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Abortions Increase 23% Since Law Change

Abortions Increase 23% Since Law Change

MEDIA RELEASE 18 December 2024   Abortions Increase 23% Since Law Change The Abortion Services Annual Report was released yesterday. It shows a disturbing trend ...
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MPs Should Reject Easter Trading Bill

MPs Should Reject Easter Trading Bill

Family First NZ is calling on MPs to reject ACT’s bill to liberalise Easter trading laws which is having its 1st Reading in Parliament today.
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Easter Trading Laws 2025

Changes to Easter Trading Laws?

Parliament is once again looking to change the Easter trading laws. Will Christmas and Anzac Day be next in line for trading law changes?
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Puberty Blocker Facts

Puberty Blockers – The Facts (2025)

Prescribing Confusion & Chemicalisation Of Children BACKGROUND Puberty blockers are used as part of the process to direct young people who are gender confused towards ...
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Costly Transgender Procedures Funded By Taxpayer

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

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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UK bans puberty blockers

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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Sexuality & Gender Education in Schools

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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women's golf

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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puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and youth suicide

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

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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Dr sinead donnelly. NZ doctors against euthanasia

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 break up

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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euthanasia

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 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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