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Childcare Policies Are Failing Children
Monday, 21 March 2011, 11:33 am | Family First
Family First NZ is welcoming a report from the Children’s Commissioner today highlighting concerns about childcare policies in New Zealand. More >>
Christchurch Families Now Victims of Prostitution Law
Friday, 11 March 2011, 9:03 am | Family First
Family First NZ is concerned that some Christchurch families are not only dealing with the problems of the recent earthquake but are now dealing with street prostitution which has shifted from the CBD to residential areas. More >>
BSA Protects Drug Offender But Not Families
Monday, 28 February 2011, 8:11 pm | Family First
Family First NZ says that the Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) is completely dysfunctional and a menace to families after it upheld and awarded costs to a dope smoker who claimed his rights were infringed, but rejected three complaints of explicit ... More >>
Tough Love on Welfare Will Actually Benefit Kids
Tuesday, 22 February 2011, 10:48 am | Family First
Family First NZ says that a 'tough love' approach on welfare and benefits will actually be in the best interests of children and families. More >>
Judges Must Toughen Up on Child Porn Offenders
Friday, 18 February 2011, 12:21 pm | Family First
Family First NZ is pointing the finger directly at the judiciary and demanding that they toughen up on the naming and sentencing of child pornography offenders. More >>
Divorce Website Is A Tragedy for Families and Children
Monday, 14 February 2011, 9:59 am | Family First
Family First NZ is slamming a divorce website launched today, labeling it as tacky and destructive. "Divorce should be a last resort, and for the sake of children who are part of these families, we should be making divorce more difficult to obtain ... More >>
Overwhelming Support for Drinking Age to be 21
Thursday, 10 February 2011, 10:26 am | Family First
Family First NZ is welcoming an online NZ Herald poll showing 72% support for their call to raise the drinking age to 21 and says that the government should ditch their split-age proposal. More >>
‘Mondayising’ Public Holidays Good for Families
Friday, 28 January 2011, 4:40 pm | Family First
Family First NZ is supporting Labour’s proposed law to “mondayise" Waitangi Day and Anzac Day. “Workers, and therefore families, have missed out on public holidays last year and will again this year. This ultimately impacts on family time when we ... More >>
Call to Ban 'Eroticised Violence against Women' Video
Thursday, 27 January 2011, 10:29 am | Family First
Family First NZ is joining other groups in Australia and the US in calling for a ban on the upcoming release of Kayne West's hit song "Monster". "HipHopConnection.com has leaked a video teaser for the Kanye West hit song "Monster", featuring images ... More >>
Commission of Inquiry into Abuse – Not Just One Case
Thursday, 20 January 2011, 5:18 pm | Family First
Family First NZ says that the independent ministerial inquiry into a horrific child abuse case inititated by Minister of Social Development Paula Bennett does not go far enough and should be widened to a Royal Commission on Inquiry on family breakdown, ... More >>
Commission of Inquiry into Abuse No Longer An Option
Wednesday, 22 December 2010, 11:00 am | Family First
Family First NZ is repeating its call for a Commission of Inquiry into the unacceptable levels of child abuse in NZ and says that the Commission is no longer an option. “The 80% plus of NZ’ers who oppose the anti-smacking law are simply kiwis who ... More >>
TV Shows Sexualising Teen Girls - Study
Friday, 17 December 2010, 2:30 pm | Family First
Family First NZ says that a report by the US-based Parents Television Council (PTC) gives strong evidence that television shows being shown in NZ are promoting the sexualisation of girls and the Broadcasting Standards Authority needs to do far more to protect ... More >>
Pathetic Punishment For Sex With Tween Slammed
Thursday, 16 December 2010, 11:48 am | Family First
Family First NZ says that the punishment of a $2,000 fine and supervision for indecent assault and sex with a 12 year old by a New Plymouth man is pathetic and sends a dangerous message regarding the sexual exploitation of young people.“The abuse ... More >>
Concern Over Projected Increase in Sole-Parent Homes
Monday, 13 December 2010, 3:11 pm | Family First
Family First NZ is sounding a warning over the projected increase in sole-parent households based on figures released by Statistics NZ today. More >>
Home Detention for Child Abuse Sends Wrong Message
Wednesday, 1 December 2010, 10:17 am | Family First
Family First NZ is shocked that a Cambridge man who severely injured his daughter after shaking her in frustration when she soiled herself avoided jail and received just three months' home detention and 150 hours' community work. More >>
Amazon Withdraws Pedophile Guide
Friday, 12 November 2010, 9:36 am | Family First
Family First NZ is welcoming Amazon.com's action of removing a book entitled "The Pedophile's Guide to Love and Pleasure - A Child-Lover's Code of Conduct." More >>
Call For Families To Boycott Amazon
Thursday, 11 November 2010, 2:14 pm | Family First
Family First NZ is calling on New Zealanders to boycott Amazon.com and to let them know of their action until they remove a book entitled “ The Pedophile's Guide to Love and Pleasure – A Child-Lover’s Code of Conduct.” “It is disgraceful ... More >>
Plea to Send Pokie Bill to Select Committee
Wednesday, 10 November 2010, 10:11 am | Family First
Family First NZ is pleading with National, ACT and United Future MP’s to send Te Ururoa Flavell’s pokie machine bill to a Select Committee so that the lid can be lifted on the issue of problem gambling and also the appropriate allocation of proceeds ... More >>
Liberalised Booze Laws Must be Reversed
Monday, 8 November 2010, 1:24 pm | Family First
Family First NZ says that the government’s response to alcohol laws to be introduced in parliament tomorrow will have little effect on our binge drinking culture and as a result the problems of domestic violence, child abuse, underage drinking, public ... More >>
NZ First Policy On Anti-Smacking Welcomed
Sunday, 31 October 2010, 1:30 pm | Family First
Family First NZ is welcoming comments made by NZ First regarding the anti-smacking law. 'Mr Peters was one of the few brave politicians who listened to NZers and voted against the flawed and unpopular law at the time it was rammed through' More >>
