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Justice System Sending Wrong Message on Child Abuse
Saturday, 17 November 2012, 2:31 pm | Family First
Family First NZ says that the justice system in New Zealand is perpetuating the problem of child abuse by handing out ‘wet bus ticket’ sentences in response to cases of serious child abuse. Family First NZ wrote to the Solicitor General asking them ... More >>
Committee Should Hear All Submissions on Marriage Bill
Friday, 16 November 2012, 9:19 am | Family First
Family First NZ says that all organisations, families and individuals who have requested to make oral submissions on the Marriage Amendment Bill should be heard by the Select Committee because of the significance and potential effects of the proposed law change. More >>
Auckland Mega-Brothel Hearings Labeled A ‘Sham’
Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 11:06 am | Family First
Family First NZ says that hearings on whether a mega-brothel should be located in the heart of Auckland city opposite a major tourist attraction are a sham because the Council has already effectively made up its mind, and that families and children ... More >>
Abusive Father’s Increased Sentence Welcomed
Thursday, 8 November 2012, 5:09 pm | Family First
Family First NZ is welcoming the increased sentence for the father convicted of repeated assaults on his infant daughter that resulted in her legs being broken in five places. Family First had written to the Solicitor-General regarding James Hall and asked ... More >>
Renewed Call For Speed Limit Around Schools / Buses
Monday, 29 October 2012, 9:07 am | Family First
Family First NZ is repeating its call for the speed limit to be dropped to 40km/h around all schools - including all rural schools, and for greater awareness of the speed limit when passing buses dropping off students. The call comes following the ... More >>
Ban on School Drug Searches Labelled ‘Dopey’ and Dangerous
Friday, 26 October 2012, 7:24 pm | Family First
Family First NZ is labeling a proposed law change to ban schools from drug testing or searching students for drugs as dopey and dangerous to the welfare of young people, and parents will rightly be outraged with the proposal. More >>
Churches Will Have To Host Same-Sex ‘Weddings’ - Wall
Wednesday, 24 October 2012, 6:47 pm | Family First
Family First NZ says that the promoter of the Marriage Amendment Bill has publicly admitted that churches, mosques and tabernacles will have to host ‘same-sex weddings’. In response to a question at an Auckland University debate earlier this month about ... More >>
Need For CYF Complaints Authority Already Proved
Wednesday, 24 October 2012, 10:51 am | Family First
Family First NZ says that the Government should immediately establish an independent CYF Complaints Authority to prevent abuse of families by the State, and that the proposed review set up by the Minister of Social Development will achieve nothing. More >>
Strong Response Against Bill to Redefine Marriage
Tuesday, 23 October 2012, 9:49 am | Family First
With only four days left to make submissions, Family First NZ says that demand for information on making a submission against the bill changing the definition of marriage has been overwhelming, and they predict that the Select Committee will be swamped ... More >>
Nurses Union Misrepresents Members on Marriage Bill
Saturday, 20 October 2012, 7:43 pm | Family First
Family First NZ says that the nurses’ unions continues to misrepresent its own members on the issue of redefining marriage, and is challenging them to produce evidence that they have canvassed their members on the issue. “We have been contacted by ... More >>
Study shows HPV Vaccine Ineffective
Friday, 19 October 2012, 11:41 am | Family First
Family First NZ says that new evidence has demolished claims of safety and effectiveness of the HPV Vaccine, and the government is wasting hundreds of millions of dollars on a vaccine that is unproven. A systematic review of pre- and post-licensure trials ... More >>
Adoption Laws Should Be Maintained For Sake of Children
Sunday, 14 October 2012, 4:38 pm | Family First
Family First NZ is rejecting calls for adoption laws to be overhauled, labeling the proposed bills flawed and unnecessary. “There is no need to overhaul the current law because the adoption act isn’t broken. There is no huge queue of children desperately ... More >>
Faith Schools Opposing Gay Marriage Could Lose Funding
Friday, 5 October 2012, 1:52 pm | Family First
Family First NZ is hugely concerned by comments made by the author of the bill to redefine marriage regarding integrated schools who receive government funding and may disagree with altering the definition of marriage. In comments to a gay website ... More >>
Signatures Supporting Current Marriage Definition Presented
Tuesday, 28 August 2012, 12:44 pm | Family First
Family First NZ has presented a petition containing the signatures of almost 50,000 kiwis to a group of MP’s from Labour, National and NZ First calling on them to reject the bill to redefine marriage when it comes up for its 1st Reading tomorrow. ... More >>
Disturbing Trends in Latest Smacking Report
Friday, 24 August 2012, 1:42 pm | Family First
Family First NZ says that the latest review of police activity related to the anti-smacking law shows disturbing trends. “The latest sales pitch on the smacking law by police will be cold comfort to parents. Almost 550 kiwi families have had a police investigation ... More >>
Bus Driver Victim of Nonsensical Anti-Discipline Push
Friday, 10 August 2012, 9:05 am | Family First
Family First NZ says that the suspension of a Methven bus driver for controlling an unruly 5 year old is ‘nonsensical’ and a further example of a flawed approach to reasonable force and the ‘anti-smacking’ push. More >>
Amending Bail Laws Will Protect Families
Tuesday, 7 August 2012, 8:46 am | Family First
Family First NZ says that Ministry of Justice figures released today on the number of serious crimes committed while on bail shows the urgent need for improve public safety, and to ensure that those accused of serious offences will find it more difficult ... More >>
Website to Protect Marriage Launched
Monday, 30 July 2012, 9:31 am | Family First
A website to protect the current definition of marriage as ‘one man one woman’ has been launched today. The website is www.protectmarriage.org.nz and has been launched in response to the private members bill of Labour MP Louisa Wall which seeks to redefine ... More >>
Call to Raise Drinking Age Loud and Clear
Friday, 20 July 2012, 9:04 am | Family First
Family First NZ is welcoming a call from Canterbury’s health bosses to raise the drinking age to 20, and says that health boards, health professionals, police, family groups, addiction experts, the Prime Minister’s chief science adviser, leading ... More >>
Call For De-Funding of Sex Education Programmes
Sunday, 1 July 2012, 6:28 pm | Family First
Family First NZ is calling for the government to withdraw funding of Family Planning and Rainbow Youth’s sex education programmes, resources and websites which fail to tell the full facts and which compromise the concerns and wishes of parents, and ... More >>
