Commentary
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MEDIA RELEASE: Caution Over NZ’s Disturbingly Low Fertility Rates
New Zealand's fertility rates are the lowest on record. Family First NZ warns that the declining fertility rate should be of significant concern to our ...
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ACC requires all employees to ‘support’ gender transitions of other employees
ACC employees must 'support' the gender transition of another employee, that a refusal to use preferred pronouns will constitute discrimination, bullying or harassment, and that ...
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Olivia Boyd: Why Gen Z is Rejecting Alcohol
Olivia Boyd shares that some research is suggesting that there is a growing movement towards sobriety by Gen Z. "One of the encouraging trends taking ...
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Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists decline to endorse genderaffirming care
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists declined to endorse these gender-affirming treatments as the key intervention for children who believe they may ...
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Luke Tetley-Jones: How the porn industry hijacks social media
The porn industry is hijacking social media so that you and your family will be exposed to adult/erotic content without seeking it out. How do ...
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NZ Sperm Donor sentenced to prison for sexual offending against children
A serial sperm donor who donated to several Kiwi women has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison for sexual offending against children, as ...
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Motorist smoked 20 bongs of dope before killing pedestrian
A woman smoked “20 bongs” of marijuana before getting behind the wheel and killing a pedestrian. She then filmed the aftermath of the crash and ...
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March For Life – “We Love Them Both”
Learn why hundreds of families from all over New Zealand will join together this Saturday to celebrate life and march to Parliament Grounds. It will ...
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“Unjustifiable harms to children” – Doctors call for halt to gender treatments
Medical experts in Australia are calling for a halt and reexamination of ‘unproven’ gender-affirming treatments which have been heavily influenced by trans activist groups whose ...
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New Government, New Policies. Renewed Optimism?
We’re greatly encouraged by many of the excellent policies agreed upon by the new Coalition Government. It was hard to select a shortlist of excellent ...
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Luke Tetley-Jones: Have Kiwis lost their voice?
The kiwi is a flightless bird, but is it now mute? We’ve seen an alarming increase in political tension over the past couple years with ...
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Why parents are considering homeschooling
As parents are becoming more disillusioned and disturbed by what's being taught (and not taught) in our schools, many are turning to homeschooling. Our education ...
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Big Government – more debt, and bad news for everyone
The term “Big Government" describes a bloated government that is too large, wasteful, and intrusive (sound familiar?). This is bad news for everyone, especially families ...
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Luke Tetley-Jones: Lowering the voting age to 16?
There has been an outcry from a group ‘Make it 16’, petitioning for the voting age to be lowered from 18 to 16 years. They ...
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Finnish Parliamentarian acquitted over ‘Hate Speech’ for sharing Bible verse
Finnish parliamentarian, grandmother and Christian church leader, Paivi Rasanen, was charged with the crimes of “hate speech” and “War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity”, simply ...
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Why Progressivism is not Progress
Despite what many believe, progressivism is not really about progress. It's a philosophy that believes in greater government intervention and ultimately the deconstruction of societies ...
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MEDIA RELEASE: Age-Inappropriate Sex Ed App Should Be Withdrawn
Family First is calling for an inappropriate phone app developed by Canterbury University with explicit content and advice on fingering, hand jobs, anal sex, chest ...
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Workplace ageism, and the best age to “retire”
A third of the New Zealand workforce is over the age of 55, and the proportion working past retirement age has risen steadily. Despite current ...
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Climate Change Anxiety treated with Psychedelic Drugs (LSD, MDMA etc.) ??? 😳
Psychedelic drugs such as LSD, MDMA (Ecstasy) and Ketamine (a common horse tranquilliser) are now being used for the treatment of mental health, including “climate ...
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Family First at ARC conference – Top 10 presentations to watch
Family First CEO Bob McCoskrie joined 1,500 delegates from 72 countries in London last week for perhaps the largest gathering of social conservatives & centre-right ...
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Using Cannabis to treat Anxiety could be making it worse
Lots of people with anxiety are using cannabis to treat their symptoms. But the science indicates that cannabis probably doesn’t help, and it may make ...
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