Latest News & Media Releases
In a world of ‘fake news’ and not being sure which media outlets you can truly trust, Family First does a daily check on key issues in the media affecting families and summarises them for you – including any necessary fact-check corrections! Our Media Releases have the common theme of promoting strong families, safe communities and the protection of life from conception to death.
Latest News & Media Releases
In a world of ‘fake news’ and not being sure which media outlets you can truly trust, Family First does a daily check on key issues in the media affecting families and summarises them for you – including any necessary fact-check corrections! Our Media Releases have the common theme of promoting strong families, safe communities and the protection of life from conception to death.
Funding For Euthanasia, But Not Palliative Care
In a disturbing development affecting our already under-resourced palliative care service, Health New Zealand is looking to sack the only two people focused on improving ...
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More taxpayer money is spent on sex change surgeries in NZ… than care for dying children
Newly released figures show that the government would rather fund sex change operations than look after dying children in their last days. Released under the ...
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Pregnant woman billboard deemed “too controversial”
A Canadian pro-life group has had a billboard advertisement, picturing a pregnant woman, rejected… because it “creates too much controversy”.
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The UN is now training influencers to report hate speech and disinformation
The United Nations is now targeting online influencers in an effort to indoctrinate them about the likes of hate speech and disinformation. The United Nations ...
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Abortions Increase 23% Since Law Change
MEDIA RELEASE 18 December 2024 Abortions Increase 23% Since Law Change The Abortion Services Annual Report was released yesterday. It shows a disturbing trend ...
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MPs Should Reject Easter Trading Bill
Family First NZ is calling on MPs to reject ACT’s bill to liberalise Easter trading laws which is having its 1st Reading in Parliament today.
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Changes to Easter Trading Laws?
Parliament is once again looking to change the Easter trading laws. Will Christmas and Anzac Day be next in line for trading law changes?
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Puberty Blockers – The Facts (2025)
Prescribing Confusion & Chemicalisation Of Children BACKGROUND Puberty blockers are used as part of the process to direct young people who are gender confused towards ...
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Costly Transgender Procedures Funded By Taxpayer
According to an Official Information Act response from Health NZ / Te Whatu Ora, the taxpayer is funding more than $1 million dollars each year ...
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Legal Advice Tells Health Ministry to Pause Puberty Blockers
Family First has written to the Director-General of Health Dr Diana Sarfati requiring the Ministry of Health to remove the reference to the PATHA Guidelines ...
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Puberty blockers for under 18 year-olds banned in the UK
The British government has indefinitely banned the use of puberty blockers for individuals under 18, citing concerns over “unacceptable safety risks.” This decision follows expert ...
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Sex education review & woke indoctrination
Questions are being raised about whether the sex education review will make woke indoctrination better or worse in our schools. Released this week, the Education ...
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Christchurch bar bans man bags
A Christchurch bar which has banned man-bags in its venue has been labelled as “overtly homophobic”. As reported on Stuff.co.nz, The Rockpool has defended its ...
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Transgender golf players banned from LPGA
The governing body for women’s golf has banned transgender players from competing in its tournaments. The LPGA updated it’s Gender Policy for Competition Eligibility. It ...
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US Supreme Court on ‘Transgender’ Interventions
The U.S. Supreme Court heard a historic case (United States vs Skrmetti) on December 4 about a Tennessee law protecting minors from experimental and damaging “transgender” medical ...
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Heritage Foundation report on puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and youth suicide
Report summary Lowering legal barriers to make it easier for minors to undergo cross-sex medical interventions without parental consent does not reduce suicide rates—in fact, ...
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Book Awards fall short, again!
Book Awards fall short again, by awarding a controversial children's book that is loaded with social activism and reverse racism.
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Charities law and judicial social engineering
Opinion piece by Roger Partridge [Roger Partridge is chair and a senior fellow of The New Zealand Initiative. He is a former Bell Gully litigation ...
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NZ doctors concerned about recommendations in euthanasia review.
Doctors in New Zealand have spoken out highlighting huge concerns with some of the recommendations in the recent End Of Life Choice Act review. In ...
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Legal action after Candace Owens banned from speaking in NZ.
Legal action is set to be taken against the Crown after Candace Owens was banned from entering New Zealand to speak. The Free Speech Union ...
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Family breakdowns are affecting our schooling system.
