christian/family values voters and yet its incumbent MP Maurice Williamson had a liberal voting track record on legislation such as lowering the drinking age, euthanasia, giving legal recognition to homosexual and de-facto relationships and decriminalising prostitution.
Ewen graduated from the University of Auckland with an MA (Hons) in economics in 1990.
www.scoop.co.nz /stories/PO0508/S00043.htm   (1242 words)

  
 POWs interview - POWs on Hart's War
McQueen was there in the film The Great Escape, as Hilts, Cooler King, with his baseball and motorbike.
Ewen was there in real life, no baseball, no motorbike, but he did jump over the wooden horse, the inspiration for another film classic, while others dug a tunnel beneath it.
Ewen McDonald confirms escapes, or at least escape plans, were a major feature of life in the camps.
www.iofilm.co.uk /feats/interviews/h/harts_war.shtml   (1562 words)

  
 Christian Heritage New Zealand.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Party leader Ewen McQueen said it was time for new things to arise in Christian politics in New Zealand and the party was closing down to allow that to happen.
CHNZ leader Ewen McQueen noted that there was a significant Christian and family values voting constituency in New Zealand that was at least five to ten percent of the party vote.
Mr McQueen said parliament was lacking a political party that would make a strong and clear stand for the importance of family life, the primacy of marriage and the sanctity of human life.
www.chnz.org.nz   (646 words)

  
 Ewen McQueen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ewen McQueen was the second leader of Christian Heritage New Zealand, a religious political party in New Zealand that is now defunct.
McQueen joined the Christian Heritage Party in 1992, and stood as a Christian Heritage candidate on five occasions.
In October 2006, McQueen announced the closure of Christian Heritage New Zealand, blaming its demise on Graham Capill's convition and imprisonment as a serial paedophile, although he hopes to be involved with a new conservative Christian political party that might also involve Destiny New Zealand.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ewen_McQueen   (263 words)

  
 Scoop: Christian Heritage Elects New Leader
Ewen McQueen has an M.A.(Hons) in economics and works as an analyst and project manager in the health sector in Auckland.
Ewen is married with three children and lives in the central Auckland suburb of Mt Eden.
Ewen was born in Palmerston North, but grew up on Auckland's North Shore where he attended Takapuna Grammar School in the early eighties.
www.scoop.co.nz /stories/PA0308/S00477.htm   (1505 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Christian Heritage Party of New Zealand
Former CHP Leader, Ewen McQueen announced that the hypothetical new party would "make a strong and clear stand for the importance of family life, the primacy of marriage and the sanctity of human life." These comments were also posted on the party's former website, which has now ceased operation.
Ewen McQueen and the CHNZ Board pressured Munroe for his resignation, which ultimately occurred.
Party leader Ewen McQueen said that it was necessary for the party to close down to allow a new broad based Christian/family values party to be formed partially as a result of the conviction of Capill
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Christian_Heritage_New_Zealand   (2729 words)

  
 Christian party has had it tough - 07 Sep 2005 - Christian Heritage NZ   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Ewen McQueen, leader of Christian Heritage NZ, is looking for 5 per cent of the vote.
Mr McQueen is hoping for 5 per cent of the party vote in the election.
On television, Mr McQueen went out of his way to put some distance between the party and its disgraced former leader.
www.nzherald.co.nz /organisation/story.cfm?o_id=600517&ObjectID=10344339   (484 words)

  
 GayNZ.com - News
Christian Heritage leader Ewen McQueen maintains there is no evidence whatsoever that New Zealand has a problem with violence being publicly incited against minority groups, despite media reports of widespread physical and verbal abuse against gays and lesbians in the Lavender Islands survey, and desecration of Jewish cemeteries.
McQueen was aware of media reports of the Lavender Islands survey but had not read them.
He says the Christian Heritage party is “considering” whether they will make a submission to the select committee debating the need for the legislation, and that they do not endorse personal attacks, or verbal and physical abuse against anyone.
www.gaynz.org.nz /news/default.asp?dismode=article&artid=1690   (232 words)

  
 Christian Heritage NZ - New Zealand Election news & blogs on Stuff.co.nz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Ewen holds an MA(Hons) in economics and since graduating from the University of Auckland in 1990 he has worked as a project manager and analyst in the health sector in Auckland.
Since then he has campaigned for Parliament five times, and written numerous articles, submissions and media releases in the cause of Christian politics in New Zealand.
In August 2003 Ewen was elected leader of Christian Heritage NZ.
www.stuff.co.nz /stuff/0,2106,3366307a14615,00.html   (350 words)

