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Costly Transgender Procedures Funded By Taxpayer
According to an Official Information Act response from Health NZ / Te Whatu Ora, the taxpayer is funding more than $1 million dollars each year ...
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Legal Advice Tells Health Ministry to Pause Puberty Blockers
Family First has written to the Director-General of Health Dr Diana Sarfati requiring the Ministry of Health to remove the reference to the PATHA Guidelines ...
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Puberty blockers for under 18 year-olds banned in the UK
The British government has indefinitely banned the use of puberty blockers for individuals under 18, citing concerns over “unacceptable safety risks.” This decision follows expert ...
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Sex education review & woke indoctrination
Questions are being raised about whether the sex education review will make woke indoctrination better or worse in our schools. Released this week, the Education ...
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Christchurch bar bans man bags
A Christchurch bar which has banned man-bags in its venue has been labelled as “overtly homophobic”. As reported on Stuff.co.nz, The Rockpool has defended its ...
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Transgender golf players banned from LPGA
The governing body for women’s golf has banned transgender players from competing in its tournaments. The LPGA updated it’s Gender Policy for Competition Eligibility. It ...
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US Supreme Court on ‘Transgender’ Interventions
The U.S. Supreme Court heard a historic case (United States vs Skrmetti) on December 4 about a Tennessee law protecting minors from experimental and damaging “transgender” medical ...
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Heritage Foundation report on puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and youth suicide
Report summary Lowering legal barriers to make it easier for minors to undergo cross-sex medical interventions without parental consent does not reduce suicide rates—in fact, ...
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Book Awards fall short, again!
Book Awards fall short again, by awarding a controversial children's book that is loaded with social activism and reverse racism.
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Charities law and judicial social engineering
Opinion piece by Roger Partridge [Roger Partridge is chair and a senior fellow of The New Zealand Initiative. He is a former Bell Gully litigation ...
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NZ doctors concerned about recommendations in euthanasia review.
Doctors in New Zealand have spoken out highlighting huge concerns with some of the recommendations in the recent End Of Life Choice Act review. In ...
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Family breakdowns are affecting our schooling system.
An education report has highlighted how family breakdowns are one of the reasons behind the current struggles in our schooling system. Increasing violence, more absenteeism ...
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Drug use continues to rise in Aotearoa.
Easy access and lower prices have seen drug use continue to increase in New Zealand. The NZ Health Survey results show all the illicit drugs ...
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Anger grows as consultation further delays safeguards – Puberty Blockers
There is growing anger that the latest review of puberty blockers has not brought about immediate action. The harmful affects of puberty blockers have been ...
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Overview – End of Life Choice Act Review
The review into the End of Life Choice Act was released last week and we think it is important to provide a detailed summary of ...
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Vanuatu bans gay marriage
Vanuatu’s government has passed a law to ban gay marriage. As reported in Vanuatu’s Daily Post, the Marriage Act Amendment which was passed last week ...
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Violence towards Christians escalates
Violence towards Christians, and in particular church leaders, continues at an alarming rate around the world. In its report released last week, The Observatory on ...
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Kiwi parents concerned about indoctrination in schools
Concerned Kiwi parents have reached out to the government about public schools overstepping the mark by indoctrinating their children. Last week, ACT Party leader David ...
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US Supreme Court to review Christian counsellor’s case against Colorado conversion therapy law
In 2019, Colorado passed the Minor Conversion Therapy Law, which prohibits the practice of sexual orientation change efforts therapy, commonly referred to by critics as ...
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Thankfully we vote nope to dope
While the NZ media continue their campaign for drugs and to legalise marijuana – yes, they’re still trying, I’ll show you some recent examples shortly ...
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