An education report has highlighted how family breakdowns are one of the reasons behind the current struggles in our schooling system. Increasing violence, more absenteeism ...
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Drug use continues to rise in Aotearoa.
Easy access and lower prices have seen drug use continue to increase in New Zealand. The NZ Health Survey results show all the illicit drugs ...
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Anger grows as consultation further delays safeguards – Puberty Blockers
There is growing anger that the latest review of puberty blockers has not brought about immediate action. The harmful affects of puberty blockers have been ...
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Overview – End of Life Choice Act Review
The review into the End of Life Choice Act was released last week and we think it is important to provide a detailed summary of ...
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Vanuatu bans gay marriage
Vanuatu’s government has passed a law to ban gay marriage. As reported in Vanuatu’s Daily Post, the Marriage Act Amendment which was passed last week ...
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Violence towards Christians escalates
Violence towards Christians, and in particular church leaders, continues at an alarming rate around the world. In its report released last week, The Observatory on ...
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Kiwi parents concerned about indoctrination in schools
Concerned Kiwi parents have reached out to the government about public schools overstepping the mark by indoctrinating their children. Last week, ACT Party leader David ...
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Thankfully we vote nope to dope
While the NZ media continue their campaign for drugs and to legalise marijuana – yes, they’re still trying, I’ll show you some recent examples shortly ...
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Pharmac moves to “demedicalise” abortion
Pharmac says it is “demedicalising” abortion in its latest move to fund at home testing kits. The crown entity has this week announced it will ...
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Attempts to silence an anti-abortion campaigner in Australia
Anti-abortion campaigner, Dr Joanna Howe, has been banned from the South Australian parliament, in what she says is a “hit job” in an attempt to ...
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Free speech under threat in Australia
A bill which aims to limit free speech continues to make its way through the Australian Parliament. The Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation Bill 2024 had ...
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Is the de-banking of New Zealand conservatives on the way?
Will those who hold social conservative values and beliefs still be able to have a bank account in New Zealand soon? This is already happening ...
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Why you should reject the term “Christian nationalism”
The term "Christian nationalism" has been thrown around at anybody who wants to align their voting with their values. Especially if those values are from the ...
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MEDIA RELEASE: Warnings of Wild West Of Medicinal Cannabis
Family First is calling for caution around the use of medicinal cannabis which, when loosely regulated, can result in mental and behavioural disorders due to ...
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MEDIA RELEASE: Bill Focusing On Palliative Care Welcomed
Family First NZ is welcoming the Private Members Bill from NZ First MP Tanya Unkovich - ‘Improving Access to Palliative Care Bill’ – which seeks ...
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Crackdown on transgender sports participation in NZ
The Government is demanding a crackdown on how transgender people participate in sports. Sport and Recreation Minister Chris Bishop has asked Sport NZ to review ...
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Media Release: Euthanasia’s ‘Safeguards’ Are Failing
Family First is appalled, but not surprised, to read the testimony of two whistleblowers from the End of Life Review committee. Potentially wrongful deaths; incomplete ...
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Trump is set to break the hearts of pro-lifers if elected
Evidence is growing that the 2016 Donald Trump, who so courageously defended the unborn, has now totally flipped the script. With the US election next ...
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Lockdowns being used as scapegoat for increasing student violence
Statistics obtained by Family First suggests that escalating school student violence should not be solely blamed on the covid-19 lockdowns.
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The “Sarco” suicide capsule used to euthanise people
'The Sarco' is a suicide capsule which reduces oxygen and pumps in nitrogen, suffocating the user to death in around 10 minutes. It was developed ...
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Gender dysphoric Kiwi kids are one of the world’s most medicated
Easy access to puberty blockers has seen New Zealand children become one of the most medicated populations in the world – when it comes to ...
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Yet more radical changes to birth certificates
More evidence this week that New Zealand is continuing to reject natural creation, with our government leading the way. Parents will able to choose how ...
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Kiwi’s trust in the media declines to a new low.
Kiwi's trust in the media is at its lowest point in the last decade. The data is from Statistics New Zealand's shows that trust in ...
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Simon O’Connor on Q+A with Jack Tame
Family First's Simon O'Connor appeared on TVNZ's Q&A this morning to push back on attempts to widen our euthanasia laws. In our view, he did a superb ...
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