Commentary
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Canada halts euthanasia for mental illness but opens another door
After a decade of widening access to assisted dying, Canada announced it will not extend medical assistance in dying (MAID) to people whose only condition ...
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Tennessee’s failed execution highlights risks in assisted suicide practices
Commentary by ‘Ala Pomelile On 30 September, the state of Tennessee tried to execute Christa Pike. It failed. Officials gave her both doses of pentobarbital ...
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Popular Voter Guide “Value Your Vote” Released
Family First NZ has just released Value Your Vote 2026 for the upcoming General Election. This is the seventh election for which we have provided this very ...
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Children’s screen use and wellbeing: What a recent umbrella review reveals
Screens are now part of almost every child’s life, and many parents worry about what they are doing to their children’s development and mental health. ...
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The UK embryo case New Zealand should learn from
Commentary by ‘Ala Pomelile Two same-sex couples in the UK face losing their frozen embryos after their sperm donors withdrew consent. Fifteen embryos. Fifteen human ...
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Why parents should care about the Ministry of Education’s off-the-record problem
Commentary by ‘Alapasita Pomelile When it comes to our children, parents deserve both a voice and transparency. This week, New Zealand’s education system has fallen ...
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We analyse the new RSE curriculum
The new version of the Relationship and Sexuality Education (RSE) curriculum has just been released. Schools will be required to start using it in Years ...
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A naked inconsistency – by Simon O’Connor
A naked inconsistency – by Simon O’Connor What the reaction to another Sydney Sweeney advertisement reveals about consistency, power, and political double standards. “So it ...
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Why the UK’s rejection of assisted suicide matters for New Zealand
The United Kingdom’s House of Commons has sent a clear signal about the dangers of assisted suicide laws. By voting down Lauren Edwards’ proposed legislation ...
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830 delegates gather for Forum on the Family
The annual Forum on the Family hosted by Family First NZ is happening this weekend and will bring together a national network of family-focused organisations, ...
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The Mental Health Umbrella – by Bruce Logan
Sheltering under the mental health umbrella gets easier every day. The language we use to describe mental health has become so subjective that exclusion from ...
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ChatGPT for teens was built to look safe, not be safe
Imagine a car seat your toddler could unclip whenever they got bored of it, and you’d only find out afterwards, by text message. That’s roughly ...
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Mental Health and Therapy’s Victims – by Bruce Logan
Accident, anxiety, injury, decay, disease, aging and death have always existed. So why has ‘mental health’ become under such a large, and dare I say ...
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App Store Accountability Bill Proposed To Strengthen Online Safety For Children
Family First is calling on all political parties to adopt its App Store Accountability Bill, designed to target an obvious ‘choke point’ for accessing digital ...
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WPATH admit their position is debatable
MEDIA RELEASE – 17 August 2026 WPATH Admission Raises Serious Questions About Gender Treatment Guidelines in NZ Family First NZ is calling on the Government ...
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Our birth-rate crisis is a family crisis
Commentary by Ala Pomelile Our fertility rate has fallen to 1.51 children per woman (Stats NZ, year ended June 2026), and while official median projections ...
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Assisted-suicide prescriptions continue climbing in Colorado
Colorado’s latest End-of-Life Options Act 2025 report has been released, showing prescriptions for assisted suicide medicine hit a new high of 580 in 2025. These latest ...
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Mission Drift: When Charities Lose Sight Of Their Purpose They Lose Their Soul
Sadly many charitable organisations that once began with a compelling, venerable mission, have now drifted far from that in pursuit of “trendy” cultural issues. An ...
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Surge in demand creates intense competition for places in faith-based schools
Surge in demand is creating intense competition for places in New Zealand's faith-based schools. The faith-based schools are clearly doing something right, while the reputation ...
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Bruce Logan – Tell me please, what is racism?
Accused of racism, Winston Peters is under the pump again. But what is ‘racism’ and what are we saying when we accuse somebody of it? Research ...
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Pay equity camouflages the disease it claims to cure – by Bruce Logan