ASA Rejects Complaints About Marriage Campaign
Media Release 19 May 2013 The advertising watchdog has poured cold water on a campaign of complaints against two of Family First’s information sheets during the recent marriage debate. Complainant A Charman said that the “21 great reasons to keep marriage as is” was ‘extraordinarily offensive’, ‘inflammatory, largely incorrect and was filled with biases’. But [...]
Govt Should Promote Country & Culture – Not Casinos
Media Release 13 May 2013 Family First NZ says that the government should be encouraging tourists to come to New Zealand to see the country and our culture – not casinos. “It is disappointing that the government is willing to form partnerships with the gambling industry. If tourists were really focused on gambling, they would [...]
“Views on Gender Equality, Disarmament OK – But Not Marriage”
MEDIA RELEASE 10 May 2013 Views on Gender, Disarmament OK – But Not Marriage Family First NZ is welcoming the re-registration of the National Council of Women (NCWNZ) to the Charities Register and says it should never have been de-registered. “We actually liaised with the group during the initial stages of their de-registration, so [...]
Family First Websites Still Under ‘Heavy’ Attack
Media Release 9 May 2013 The Family First NZ website www.familyfirst.org.nz and the Protect Marriage website www.protectmarriage.org.nz has suffered yet another major attack by hackers desperate to muzzle them. “Just after the final reading of the same-sex marriage bill, the Protect Marriage website was attacked, causing our webhost to remove the site from the web. [...]
Family First Muzzled Because of Traditional Marriage Views
Media Release 6 May 2013 Family First NZ has received notification that the Charities Commission intends to deregister the charity, citing Family First’s traditional view of marriage being one man and one woman as one of the reasons for the deregistration. The investigation began just after the gay marriage debate started last year. “This is [...]
Food In Schools Will Feed The Problem
Media Release 1 May 2013 Family First NZ is rejecting calls for food in schools programmes, warning that this band-aid measure will simply exacerbate the problem and ignore the underlying causes. “A child whose parents cannot even provide two pieces of toast in the morning or a bowl of porridge highlights a number of real [...]
Protect Marriage Website Still Under Attack
Media Release 23 April 2013 The Protect Marriage website www.protectmarriage.org.nz suffered another major attack by hackers, just a few days after the same-sex marriage bill was passed. “At about 9pm Sunday night the Protect Marriage website was attacked, causing our webhost to remove the site from the web. This is no ordinary webhost – we [...]
Police ‘Sales Pitch’ on Smacking No Comfort for Parents
Media Release 21 April 2013 Family First NZ says that the latest review of police activity related to the anti-smacking law continues to show disturbing trends, and is rubbishing police claims that ‘good parents’ are not being criminalised, labeling the claim as simply part of an ongoing sales pitch. “The latest review – 11 in [...]
A Smack as Part of Good Parental Correction Works – Study
Media Release 20 April 2013 Family First NZ says that a study just published shows that smacking does no harm as long as the child knows it is for the right reasons and feels loved – contrary to politicians in New Zealand criminalising these parents. The study of teenagers by a team from the Albert Einstein [...]
77 Politicians Commit Act of ‘Cultural Vandalism’
Media Release 12 April 2013 In response to the ‘shot-gun’ passing of the bill redefining marriage this evening, National Director of Family First NZ and co-ordinator of the Protect Marriage campaign, Bob McCoskrie, says: “In passing the ‘shot-gun’ same-sex marriage bill, Parliament has chosen to reject the obvious cultural and natural character of marriage and [...]
