Commentary
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Commentary
New Zealand’s Fertility Rate Drops to New Low
Media Release 5 September 2020 New Zealand’s total fertility rate has reached an all-time low, with an average of 1.69 births per woman in the ...
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A Win For Freedom Of Speech & Belief In NZ
Media Release 27 August 2020 Family First NZ has won their appeal in the Wellington Court of Appeal against deregistration from the Charities Register. “This ...
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NZ Fertility Rate Is At All-Time Low
Media Release 10 August 2020 New Zealand’s total fertility rate has reached an all-time low, with an average of 1.71 children per woman in New ...
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Select Committee Ignores Women With Post-Abortion Grief
Media Release 27 July 2020 A select committee considering a private members bill which allows for bereavement leave for miscarriages have come back with their ...
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VALUE YOUR VOTE 2020 – Out Now!
Hot off the press is our brand new resource Value Your Vote 2020. This is the fifth election where we have provided this popular voting ...
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New report says NZ needs better data on stepfamilies
Media Release 30 June 2020 Many children’s lives today are marked by family turmoil. They live with parents who experience multiple relationship transitions leading to ...
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Rising Violence In Schools Should Be No Surprise
Media Release 26 June 2020 Family First NZ says that rising violence in primary schools should be no surprise, and their recent analysis of the ...
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Why Won’t Labour & Greens Tackle Harms of Porn
Media Release 24 June 2020 Family First NZ is gutted that Labour and Greens want to turn a blind eye to the harms of pornography. ...
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Mike’s Minute: We need transparency in referendum debate
NewsTalk ZB 9 June 2020 Family First Comment: Good question Mike… “The Drug Foundation, who should not be in the business at the best of times ...
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NEW REPORT: Smacking Law Has Increased Harm Inflicted BY Children
Media Release 5 June 2020 An updated analysis of the anti-smacking law passed into law just 13 years ago says that not only has the ...
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Call For Support For Women With Post-Abortion Grief
Media Release 27 May 2020 Family First NZ today called on politicians in a select committee to amend a private members bill which allows for ...
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Simon Bridges v Todd Muller – voting record on family & moral issues
As the National Party caucus prepares to vote on whether they change their leader and deputy leader tomorrow, we’ve been asked a number of times ...
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Proposed Cannabis Law Fails Public Health & Safety Test
Media Release 20 May 2020 With the help of senior lawyers, the SayNopeToDope campaign has analysed the proposed legislation – Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill ...
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“FATAL FLAWS” 11 problems with the new abortion legislation
As the new abortion laws were being rushed through Parliament in the week before we went into Lockdown 4, and while most of the world ...
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NEW RESOURCE: 20 Reasons to Vote NO to Euthanasia
Media Release 13 May 2020 As the country prepares to vote in a referendum on whether to legalise euthanasia / assisted suicide, a new resource ...
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Government Buying A Yes Vote in Cannabis Debate?
Media Release 10 May 2020 Family First NZ says that if the NZ Drug Foundation is receiving further significant funding from the Government, on top ...
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Social Problems Will Increase As Marriage Rates Fall
Media Release 5 May 2020 Family First NZ is warning that the declining marriage rate is a disturbing link to social problems in our society ...
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NEW RESOURCE: 20 Reasons to Vote NO to Cannabis
Media Release 4 May 2020 As the debate on legalising cannabis for recreational use heats up, a new resource presents 20 reasons for New Zealanders ...
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Black Market & Drug Advocates Will Be Celebrating Cannabis Bill
Media Release 1 May 2020 The main beneficiaries of the just-released ‘Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill’ will be drug advocates who hope that the bill ...
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Abortion Legislation Act 2020 – Here’s how extreme it is…
SUMMARY ABORTION LEGISLATION ACT 2020 POLICY FAIL * to remove legislation about abortion from the criminal code and insert it to the health code is to ...
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Cannabis Studies Raise Further Health Concerns
Media Release 11 April 2020 Two important studies released over the past week have further highlighted the health concerns of cannabis and its potential legalisation. ...
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