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.
The Government still wants to deregister us
The Supreme Court today announced that they will allow the Government to take Family First to the Supreme Court to appeal the recent Court of Appeal ...
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Visa & Mastercard Reject Profits From Pornhub
Media Release 11 December 2020 Family First NZ is stoked with a decision by Visa and Mastercard to cut ties with Pornhub following a report ...
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Drug Testing Will Give False Hope & Dangerous Message
Media Release 1 Dec 2020 Family First NZ says that allowing drug use and drug testing is flawed and dangerous, and is primarily being used ...
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Illegality of cannabis keeps use low – Ministry of Health
Latest data from the Ministry of Health shows that past 12 month use of cannabis has remained at just 14.9%. In contrast, 4 in 5 ...
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NZ Fertility Rate Continues To Plummet
Media Release 18 November 2020 New Zealand’s total fertility rate has reached an all-time low, with an average of 1.63 children per woman in New ...
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Mike’s Minute: Cannabis supporters should be gracious in defeat
NewsTalk ZB 9 November 2020 I was kind of hoping when we got the final cannabis and euthanasia result on Friday we might not get ...
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Cannabis referendum: Where support for legalisation was highest
NewsHub 7 November 2020 Data shows support for legalising cannabis was highest in Wellington, with 72 percent of voters casting their ballots in Wellington Central ...
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Special votes fail to swing cannabis referendum, weed won't be legalised in New Zealand
NewsHub 6 November 2020 New Zealand has voted not to legalise recreational cannabis, final referendum results show – despite special votes narrowing the margin of ...
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Why the NO campaign won (against all the odds)
Despite the YES campaign starting the debate with a 36-point lead two years ago (according to Horizon Polling), the SayNopetoDope campaign won the cannabis debate ...
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“The NZ cannabis referendum prove it’s the simple messages that cut through”
Cannabiz.com 4 November 2020 There’s a brilliant book about politics in the age of Donald Trump and Twitter called Yes We (Still) Can by Dan ...
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Mike’s Minute: We made the right call on cannabis
NewsTalk ZB 2 November 2020 Family First Comment: Well said, Mike…. “The Drug Foundation, an apolitical organisation, should be ashamed of itself, and it’s just as ...
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Kate Hawkesby: ‘We should be eternally grateful.’
NewsTalk ZB 2 November 2020 Family First Comment: Once again, Kate completely nails it… “I found the pro-campaign heavily one sided. It was bolstered by the ...
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Voters Confused by Medicinal Aspect of Cannabis Referendum
Media Release 2 November 2020 Polling carried out by Curia Market Research after the cannabis referendum vote has revealed that many voters were confused around ...
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Referendum results live: NZ votes yes on euthanasia
NZ Herald 30 October 2020 ACT leader David Seymour thanked MPs for supporting the End of Life Choice Bill through Parliament. He also thanked Dame ...
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“We’re pretty stoked – SayNopeToDope campaign celebrates referendum result”
Chlöe Swarbrick optimistic in light of unsuccessful cannabis referendum TVNZ One News 30 October 2020 Preliminary results for the recreational cannabis referendum showed 53.1% against and 46.1% ...
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Did misinformation sway cannabis referendum votes?
Stuff co.nz 1 November 2020 Family First Comment: The Yes campaign harped on that 80 per cent had tried cannabis – [those people] were annoyed ...
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Heather Du Plessis-Allan: It’s not Jacinda Ardern’s fault that NZ voted against legalising cannabis
NZ Herald 1 November 2020 Family First Comment: “While the “no” vote swung into action in an impressive way, the “yes” vote was AWOL,“ 👍😄 It ...
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Cannabis referendum: Despite what Chloe Swarbrick says the no vote was never about eliminating weed
NewsHub 31 October 2020 Family First Comment: “ It was never about eliminating cannabis though. No one who voted no thought it would go away. They were ...
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Huhana Hickey: I’m pro-choice – but I oppose the End of Life Choice Act.
Where are the safeguards for Māori and the disabled in end of life law? Stuff co.nz 1 November 2020 Family First Comment: I am a ...
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Drug Testing Will Give False Hope & Dangerous Message
Media Release 2 November 2020 Family First NZ says that allowing drug use and drug testing is flawed and dangerous, and is primarily being used ...
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Euthanasia Law Will Be A Danger To The Vulnerable
Media Release 30 October 2020 Family First NZ says that the End of Life Choice Act – a.k.a. assisted suicide law – will be a ...
