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Amnesty International – Human rights for some
According to their website – “Amnesty International is a movement which mobilises the humanity in everyone and campaigns for change so we can all enjoy ...
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Family First welcomes legislation targeting social media safety for under 16s
Family First welcomes the news that National MP Catherine Wedd’s Bill aims to introduce protections for under-16-year-olds accessing social media. Her Social Media Age-Appropriate Users Bill ...
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UNESCO report supports government control over homeschooling
For the first time in its history, the United Nations has directed its attention to homeschooling. On 25 September 2025, the United Nations Educational, Scientific ...
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New study shows young Americans turning away from gender ideology
The trans trend is on the decline amongst US undergraduates and Gen Z. A study out of the University of Buckingham by Professor Eric Kaufmann ...
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European Union pushes radical gender ideology in new equality strategy
The European Union(EU) continues its gender ideology propaganda with the release of a  draft of its LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy 2026–2030 outlining measures to expand hate ...
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Support missing for ‘detransitioners’ – Study
A Canadian-based study, the largest of its kind in decades, and released recently in the International Journal of Transgender Health suggests that while there is ...
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NZ Doctor pushes to normalize gender‑affirming care
In recent years gender-affirming healthcare has expanded in New Zealand, with wider access to hormone therapies and surgical options for transgender people. A NZ Doctor ...
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Research highlights younger generations’ increasing support for traditional gender roles
A recent article in The New Zealand Herald, authored by an Australian psychology academic, explores a notable shift in attitudes among young Australian women toward ...
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Rip Curl Earnings Plunge After Boycotts Tied To Transgender Surfer Promotion
Imagine, dropping a phenomenal professional surfer, who survived a shark biting her arm off, only to replace her with a man who pretends to be ...
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Changes to adoption laws keep children at the core
This week, the Government took decisive action to protect children by passing the Adoption Amendment Bill under urgency. The new law temporarily suspends New Zealand’s recognition of ...
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Government urged to act on harmful puberty blockers
Family First NZ has written to the Associate Minister of Health Matt Doocey requiring an explanation of why the Government continues to fail to take ...
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Paediatric input is essential when it comes to AI and children
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming—if it hasn’t already—a central part of our children’s lives. From helping with homework to chatting with virtual assistants and ...
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Government rightly worried about alcohol and babies, but not abortion
The government has announced more funding and initiatives to address Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). This is to be applauded, including as it strongly emphasises the humanity ...
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Law Commission’s push to replace sex with gender puts sex-based rights at risk
The Law Commission’s report into expanding human rights protections for transgender people, who are non-binary and people with innate variations of sex characteristics, reads like ...
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Women’s rights advocate punished for saying men are men
Women’s rights advocate and recent speaker at the Forum on the Family here in Auckland, Kirralie Smith from Binary Australia, continues to be persecuted by ...
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NZ research signals growing support for expanding euthanasia
New research on euthanasia practices in New Zealand has just been released. It focuses on the thoughts and experiences of doctors and nurses, and is ...
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Study finds Marriage and Motherhood linked with greater flourishing
A study out of the Wheatley Institute at Brigham Young University, in collaboration with the Institute for Family Studies, found that married mothers across demographics ...
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ACT obsessed with euthanasia, not palliative care
ACT’s latest attempt to broaden euthanasia and physician assisted suicide (PAS) puts even more New Zealanders at risk.
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Costco chooses life
In some good news, large wholesale retailer Costco in the United States has decided it will not supply the abortion drug, mifepristone.
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Finnish expert exposes gender reassignment myths
The gender affirming care experiment on children in Finland is being unwound as scientific and medical evidence show that it is ineffective, dangerous, and not ...
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Disturbing Details Of Euthanasia Drugs – Expert
Family First highlights the reality of what happens when drugs are given for assisted suicide and euthanasia.
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