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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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Association between marijuana laws and suicide among youth
Youths living in U.S. states with legalised medical marijuana or recreational marijuana had higher rates of death by suicide than youth in states without legalisation, ...
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Netherlands euthanising autistic and intellectually handicapped people, research finds
Research has revealed that people with autism and intellectual disabilities have been legally euthanised in the Netherlands as part of that country's assisted-dying program.
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Surgeon admits children face lifetime of infertility, incontinence and sexual dissatisfaction
A surgeon dubbed “Dr Frankenstein” has revealed the significant downsides of performing genital re-shaping surgeries on transgender children and adults, saying that patients face lifetime ...
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Trans surgery nightmares – 81% endure pain after gender-change, many are left incontinent
One of the first studies into the side effects of transgender surgeries has revealed alarmingly high rates of post-op pain, aching during intercourse, and bladder ...
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Sweden pulls back from transgender treatment to minors
New Zealand should be following the lead of Sweden, which is pulling away from providing transgender treatment to minors due to concerns about safety. Instead ...
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US: Cannabis connection to suicide attempts
New research is finding increased connection between cannabis and suicide. Not only are cannabis users more at risk of developing serious mental health conditions that ...
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