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Kate Hawkesby: I can't predict which way the cannabis referendum will go
NewsTalk ZB 29 October 2020 Family First Comment: A perfect summary from someone IN the media… “I’ll be disappointed if it’s a yes vote that wins. ...
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South Auckland Māori and Pasifika oppose both referendums, poll shows
Radio NZ News 16 October 2020 Family First Comment: Most of the respondents believed that legalising recreational cannabis will have a negative impact on vulnerable ...
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Government’s Lack of Transparency on Dope Debate Misleads Voters
Media Release SayNopeToDope NZ 16 October 2020 The SayNopeToDope campaign says that the government has not been open and transparent with the advice it has ...
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Leighton Smith Podcast: Interview with Aaron Ironside from SayNopeToDope
NZ Herald 14 October 2020 Aaron Ironside gives us his thoughts on the Cannabis, Legislation and Control Referendum. Aaron is spokesman for Say Nope to ...
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Charities Board Still Gunning to Deregister Family First
Media Release 25 September 2020 Family First New Zealand has been notified that the Charities Board intend to appeal the recent decision in the Wellington ...
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Call For Review Of Right To Silence Law Which Hides Abusers
Media Release 22 September 2020 Family First NZ is repeating its call for a review of ‘right to silence’ laws which is effectively hindering investigations ...
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New Zealand’s Fertility Rate Drops to New Low
Media Release 5 September 2020 New Zealand’s total fertility rate has reached an all-time low, with an average of 1.69 births per woman in the ...
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A Win For Freedom Of Speech & Belief In NZ
Media Release 27 August 2020 Family First NZ has won their appeal in the Wellington Court of Appeal against deregistration from the Charities Register. “This ...
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NZ Fertility Rate Is At All-Time Low
Media Release 10 August 2020 New Zealand’s total fertility rate has reached an all-time low, with an average of 1.71 children per woman in New ...
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Select Committee Ignores Women With Post-Abortion Grief
Media Release 27 July 2020 A select committee considering a private members bill which allows for bereavement leave for miscarriages have come back with their ...
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VALUE YOUR VOTE 2020 – Out Now!
Hot off the press is our brand new resource Value Your Vote 2020. This is the fifth election where we have provided this popular voting ...
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New report says NZ needs better data on stepfamilies
Media Release 30 June 2020 Many children’s lives today are marked by family turmoil. They live with parents who experience multiple relationship transitions leading to ...
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Rising Violence In Schools Should Be No Surprise
Media Release 26 June 2020 Family First NZ says that rising violence in primary schools should be no surprise, and their recent analysis of the ...
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Why Won’t Labour & Greens Tackle Harms of Porn
Media Release 24 June 2020 Family First NZ is gutted that Labour and Greens want to turn a blind eye to the harms of pornography. ...
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Mike’s Minute: We need transparency in referendum debate
NewsTalk ZB 9 June 2020 Family First Comment: Good question Mike… “The Drug Foundation, who should not be in the business at the best of times ...
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NEW REPORT: Smacking Law Has Increased Harm Inflicted BY Children
Media Release 5 June 2020 An updated analysis of the anti-smacking law passed into law just 13 years ago says that not only has the ...
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Call For Support For Women With Post-Abortion Grief
Media Release 27 May 2020 Family First NZ today called on politicians in a select committee to amend a private members bill which allows for ...
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Simon Bridges v Todd Muller – voting record on family & moral issues
As the National Party caucus prepares to vote on whether they change their leader and deputy leader tomorrow, we’ve been asked a number of times ...
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Proposed Cannabis Law Fails Public Health & Safety Test
Media Release 20 May 2020 With the help of senior lawyers, the SayNopeToDope campaign has analysed the proposed legislation – Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill ...
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“FATAL FLAWS” 11 problems with the new abortion legislation
As the new abortion laws were being rushed through Parliament in the week before we went into Lockdown 4, and while most of the world ...
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NEW RESOURCE: 20 Reasons to Vote NO to Euthanasia
Media Release 13 May 2020 As the country prepares to vote in a referendum on whether to legalise euthanasia / assisted suicide, a new resource ...
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Government Buying A Yes Vote in Cannabis Debate?
Media Release 10 May 2020 Family First NZ says that if the NZ Drug Foundation is receiving further significant funding from the Government, on top ...
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Social Problems Will Increase As Marriage Rates Fall
Media Release 5 May 2020 Family First NZ is warning that the declining marriage rate is a disturbing link to social problems in our society ...
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NEW RESOURCE: 20 Reasons to Vote NO to Cannabis
Media Release 4 May 2020 As the debate on legalising cannabis for recreational use heats up, a new resource presents 20 reasons for New Zealanders ...
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