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CYF Masking Effects of Smacking Law on Families
Friday, 30 September 2011, 3:23 pm | Family First
Child Youth and Family have admitted to Family First NZ that they are not able to determine the impact of the anti-smacking law on their intervening with families or whether children removed by CYF have been subsequently criminally charged by the ... More >>
Street Prostitutes Intimidate Pregnant Mum To Back of House
Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 12:39 pm | Family First
Family First NZ says that Christchurch prostitutes have relocated to residential areas and have forced a family expecting their first child to live in the back rooms of the house to avoid the noise and nuisance being caused. More >>
Party Leaders Respond to Family Issues Questionnaire
Monday, 26 September 2011, 11:54 am | Family First
Family First NZ has released the results of a family issues questionnaire which has been sent to leaders of the main political parties. The results can be viewed on their new website www.valueyourvote.org.nz . More >>
ACT Party Leader’s Call on Marijuana ‘Dopey’ and Dangerous
Sunday, 25 September 2011, 4:12 pm | Family First
MEDIA RELEASE 24 September 2011 ACT Party Leader’s Call on Marijuana ‘Dopey’ and Dangerous More >>
Parents Maintain Right To Fair Trial
Thursday, 15 September 2011, 11:50 pm | Family First
Family First NZ is welcoming news that their submission to the Criminal Procedure (Reform and Modernisation) Bill regarding maintaining jury trials has been accepted by the government. “The original proposal of removing the right to choose trial ... More >>
Govt Denying Parents Right to 'Fair Trial'
Wednesday, 14 September 2011, 9:33 am | Family First
Family First NZ says that the Criminal Procedure (Reform and Modernisation) Bill being pushed through by the government is dangerous for parents who fall foul of the anti-smacking law and will deny their right to a fair trial. More >>
Families Win Victory Over Porn Parade
Saturday, 10 September 2011, 7:45 pm | Family First
Family First NZ is stoked that the proposed Boobs on Bikes parade scheduled to happen in the centre of Auckland city on the same day that families converge on the area for the rugby world cup game against France has been canned. “Families are the ... More >>
Abortion Harmful to Women's Mental Health - Study
Friday, 2 September 2011, 1:24 pm | Family First
Family First NZ says that a meta-analysis published today in the British Journal of Psychiatry has revealed that 81 percent of females who had an abortion were found to be at an increased risk for mental health problems, including depression, alcohol ... More >>
Wellington Council Must Remove Offensive Brothel Sign
Thursday, 1 September 2011, 9:12 am | Family First
Family First NZ says that the Wellington City Council has both a moral and legal obligation to demand that a brothel owner remove an offensive brothel sign which is offending local families. More >>
Focus the Resources on Dysfunctional Families
Friday, 26 August 2011, 9:30 am | Family First
Family First NZ is welcoming calls by the Rotorua Coroner to monitor families for child abuse to avoid repeat cases like the Nia Glassie case, but says that the focus should be on dysfunctional families where there are obvious risk factors and a history ... More >>
Festering Sore of Alcohol Harm To Be 'Tickled'
Friday, 26 August 2011, 9:28 am | Family First
Family First NZ says that the government's proposals to reform alcohol laws will have little effect on our binge drinking culture and as a result the problems of domestic violence, child abuse, underage drinking, public drunkenness, repeat drunk ... More >>
Anti-Smacking Law Doco Attracts Huge Audience
Thursday, 25 August 2011, 9:22 am | Family First
Family First NZ says that approximately 100,000 NZ'ers have viewed the documentary "My Mummy's A Criminal" on the anti-smacking law which profiles good families who have been victims of the law. More >>
Increasing Bad Behaviour by Children Expected
Monday, 22 August 2011, 11:55 am | Family First
Family First NZ says that reports of knife attacks in primary schools , suspensions of new entrants for disobedience and aggression, and increasing levels of criminal assaults being committed by primary school age students are no surprise - and will ... More >>
Make It Family Friendly, Telecom
Thursday, 18 August 2011, 4:46 pm | Family First
Family First is welcoming Telecom's decision to cancel its rugby world cup campaign. "The campaign was always destined to fail because it was corny and not family-friendly," says Bob McCoskrie, National Director of Family First NZ. "The All Blacks fan club ... More >>
School Breakfast Clubs Feed The Problem
Friday, 12 August 2011, 8:16 pm | Family First
Family First NZ is rejecting calls for more government funding for school breakfast clubs, warning that this will simply exacerbate the problem and ignore the underlying causes. “A child whose parents cannot even provide two pieces of toast in the morning ... More >>
Child Beauty Pageants Are Ugly
Wednesday, 10 August 2011, 9:24 am | Family First
Family First NZ says that the protection of our children must come before the commercial exploitation of them, and are calling for proposed child beauty pageants to be scrapped, and parents to boycott any companies associated with them. More >>
More Options For Voters For Repealing Anti-Smacking Law
Wednesday, 3 August 2011, 4:18 pm | Family First
Family First NZ is welcoming the announcement of another political party which has committed to tossing out the flawed and clumsy anti-smacking law, and says the party will benefit in the polls from the announcement. More >>
Focus of Adoption Is Best Interests of Child – Not Adults
Saturday, 30 July 2011, 5:42 pm | Family First
MEDIA RELEASE 30 July 2011 Focus of Adoption Is Best Interests of Child – Not Adults More >>
Commission of Inquiry Into Abuse Will Avoid 'Petty Politics
Thursday, 28 July 2011, 9:24 am | Family First
Family First NZ is repeating its call for a non-political Commission of Inquiry into the unacceptable levels of child abuse in NZ and says that the response of Labour and Greens to the Green Paper on abuse released by the government today proves that ... More >>
Parenting ‘Risky Business In Terms Of Legal Consequences’
Friday, 22 July 2011, 8:12 am | Family First
Family First NZ says that lawyers have sent a clear warning to parents regarding the anti-smacking law – that parenting is now a risky business and parents should always seek legal advice when facing complaints about smacking, no matter how reasonable ... More >>
