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MP Slams Sham Process of Abortion Select Committee
Media Release 14 February 2020 National MP Agnes Loheni – a member of the abortion select committee – has slammed the process of the committee, ...
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Radical Abortion Bill Ignores Human Rights Of Children
Media Release 14 February 2020 The Select Committee report considering the bill resulting from Jacinda Ardern’s policy to liberalise abortion laws has come back with ...
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Right To Silence Rules Hiding Abusers, Call For Review
Media Release 14 February 2020 Family First NZ is repeating its call for a review of ‘right to silence’ laws which is effectively hindering investigations ...
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World’s Longest Married Couple In New Zealand
Media Release 13 February 2020 NZ’s longest married couple is believed to be also the world’s longest married couple. “New Zealand couple JERAM & GANGA ...
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Oranga Tamariki Report – Normalise Adolescent Sex & Teen Parenting
Media Release 11 February 2020 A disturbing report on teen parenting recently released by Oranga Tamariki has called for adults to “normalise adolescent sex, contraception, ...
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Physical Restraint Rules Place All Children At Risk
Media Release 7 February 2020 Ministry of Education data gained under the Official Information Act show that almost 6,000 reports of physical restraint have had ...
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New Parent Resource Guide on Transgender Trend
Family First NZ has published a new resource “Responding To The Transgender Issue – Parent Resource Guide” designed to educate and assist parents as their ...
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Cannabis Briefing – with former NY Times reporter Alex Berenson
If you are a youthworker, church leader, educator, counsellor, or community leader, we want to invite you – and your colleagues – to a special ...
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Smacking Law Has Caused Decline In Discipline – Poll
Media Release 15 January 2020 A nationwide poll has found that half of New Zealanders believe that the 2007 anti-smacking law has caused a decline ...
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Disturbing Trend Of More Babies in Daycare For Longer
Media Release 10 January 2020 Family First says that government statistics reveal that there continues to be a significant increase in the numbers of babies ...
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Evidence Shows Legalising Cannabis Is Social Injustice
Media Release 8 January 2020 As pro-cannabis lobbyists and politicians in New Zealand argue that marijuana legalisation will increase social justice, disparities among use and ...
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Celebrants Still Being Rejected Despite Political Assurances
Media Release 3 January 2020 Family First NZ says that people applying to be marriage celebrants continue to have their applications rejected if they do ...
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Drug Testing Gives False Hope & Dangerous Message
Media Release 29 December 2019 Family First NZ says that lobbying to allow drug use and drug testing at music festivals is flawed and dangerous, ...
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Cannabis Use Continues To Rise in States Where Legal
Media Release 20 December 2019 The latest data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, the most authoritative study on drug use conducted ...
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Labour MP Bill Rejects Women With Post-Abortion Grief
Media Release 11 December 2019 A Labour MP’s private members bill which allowed for bereavement leave for a miscarriage has been withdrawn and resubmitted, in ...
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A Flawed Reefer-endum
The government has released its proposed law for legalising cannabis for recreational use (i.e. the right to get high). Voters will be asked: “Do you support ...
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Extended Daycare Ignores Real Needs of Children
Media Release 21 November 2019 Family First says that the trend to extend daycare times, and its role to be virtually de facto parents, is ...
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Public & Work WiFi Should Block Porn
Media Release 12 November 2019 Family First New Zealand has proposed a number of bills to the government regarding the access to pornography in both ...
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Overwhelming Rejection Of Abortion Bill – Analysis
Media Release 4 November 2019 More than 90% of the submissions on the Abortion Legislation Bill have rejected the proposed decriminalisation of abortion, with just ...
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Voters Will Reject Euthanasia When Proposed Law Understood
Media Release 24 October 2019 Family First NZ says that the referendum on assisted suicide will be defeated by voters once they understand the law ...
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Troubled Portugal Bad Example For Drug Advocates in NZ
Media Release 18 October 2019 Portugal has been painted by pro-cannabis legalisation groups as a model to follow. Yet just last month, the mayor of ...
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