  
 New Zealand Election news & blogs on Stuff.co.nz - Printable
Christian Heritage NZ will seek to implement these policies either as part of a coalition agreement, or as members bills.
Ewen first became actively involved in politics 12 years ago when he joined Christian Heritage in the early nineties.
His efforts along with those of his pioneering colleagues have helped to establish and grow a new Christian / family values constituency within New Zealand's political landscape over the last decade.
www.stuff.co.nz /print/3366307a14615.html   (329 words)

  
 'Civil Unions' Will Undermine Marriage, Critics Say -- 06/22/2004
Another small Christian party, which is not represented in the current parliament, has used the opportunity to urge United Future to reconsider its overall support for Labor.
Christian Heritage leader Ewen McQueen earlier praised United Future for opposing the bill, and said it was surely time to assess whether it should retain its "confidence and supply" agreement, which enables the minority government to function.
McQueen said Labor policies were "diametrically opposed to the family values platform that United Future was elected on," citing several other pieces of Labor legislation that are also anathema to conservatives and Christians.
www.cnsnews.com /ForeignBureaus/archive/200406/FOR20040622a.html   (946 words)

  
 The Ashburton Guardian (New)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Jailed just a month ago for sexual offences against three young girls, Capill’s lawyer has now confirmed that an appeal against his sentence was lodged in Wellington on August 12, on the grounds that his nine-year jail term was “manifestly excessive”.
Predictably a wide range of people, from lobby groups against the sexual abuse of children to Ewen McQueen, the man with the difficult task of leading the Christian Heritage Party in the wake of Capill’s jailing, have reacted with outrage.
McQueen is quoted in one report as saying the sentence is “entirely appropriate” and that if Capill really understood how serious his offending was, he would have left the matter well alone for the sake of the victims.
www.ashburtonguardian.co.nz /index.asp?articleid=5769   (424 words)

  
 The Raw Story | Christian party folds after leader jailed for child rapes
The sex case had created a "legacy of negative perceptions" that members agreed would be very difficult to overcome, said Ewen McQueen, current leader of the Christian Heritage Party.
Graham Capill, 46, a father of 10, was jailed for nine years in July 2005 for sex attacks, including rape, on three girls under age 12 during his 10 years as leader of the party which contested five general elections on policies that "put family first."
The party, which was founded in 1989, did not win any seats in Parliament, and McQueen said members hoped a new political organisation would be formed to unite the Christian vote.
rawstory.com /news/2006/Christian_party_folds_after_leader__10022006.html   (154 words)

  
 National Business Review (NBR) - Business, News, Arts, Media, Share Market & More
The Christian Heritage party has decided to withdraw from the New Zealand political scene saying that the damage done to the party's image by Graham Capill's sexual offences was too great to be overcome.
Leader Ewen McQueen says that the conviction of former leader Graham Capill on indecent assualt, unlawful sexual connection and rape charges against girls under the age of 12 had created a "legacy of negative perceptions around the party that would be very difficult to overcome".
Mr McQueen says 97 per cent of the party's members agreed that closing down was the best thing to do.
www.nbr.co.nz /home/column_article.asp?id=16338&cid=15&cname=Politics   (259 words)

  
 Vol_63_Issue_No_32 - Challenge Publishing Society Ltd
His was one a number of mixed reactions by Christians to the ministry’s plans to introduce the teaching of values into the school curriculum by 2007.
Ewen McQueen, who took over as Christian Heritage Party leader, said the nine-year sentence was "en-tirely appropriate".
Mr McQueen said the Capill issue continued to be a "festering sore" for his party as it tried to move ahead with an election looming.
www.challengeweekly.co.nz /Vol_63_Issue_No_32.html   (17195 words)

  
 Shine TV   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Christian Heritage NZ has shut its doors after 17 years in NZ politics...and we talk to leader, Ewen McQueen.
Bob McCoskrie speaks with Christian Heritage NZ party leader Ewen McQueen after the announcement this week that the Christian Heritage NZ party has closed its offices after 17 years, which will make room for a more unified Christian political vehicle.
Dr Anthony Daniels otherwise known as Theodore Dalrymple is here for Cradle to Jail Tour in New Zealand and this evening he speaks with Bob McCoskrie on his knowledge on the British prison system and how we can learn from this experience.
www.shinetv.co.nz /nzonepage.php?id=84   (163 words)

  
 The Wilkinson Name
In 1614 John McColgan, minster at Bracadah, Ille of Skye, was witness along with Ewen McQueen and Turlouch O'Murghessa a Bard, to the fostering of Norman McLeod to John Campbell.
Turlach taught the classic Gaelic to McLeod and was from Inishowen, County Donegal, the home of the McColgans.
Ewen McQueen is mentioned in the Synod of Argyll records for the Presbyterian Church numerous times.
members.tripod.com /~cjsfamily/wilname.html   (1748 words)

