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FAMILY MATTERS: We need a media we can trust
April 13, 2022
Family Matters News & Stories
Trust in our mainstream media has decreased significantly over the last couple of years – according to a new AUT analysis. Should that concern us? ...
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Wokeness “hasn’t been easy for the Greens”
April 8, 2022
News & Stories
It must be exhausting for the Green party to try and juggle their confused woke ideology. They currently have male & female co-leaders under their ...
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AUT study – Fewer than half of New Zealanders trust the media
April 8, 2022
News & Stories
Do you trust the media? New research by AUT reveals an ongoing and rapid decline in trust, with only 45% of kiwis still trusting the ...
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Liberalising abortion law leads to a shift in morality
April 3, 2022
News & Stories
An unborn life is a human life and should be treated as one Written by Olivia Boyd Warning: If this discussion around abortion causes you ...
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Finnish Court: Christian condemnations of LGBT are NOT hate speech
March 31, 2022
News & Stories
In a positive decision for free speech and religious freedom, the Helsinki District Court ruled that Christian condemnations of LGBT are NOT hate speech. The ...
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UPDATE: 16 years of Family First
March 23, 2022
News & Stories Update
A Message from Bob McCoskrie – Founder and CE In 2006 – 16 years ago now – we formed Family First New Zealand. We wanted ...
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Church vs State – “Restrictions on worship is unlawful under NZ Bill of Rights”
March 14, 2022
News & Stories
Last month Police and Defence Force personnel won a case against the Covid-19 vaccination mandate on religious grounds and the right to refuse medical treatment. ...
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Why we oppose the repeal of Three Strikes Law
March 11, 2022
News & Stories
Family First Chief Executive Bob McCoskrie explains why they oppose the repeal of the Three Strikes Law. Labour, Greens and the Maori party support the ...
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‘Don’t Divide Us’ goes to Select Committee, to consider the petition
March 10, 2022
News & Stories
As part of the process of submitting the petition that you and I signed against the ‘no jab no job’ mandate, we were asked to ...
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Never-ending ‘progress’ of progressivism
February 28, 2022
News & Stories
Where do we end up as a society when we stray too far off-centre? Unfortunately we land on the progressive left, also known as “progressivism” ...
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Texas Governor declares transgender drugs and surgeries are child abuse
February 28, 2022
News & Stories
The Texas Governor has declared that transgender drugs and surgeries are child abuse, and orders investigations into cases of children undergoing ‘gender transitioning’ practices. The ...
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Pornography fuels sex trafficking – by Olivia Boyd
February 26, 2022
News & Stories
The fastest growing criminal enterprise in the world is child sex trafficking. It is not something that is just happening out there in the world ...
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MEDIA RELEASE – Time For Govt To Unite NZ & Drop Mandates
February 25, 2022
Media Releases
With the decision released today in the High Court that ordering frontline police officers and Defence staff to be vaccinated or face losing their job ...
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UK: Surge in psychosis after Scots decriminalise cannabis
February 24, 2022
News & Stories
Scotland is showing the world what happens when cannabis is decriminalised – mental health illness soars, with admissions to psychiatric hospitals increasing by 74 percent. ...
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USA: Confusion from flip-flopping definition of racism
February 23, 2022
News & Stories
Critical Race Theory is creating a predicament for a US-based Jewish NGO. Influenced by woke politics, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) changed its definition of racism ...
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16 yr old Olivia Boyd writes open letter on being pro-life
February 22, 2022
News & Stories
Olivia Boyd is an enthusiastic and motivated 16-year-old student who is very passionate about supporting the pro-life movement and ending human trafficking. Upon completion of ...
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MEDIA RELEASE – New Poll Reveals Motivations For Vaccination, Resistance to Booster
February 20, 2022
Media Releases
A nationwide poll by Curia Market Research has asked Kiwis about their motivation for having the COVID-19 vaccine. The results suggest that the mandates were a ...
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MEDIA RELEASE – Poll Shows Increasing Opposition To Mandate
February 18, 2022
Media Releases
A nationwide poll has found increasing opposition to the “no jab no job” mandates, increasing support for rapid antigen testing for unvaccinated kiwis so that they ...
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UK: Conversion therapy ban must not infringe on religious freedom
February 18, 2022
News & Stories
UK: Conversion therapy ban must not infringe on religious freedom, says equalities watchdog Unlike New Zealand, the UK seems to be taking a more cautious ...
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Humanists UK – ban repentance, it’s abusive ‘conversion therapy’
February 17, 2022
News & Stories
The cornerstone of Christian faith is under attack with anti-faith group Humanists UK wanting the cancellation of ‘repentance’, especially if it’s involving LGBT people (even ...
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The redefinition of our humanity
February 16, 2022
News & Stories
The redefinition of our humanity By Bruce Logan In August 2012 I wrote an opinion piece for the Herald claiming that legalising same-sex marriage would ...
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