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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11 December 2019 A Labour MP’s private members bill which allowed for bereavement leave for a miscarriage has been withdrawn and resubmitted, in ...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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Family First In Court Of Appeal To Fight Deregistration
Media Release 17 October 2019 Family First’s continued fight against attempts by the government’s Charities Registration Board to deregister them is set to continue in ...
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95% Of Submitters Being Muzzled On Abortion
Media Release 9 October 2019 Family First NZ says that the Select Committee considering radical changes to our abortion laws has admitted that it’s muzzling ...
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March for Life 2019
Save the Date: Come and March For Life in Wellington 7 December Organisers of New Zealand’s National March for Life are urging all people of ...
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Abortion Debate Being Shut Down By Select Committee
Media Release 29 September 2019 Family First NZ says that a significant number of submitters to the Abortion Legislation Bill who want to make an ...
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Abortion Liberalisation Debate Must Not Be Rushed
Media Release 25 September 2019 Family First NZ is welcoming news that there has been a strong response to the Abortion Legislation Bill with more ...
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Latest Colorado Report Shows Ongoing Disaster of Marijuana
Media Release 19 September 2019 Family First NZ says that a new Colorado report compiled by the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area finds marijuana-positive traffic ...
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Vaping Epidemic Is Big Dream For Big Marijuana
Media Release 19 September 2019 Family First NZ says that the health concerns and costs around vaping will be far greater if cannabis is legalised. ...
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‘Unplanned’ Movie Lands in NZ – Amidst Abortion Debate
Media Release 16 September 2019 The ‘Unplanned’ movie is here and Family First has secured one of the first screenings in New Zealand Monday 16th. ...
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1 in 6 mothers experience ‘relationship transitions’ before child is 5
Media Release 15 September 2019 Family First Comment: “17.3% of mothers were categorised as having experienced 1-4 relationship transitions from pregnancy to the 4.5-year interview… almost ...
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Ex-Abortionist’s Testimony Impacts Abortion Debate
Media Release 9 September 2019 An 17-minute interview with a New Zealand ex-abortionist has had over 123,000 views in a fortnight, and an explanation of ...
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