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.
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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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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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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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
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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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… 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’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?
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
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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Demise of a city that legalised cannabis
If you thought decriminalising cannabis was a good idea, take a look at San Francisco… it’s a mess and has lost its way. The smell ...
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Is the Government forcing Rainbow Youth onto your school board?
The Government is strongly pushing for schools to accept, adopt and indoctrinate radical and extreme sexuality and gender ideology (as well as critical theory and ...
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Why is Christopher Luxon so keen to change our Easter trading laws?
Public holidays are a social good, especially when shops are closed, allowing everyone a well-deserved break from the frenzy of modern life. But National leader ...
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Easter Is About Families, Not Trading
Easter Is About Families, Not Trading. Family First NZ is rejecting suggestions by National leader Christopher Luxon to review and likely liberalise Easter trading laws.
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US Study: More elderly people using cannabis leads to rapid rise in emergency room visits
With cannabis more readily available in many US states, more elderly people are using cannabis for supposed medicinal benefits - but leading to a rapid ...
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Netherlands: Sperm donor uses fake names and fathers 500 kids
A prolific sperm donor from the Netherlands who allegedly fathered over 500 children worldwide now faces a lawsuit over the potential increased risk of accidental ...
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Forum on the Family 2023
Not to be missed - the 15th annual New Zealand Forum on the Family is bringing together some exceptional international speakers. Friday 30th June at ...
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The Future of our Nation Must Have Strong Families – by Olivia Boyd
Families are the building blocks of society. Family is where values are taught and reinforced, children are nurtured and raised, and where each person should ...
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Gender Reassignment – What’s happening to children is morally and medically appalling
In this must-read story, a queer woman worked at a paediatric gender clinic, she says “what’s happening to children is morally and medically appalling.”
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The ‘Sex Change’ I Had 40 Years Ago Was A Scam, Not Medicine
“As I learned through my painful experience, ‘gender affirming treatment’ is medical fraud and malpractice.” Not to be missed, Walt Heyer will be one of ...
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Where are the Women
It is merely days since the world was promoting International Women’s Day on the 8th of March. Social media was awash with thoughtful tributes honouring ...
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Schizophrenia and Violent Behaviour linked to Cannabis Use
Ongoing and mounting research links marijuana use with depression, schizophrenia, and even violent aggression. The risk is even greater amount youth, whose brains are still ...
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Gender Dysphoria and Suicide – Where’s the Extraordinary Evidence?
Does gender dysphoria really present a binary choice - gender transition or suicide? This subject is discussed by Partners For Ethical Care (PEC), arguing that ...
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Canada trials decriminalising cocaine, methamphetamine, fentanyl and heroin
Canada continues sliding down the slippery slope towards legalising all hard drugs. The Canadian province of British Columbia has recently begun a trial decriminalising hard ...
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UK: 13-year-old girl attacked by boy in a gender-neutral school toilet
A traumatised girl of 13 says she dreads returning to school after being attacked by a boy in a gender-neutral toilet. She was left battered ...
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Call for Justice Vigil – We must continue to speak up until this law is overturned
Here is Bob McCoskrie's speech at the Call for Justice Vigil, held on the steps of Parliament on 15th Mar 2023...
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Female swimmer speaks out on competing against transgender swimmers (biological men)
Not only are female athletes having to compete against biological men, they're also compelled to share a locker room with biological males with intact anatomy!
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MEDIA RELEASE: HRC Struggles For ‘Conversion Therapy’ Complaints
The $2.2m taxpayer-funded complaints centre set up by the Human Rights Commission for receiving complaints about ‘conversion therapy’ has admitted that there have been no ...
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Disabled people experience higher rates of domestic violence in NZ
Research conducted by University of Auckland, shows that disabled people experience higher rates of domestic violence. The researchers note that ‘prevalence rates may even be ...
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NZ’s One-Sided Cannabis Debate
Aaron Ironside says the Say Nope To Dope campaign was up against ten YES campaigns, and a media determined to give them an advantage. It ...
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Legalising cannabis fails to address health risks says UN Drugs Control Board
The UN's Drugs Control Board has issued a warning, stating that “moves by governments to legalise non-medial use of cannabis have led to increased consumption ...
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MEDIA RELEASE: Celebrants Still Being Rejected Despite Assurances
Family First NZ says that people applying to be marriage celebrants continue to have their applications rejected if they do not want to officiate at ...
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Media Release: Analysis of Media Coverage of Parliament Protest 2022
A new report has reviewed the media coverage of one of the 2022 Parliament Protest, and finds that the media failed in its duty to ...
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StraightTalk – No apologies. No compromise.
Straight to the heart of the matter - no apologies, no compromise. The Straight Talk panel discusses and debates the key issues without any constraints.
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Literary Revisionism Strikes Again with Dahl Books
Publishers hired ‘sensitivity readers’ to ‘scrutinise the text’ and modernise the narrative to suit new PC standards that a modern world apparently requires.
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Media Release: Family Breakdown Costing Taxpayer $2b p.a.
A new report estimates that the fiscal cost to the taxpayer of family breakdown and decreasing marriage rates has been estimated at around $2 billion ...
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Drag Queens – ‘Adult Entertainment’ Targeted at Children
Our children are being bombarded by ‘sexuality and gender’ messaging 24/7. Online, in the classroom1, everywhere. It’s a battle to indoctrinate the minds of our ...
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Talking About Abortion With Others – By Olivia Boyd
Our teenage writer Olivia Boyd discusses how abortion can be an emotionally charged issue to discuss, making it daunting to approach the topic with friends ...
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Young Person: Use Your Vote – By Olivia Boyd
Please read Olivia Boyd’s article, encouraging young people to look at which parties and candidates are the best options, and carefully consider how they vote.
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Legalising Assisted Dying May Have Unintended Consequences
Please read Olivia’s article on the unintended consequences of legalising assisted dying…
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PARENT GUIDE: The Battle For Your Child’s Innocence
As children prepare to return to the classroom, Family First has just released a Parent Guide - on how to protect your children from the ...
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Countering ‘Hate Speech’ Laws in New Zealand (Aotearoa)
Controversial “hate-speech” laws continue to be proposed by the Labour Government under the pretence of ‘the public good’.
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Mental health education (with gender ideology)
“Mental health education and hauora: Teaching interpersonal skills, resilience, and wellbeing” is a resource released in 2018 that is supposed to teach “children and young ...
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Cannabis use falling since Referendum outcome
Great news. Past-year and weekly use of cannabis continues to fall since the public debate on legalisation, according to the latest NZ Health Survey results.
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Caution Over Fertility Rate & Ex-Nuptial Births
Media Release - Family First NZ warns that the declining marriage and fertility rates and increase in ex-nuptial births are setting up a ‘perfect storm’ ...
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