  
 Where to now for the Christian vote?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
AS the smoke clears after Election 2005, local Christian political party leaders Richard Lewis and Ewen McQueen are contemplating the future.
Christian Heritage leader Ewen McQueen shares Mr Lewis’s opinion that a desire to see Labour toppled swung the Christian vote to National.
Mr McQueen doesn’t regard United Future as a shoe-in for such a vehicle, describing the party as Christian when it “suits them”.
www.times.co.nz /cms/news/2005/10/art10008443.php   (708 words)

  
 Support Marriage to Reduce Abortion Rate, Pro-Lifers Argue
Ewen McQueen, the leader of a small political party, Christian Heritage, said the figures called into question the strategy of focusing on sex education and increased subsidies for contraception.
One of the underlying cause of unwanted pregnancies, McQueen said, was "the move away from marriage and towards more casual relationships."
"It is clear that for many pregnant women, having a partner who is not formally committed to them, let alone their unborn child, is a major factor in their decision not to continue the pregnancy," McQueen said.
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 New Zealand: Angus Reid Global Monitor
Also on Aug. 24, Brash said he had "no problem" with homosexual couples formalizing their relationships, and said his party would not amend existing legislation on civil unions or prostitution if National were able to form a government.
On Aug. 25, Christian Heritage NZ party leader Ewen McQueen expressed dissatisfaction with Brash, saying, "Brash disappointed (with) his refusal to address moral issues in any substantive way.
On Aug. 26, Clark urged Maori voters to support her party, saying, "All up, more than 40,000 more Maori are in work under Labour." The prime minister also pledged to support Maori business development through three existing bodies.
www.angus-reid.com /tracker/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewItem&itemID=8229   (4639 words)

  
 Not PC: Straight talk & spin
Truth is there's nasty crap in both Bible and Koran, and it doesn't help anyone to pretend otherwise.
Clark's direct approach mirrors the similarly direct Ewen McQueen, current CHP leader, who refused to defend the indefensible Graham Capill.
Said McQueen: ""To have been saying the sort of statements that he made for the number of years he said them while at the same time committing these crimes, it really is the worst form of hypocrisy." Isn't it just.
pc.blogspot.com /2005/07/straight-talk-spin.html   (486 words)

  
 Capill guilty of worst kind of hypocrisy, says party leader - 29 Jun 2005 - Christian Heritage NZ   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Earlier this year he pleaded guilty to indecent assault against another girl.
From 1991 until 2003 Capill led the Christian Heritage Party and today the new leader of the party, now called Christian Heritage New Zealand, Ewen McQueen, said Capill's actions had tarnished the party.
Mr McQueen said Capill had left the party as he hadn't liked the way it was heading and it now had a new leadership and more positive way of portraying its message.
www.nzherald.co.nz /organisation/story.cfm?o_id=600517&ObjectID=10333353   (626 words)

  
 National Secular Society - National Secular Society - Christian Political Party In New Zealand Goes Down The Plughole
A Christian political party in New Zealand is being closed down after its former leader was jailed for abusing young girls.
Although the party is blaming the conviction of Graham Capill – who is serving a nine-year jail sentence – for the failure of the party, its current leader Ewen McQueen admitted that the Christian Heritage Party had never been able to attract broad support.
Mr McQueen said there had been a postal ballot of party members and 97 per cent agreed to end the party.
www.secularism.org.uk /christianpoliticalpartyinnewzeal.html   (332 words)

  
 The Christian Heritage Party has decided to wind up following the conviction of its former leader... Christian Heritage ...
The Christian Heritage Party has decided to wind up following the conviction of its former leader...
The party's current leader, Ewen McQueen, says Graham Capill's trial and conviction created a legacy of negative perceptions around the party that would be difficult to overcome.
United Future MP Gordon Copeland believes the Christian Heritage Party could not continue, while leader of Destiny New Zealand Richard Lewis also says he is not surprised.
www.pocketdir.com /node/958   (95 words)

  
 Party member askes to resign - Newstalk ZB   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
An email sent from Mark Munroe last week said Capill's offences were not rape as defined in the Bible.
Leader Ewen McQueen says the party does not agree with Mr Munroe and has asked him to resign.
He is dumbfounded anyone would want to debate the technicalities of Capill's case as the crimes were appalling.
www.newstalkzb.co.nz /newsdetail1.asp?storyID=81088   (254 words)

  
 Hate Speech is Bad Law, New Zealand
After Christian Heritage NZ presented its submission to the select committee considering whether our country needs such legislation, CHNZ leader Ewen McQueen said
Christian Heritage NZ leader Ewen McQueen noted that there are already safeguards in New Zealand law against what most New Zealanders would consider inappropriate and dangerous public statements.
These included existing defamation laws and Sections 61 and 131 of the Human Rights Act which dealt with inciting ill-will or hostility against groups of persons on the ground of their race, ethnicity or national origin.
www.qna.net.nz /news/420.html   (379 words)

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