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assisted-dying-laws, mental-health-canada

Canada’s assisted death laws to include new mental provisions in 2024

An expansion of the criteria for medically assisted death comes into force in March 2024 and will allow Canadians like Pauli, aged 47, who battles ...
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Spark Hates Terfs

Spark NZ won’t tolerate TERFs

It's official, Spark and One NZ hate TERFs. Spark NZ and One NZ (previously Vodafone) have engaged with controversial far left trans-activist Shaneel Lal in ...
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deregister charities, trans children, free speech

UK Trans children charity fails in attempt to strip charitable status from LGB Alliance

UK transgender children’s charity Mermaids has lost its attempt to have charitable status stripped from the gay rights organisation LGB Alliance. The ruling prompted ...
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assisted dying, mental health

Patients who request assisted dying are at a higher risk of suicidal thoughts

Patients who request assisted dying are at a higher risk of suicidal thoughts, Dr Cheung told a GP CME audience in Rotorua last month. The ...
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Football and Faith - We meet Josh & Toff from the Manly 7

Football and Faith – We meet Josh & Toff from the ‘Manly 7’

Bob McCoskrie traveled to Sydney and sat down for a chat with Manly Warringah Sea Eagles players Josh Aloiai and Toafofoa Sipley. Both players were ...
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Meet de-transitioner Chloe Cole

Meet “de-transitioner” Chloe Cole

Family First New Zealand’s Bob McCoskrie spoke with Chloe Cole, an 18 year old de-transitioner from California.
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Alcohol restrictions in Alice Springs leads to reduction in domestic violence

Alcohol restrictions in Alice Springs leads to reduction in domestic violence

Incidents of domestic violence and assault have plummeted by more than a third in Alice Springs since alcohol restrictions were put in place earlier this ...
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Prostitution Law Review - Benefits Exaggerated, Shortcomings Ignored, Denied or Hidden (1)

Prostitution Law Review: Benefits Exaggerated, Shortcomings Ignored, Denied or Hidden

As New Zealand marks the 20th anniversary of the decriminalisation of prostitution, an in-depth review of the effects of the law change has revealed a ...
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Fertility rates plunge to decade low

UK Study – Fertility rates plunge to decade low with biggest dip in female graduates

Women of all backgrounds had fewer children over the past decade, but a study found the decline was particularly sharp among the well-educated.
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More babies Needed in New Zealand

Luxon Is Correct – We Need More Kiwi Babies

Family First NZ says that National Party leader Christopher Luxon is absolutely correct to sound a warning about the nation’s declining birthrate. New Zealand's fertility ...
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Schools Pride Week

There’s no “Pride” in sexualising our children

Schools’ Pride Week Aotearoa for NZ schools being held next week (12th-16th), overseen by the radical and government-funded charity InsideOUT. But there's no "pride" in pushing radical ...
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Transgender surgery depression study

Study – ‘Gender-Affirming’ Surgery Leaves People Lonelier and Depressed

A study out of The University of Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf confirms that transgender surgeries do not improve mental health making people feel lonelier than those ...
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Bethlehem College Targeted Again

Government still targeting Bethlehem College!

At a time when most New Zealanders believe that the Ministry of Education and Minister Jan Tinetti should be focusing on concerns over educational standards ...
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Rushed Surrogacy Bill Will Do More Harm Than Good

MEDIA RELEASE: Rushed Surrogacy Bill Will Do More Harm Than Good

Family First NZ is rejecting the Government’s urgency on changing the surrogacy laws, saying that its Bill is out of kilter with what the Law ...
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risk of schizophrenia from cannabis

Young men at highest risk of schizophrenia from cannabis

Yet more research showing the negative health outcomes from cannabis use, especially for young men. It is estimated that 30% of cases of schizophrenia among ...
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Drug legalisation creates youth drug crisis in America

Drug legalisation creates youth drug crisis in America

Legalised drug crisis is harming young people far more than most realise says Kevin A. Sabet, Ph.D, president of Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM). Kevin ...
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Chalice of poisoned scholarship

A chalice of poisoned scholarship

Right now in New Zealand a totalitarian mentality in thrall to hate speech legislation is looking like the architect of bondage. Hate speech legislation is ...
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Why Mothers Matter 2023

Why Mothers Matter… not just on Mother’s Day, but all year round

Our episode of FAMILY MATTERS on Why Mothers Matter. As we prepare to celebrate Mother's Day this Sunday, the role and definition of “mother” is ...
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The Disinformation Project Missing Information

The Disinformation Project’s Missing Information

The Disinformation Project’s Missing Information Do you remember the significant opposition to the treatment of women’s safety campaigner Posie Parker in Albert Park when she ...
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Should we be compelled to use gender neutral pronouns

Should we be compelled to use gender neutral pronouns?

Our government (and many employers) are instructing us to use gender neutral pronouns by default. Should we be subservient to the demands of gender ideology? ...
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NZ leads the world in use of dangerous transgender treatments

NZ leads the world in use of dangerous transgender treatments

Alarmingly, the use of puberty blockers in New Zealand has been increasing rapidly, and our rates of puberty blocker use are already much higher than ...
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