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 week in review – 22nd September
The agenda of the once great NZ Herald is becoming very clear – and for those who weren’t sure, this week removed any doubt. In ...
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400+ Children Change Sex On Passport Since 2015
More than 400 children have changed the sex on their passport since 2015, including almost 300 children 15 years or younger. Under the Passports Act ...
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Surrogacy Laws in NZ – 2024 update
The new Government has reviewed our surrogacy laws, made some changes as recommended by the Law Commission, and is now seeking public submissions. Family First opposed the ...
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MEDIA RELEASE: Disturbing Data In Latest “Assisted Dying” Report
The latest review of assisted suicide / euthanasia was quietly released last month by the Ministry of Health – but it should sound significant and ...
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MEDIA RELEASE: 110+ Children / Teens Change Birth Certificate
Children are changing the sex on their birth certificate since the new law came into force on 15 June last year, including 47 children 15 ...
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Review of Transgender & Non-Binary Protections in the Human Rights Act
We oppose the intentions of the proposed review of the protections in the Human Rights Act 1993 for people who are transgender, non-binary and people ...
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“What is a woman?” 23,500+ Petition Presented to Parliament
A petition calling for ‘woman’ to be defined as ‘an adult human female’ in all our laws, public policies and regulations and signed by more ...
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Review of “Hillbilly Elegy” by JD Vance
Since Former President and Presidential Nominee Donald Trump announced his Vice President running partner, the world has wondered who James Donald Vance is and as ...
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Should women unite with trans-women (biological men)?
Will you be uniting with trans activists, for the right to indoctrinate little kids, for enabling biological males to wander into female toilets, and for ...
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MEDIA RELEASE: Government Ignores Safety, Fairness & Public Opinion in Womens Sports
Family First says that the coalition government is ignoring the safety and fairness required in sports especially for women, but also strong public opinion, by ...
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No ‘Pride’ Sexualising Children
As part of indoctrinating a radical and extreme sexuality & gender ideology to our children, there is now "Schools’ Pride Week Aotearoa" for NZ schools ...
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Smartphones and the Gen Z mental health crisis
The co-Founder of My Food Bag and founder and co-CEO of primary health care provider Tend Health, Cecelia Robinson recently penned an article on Gen ...
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MEDIA RELEASE: New website showcases ‘woke’ businesses
A new website WokeUp.nz has just been launched by Family First NZ. The website documents wokeness in New Zealand-based businesses so that Kiwi consumers can ...
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Bruce Logan: The rise of ‘boutique multiculturalism’
Boutique multiculturalism appears to encourage tolerance. It welcomes the arrival of legal immigrants as an enrichment. We see and hear interesting new habits, different food, ...
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MEDIA RELEASE: InsideOut Hide Inappropriate Award-Winning Poem
InsideOut has tried to ‘hide’ poetry that won an award as part of Out on the Shelves because many people on social media said that ...
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New study shows that gender transition surgeries increase the risk of suicide
While some in the U.S. health community continue to claim that gender transition procedures save lives, a new study is showing that the dangerous interventions ...
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2:1 Support for NZ First’s ‘Bathroom’ Bill – Poll
A new poll has found majority support for the “Fair Access to Bathrooms Bill” which has been introduced as a private members bill to Parliament ...
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SURVEY: Opposition To Puberty Blockers & Gender Ideology For Children
A new poll has found strong support for a ban on puberty blockers, and also a ban on the use of ‘gender affirmation’ chemical & ...
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Luke Tetley-Jones: The tragic history of trans ideology
To many today the idea that gender is nothing but a feeling and has nothing to do with biology is an incredibly foreign and confusing ...
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MEDIA RELEASE: Two Years and $2.2m, Yet No ‘Conversion Therapy’ Complaints
The $2.2m taxpayer-funded complaints centre set up by the Human Rights Commission for receiving complaints about ‘conversion therapy’ has struggled to obtain any formal complaints ...
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MEDIA RELEASE – ‘Perfect Storm’ Of Rock-Bottom Marriage & Fertility Rates
Family First NZ is warning that the declining marriage and fertility rates and high family breakdown rates are setting up a ‘perfect storm’ for negative ...
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Welcome, Simon O’Connor!
We’re stoked to announce that one of our favourite politicians - no longer in Parliament, sadly - and who has always scored highly on our ...
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MEDIA RELEASE: Public Support for Phone Ban In Schools
Family First says that the new phone ban in schools has widespread support from parents and the general public.
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MEDIA RELEASE: 3 Strikes Law Will Protect Families
Family First is welcoming the reintroduction of the Three Strikes Law, saying that it will protect families from repeat violent offenders who have already been ...
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MEDIA RELEASE: Abortions increase 25% since law change
Family First says that the latest abortion statistics make grim and upsetting reading, with a 25% increase in abortions since the decriminalisation of abortion in ...
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Forum on the Family 2024
Not to be missed - the 16th annual New Zealand Forum on the Family is bringing together some exceptional international speakers. Friday 5th July at ...
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MEDIA RELEASE: Easter Is about family time
Family First NZ is rejecting lobbying by both the ACT Party this week and suggestions by National leader Christopher Luxon during the election campaign last ...
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Rogue Hospice Wants To Liberalise Euthanasia Laws To Include Non-Terminal Patients
Calls from a rogue hospice in South Auckland to remove the 6-month eligibility from our laws, which would then allow for euthanasia for non-terminal patients!
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Announced – Forum on the Family 2024
Not to be missed - the 16th annual New Zealand Forum on the Family is bringing together some exceptional international speakers. Friday 5th July at ...
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MEDIA RELEASE: Puberty Blockers Should Be Halted In NZ
Family First NZ is again calling on the government to halt gender affirmative treatment of minors and for a full inquiry into the long term ...
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MEDIA RELEASE: WPATH’s Experiment on Children Must Be Halted
Gender transition treatment is exposed as the wild west of western medicine. Family First NZ is calling on the government to halt gender affirmative treatment ...
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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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