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MEDIA RELEASE: Warnings of Wild West Of Medicinal Cannabis
Family First is calling for caution around the use of medicinal cannabis which, when loosely regulated, can result in mental and behavioural disorders due to ...
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MEDIA RELEASE: Bill Focusing On Palliative Care Welcomed
Family First NZ is welcoming the Private Members Bill from NZ First MP Tanya Unkovich - ‘Improving Access to Palliative Care Bill’ – which seeks ...
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Crackdown on transgender sports participation in NZ
The Government is demanding a crackdown on how transgender people participate in sports. Sport and Recreation Minister Chris Bishop has asked Sport NZ to review ...
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Media Release: Euthanasia’s ‘Safeguards’ Are Failing
Family First is appalled, but not surprised, to read the testimony of two whistleblowers from the End of Life Review committee. Potentially wrongful deaths; incomplete ...
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Trump is set to break the hearts of pro-lifers if elected
Evidence is growing that the 2016 Donald Trump, who so courageously defended the unborn, has now totally flipped the script. With the US election next ...
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Lockdowns being used as scapegoat for increasing student violence
Statistics obtained by Family First suggests that escalating school student violence should not be solely blamed on the covid-19 lockdowns.
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The “Sarco” suicide capsule used to euthanise people
'The Sarco' is a suicide capsule which reduces oxygen and pumps in nitrogen, suffocating the user to death in around 10 minutes. It was developed ...
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Gender dysphoric Kiwi kids are one of the world’s most medicated
Easy access to puberty blockers has seen New Zealand children become one of the most medicated populations in the world – when it comes to ...
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Yet more radical changes to birth certificates
More evidence this week that New Zealand is continuing to reject natural creation, with our government leading the way. Parents will able to choose how ...
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Kiwi’s trust in the media declines to a new low.
Kiwi's trust in the media is at its lowest point in the last decade. The data is from Statistics New Zealand's shows that trust in ...
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Simon O’Connor on Q+A with Jack Tame
Family First's Simon O'Connor appeared on TVNZ's Q&A this morning to push back on attempts to widen our euthanasia laws. In our view, he did a superb ...
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The week in review – 22nd September
The agenda of the once great NZ Herald is becoming very clear – and for those who weren’t sure, this week removed any doubt. In ...
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400+ Children Change Sex On Passport Since 2015
More than 400 children have changed the sex on their passport since 2015, including almost 300 children 15 years or younger. Under the Passports Act ...
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Surrogacy Laws in NZ – 2024 update
The new Government has reviewed our surrogacy laws, made some changes as recommended by the Law Commission, and is now seeking public submissions. Family First opposed the ...
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MEDIA RELEASE: Disturbing Data In Latest “Assisted Dying” Report
The latest review of assisted suicide / euthanasia was quietly released last month by the Ministry of Health – but it should sound significant and ...
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MEDIA RELEASE: 110+ Children / Teens Change Birth Certificate
Children are changing the sex on their birth certificate since the new law came into force on 15 June last year, including 47 children 15 ...
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Review of Transgender & Non-Binary Protections in the Human Rights Act
We oppose the intentions of the proposed review of the protections in the Human Rights Act 1993 for people who are transgender, non-binary and people ...
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“What is a woman?” 23,500+ Petition Presented to Parliament
A petition calling for ‘woman’ to be defined as ‘an adult human female’ in all our laws, public policies and regulations and signed by more ...
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Review of “Hillbilly Elegy” by JD Vance
Since Former President and Presidential Nominee Donald Trump announced his Vice President running partner, the world has wondered who James Donald Vance is and as ...
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Should women unite with trans-women (biological men)?
Will you be uniting with trans activists, for the right to indoctrinate little kids, for enabling biological males to wander into female toilets, and for ...
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MEDIA RELEASE: Government Ignores Safety, Fairness & Public Opinion in Womens Sports
Family First says that the coalition government is ignoring the safety and fairness required in sports especially for women, but also strong public opinion, by ...
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