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Easter Trading: Next Stop - Christmas and Anzac Day
Friday, 26 August 2016, 11:36 am | Family First
Family First NZ says that the justification for liberalising Easter trading laws will be used as justification for changing the laws around Christmas Day, Anzac Day morning, and Good Friday trading laws. “It is disturbing that National MPs pushed ... More >>
Polls Show Dope Not A Done Deal
Monday, 15 August 2016, 9:19 am | Family First
Family First NZ is rejecting calls for the laws on marijuana to be changed, and says that the poll released today confirms that as high as 75% of NZ’ers don’t want a free-for-all. More >>
Family Holidays Also Involve Education & Learning
Thursday, 4 August 2016, 11:15 am | Family First
Family First is rubbishing suggestions that families pulling their children out of school for family holidays is a form of truancy. “The suggestion that it is equivalent to truancy is almost laughable,” says Bob McCoskrie, National Director ... More >>
Committee Report Misleads Public on Secret Teen Abortions
Friday, 8 July 2016, 11:27 am | Family First
Family First NZ has produced evidence that the Justice and Electoral Select Committee considering parental notification laws have either misled the public or have been given the wrong advice on the rates of secret teen abortions. More >>
MPs Tell Parents They Have No Right To Know
Thursday, 7 July 2016, 3:49 pm | Family First
Family First NZ is slamming a select committee considering laws around parental notification after their decision to reject a call for parents to be notified when their daughter is pregnant. Family First is also disgusted that the committee excluded a parent ... More >>
Moko’s ‘Caregivers’ Had Huge Red Flags
Wednesday, 6 July 2016, 4:00 pm | Family First
Family First NZ says the revelations that the so-called ‘caregivers’ of Moko had extensive criminal records is further evidence that we are not taking child abuse serious enough and are not targeting the rotten parents that should be regularly ... More >>
Human Rights Commission Puts Ideology Above Human Rights Law
Sunday, 3 July 2016, 8:43 pm | Family First
Family First NZ says that the Human Rights Commission is ignoring the law, including the Human Rights Act, regarding ‘gender identity’ in schools and is preferring to elevate ideology above the law, thereby trampling on the rights of the overwhelming ... More >>
Gender Ideology In Girls’ School Harmful, Flawed
Friday, 1 July 2016, 4:41 pm | Family First
Family First NZ says that Marlborough Girls College has capitulated to ideology rather than biology, that it will result in the school community being harmed, and that the school has ignored sound legal advice. More >>
TV2 Right To Cancel Cringeworthy ‘Sex Box’
Thursday, 30 June 2016, 5:20 pm | Family First
Family First NZ is welcoming the decision by state broadcaster TV2 to cancel the screening of the live sex show ‘Sex Box’ in New Zealand. “It should never have been considered in the first place. Suggestions by the state broadcaster that it ... More >>
Govt Veto Puts Needs of Parents As Low Priority
Wednesday, 29 June 2016, 12:41 pm | Family First
Family First NZ says that the government in exercising its veto against paid parental leave is prioritising funding for the childcare industry over democracy and giving parents real choice and support. More >>
Long Sentence for Moko Killers Welcomed
Monday, 27 June 2016, 1:53 pm | Family First
Family First NZ is welcoming the sentence of 17 years given to the killers of Moko, but is continuing to call for a review of child abuse laws and for changes to the legal system to avoid ‘plea bargains’ and child abuse killers having their charges ... More >>
Family First Joins Justice4Moko Marches
Monday, 27 June 2016, 10:13 am | Family First
Family First NZ is joining the call for a review of child abuse laws and for changes to the legal system to avoid child abuse killers having their charges reduced from murder to manslaughter. More >>
School Toilets & Showers Based on Biology - Legal Opinion
Thursday, 16 June 2016, 11:40 am | Family First
Family First NZ has written to Marlborough Girls College and provided them with the legal opinion for schools released earlier this year that says they are not required under the law to have to allow transgender students access to shared toilets, showers ... More >>
Govt Funds Childcare Industry, Ignores Parents
Tuesday, 14 June 2016, 10:09 am | Family First
Family First NZ says that the justification for the government veto on paid parental leave is flawed, and shows that the government is more interested in funding the childcare industry than it is in giving parents real choice and support. “The Government ... More >>
Veto On Parental Leave Fails To Value Parents
Tuesday, 7 June 2016, 2:09 pm | Family First
Family First NZ says that the government veto on paid parental leave is disrespectful to parents and the young families, and is also flawed because it fails to recognise the benefit of investing in hands-on parenting especially for middle- and low-income ... More >>
Child Poverty: Don’t Mention Family Structure
Monday, 30 May 2016, 12:06 pm | Family First
A report just released on child poverty and its causes argues that the ‘elephant in the room’ in the debate is family structure which is being constantly ignored, but that it is contributing significantly to increasing income inequality and child ... More >>
Veto On Parental Leave Fails To Value Parents
Wednesday, 25 May 2016, 5:00 pm | Family First
Family First NZ says that the government veto on paid parental leave is disrespectful to parents and the young families, and is also flawed because it fails to recognise the benefit of investing in hands-on parenting especially for middle- and low-income ... More >>
School Congratulated For Setting Standard For Ball
Wednesday, 25 May 2016, 4:03 pm | Family First
Family First NZ is congratulating an Auckland school that has set a dress code for its upcoming school ball, and says that it has every right to expect high standards from its pupils. More >>
Family First View on Sex Work
Thursday, 19 May 2016, 12:03 pm | Family First
Family First NZ says that the police are right to highlight the activity and concerns around the death of Christchurch 22-year-old Renee Duckmanton, and that statistics and testimonies show that ‘sex workers’ are involved in a high-risk and harmful ... More >>
Gender Agenda in Primary Schools Harmful to All
Monday, 16 May 2016, 10:14 am | Family First
Family First NZ is warning that an Auckland primary school's efforts to cater for a 6-year old with gender identity issues will be harmful to children in the long-term. More >>
