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‘Honest’ Report on Child Abuse Welcomed
Thursday, 4 June 2009, 12:37 pm | Family First
Family First NZ is welcoming a report from the Children’s Commissioner on child abuse released today, and says that it backs the call for a Royal Commission on child abuse. More >>
Cabinet Minister’s Smacking Law Comments Welcomed
Monday, 1 June 2009, 4:46 pm | Family First
Family First NZ is welcoming comments made by Social Development Minister Paula Bennett in a radio interview over the weekend. More >>
Smacking Law Prosecutions Published
Sunday, 31 May 2009, 1:19 pm | Family First
Family First NZ has published an Open Letter to Prime Minister John Key in two Sunday papers today citing evidence of families being prosecuted and children removed by CYF under the anti-smacking law. More >>
Commission Notes Uncertainty of Anti-Smacking Law
Wednesday, 27 May 2009, 9:23 am | Family First
Family First NZ says that the Human Rights Commission has acknowledged the uncertainty of the anti-smacking law. More >>
Case Potentially Highlights Flawed Smacking Law
Wednesday, 20 May 2009, 12:09 pm | Family First
Family First NZ says that if Christchurch father Jimmy Mason has been found guilty of punching his son in the face, then his conviction is completely justified. More >>
Marriage Up, Divorce Down, Civil Unions Irrelevant
Wednesday, 6 May 2009, 10:32 am | Family First
CIVIL UNIONS LEGISLATION ‘WHITE ELEPHANT’ Family First NZ is welcoming the latest statistics on marriage, civil unions and divorce showing a declining rate of divorce, and an increasing number of marriages over the past decade. More >>
Kapiti Coast Ignores Voice of Community on Nudity
Wednesday, 6 May 2009, 9:54 am | Family First
Family First NZ says that the Kapiti Coast District Council is showing incredible arrogance by riding rough-shod over the overwhelming opposition to the removal of a bylaw restricting nudity on its beaches. More >>
Children Penalised in Parenting Orders
Friday, 1 May 2009, 9:13 am | Family First
Family First NZ says that children are missing out on access to both their parents as a result of parenting orders being made in the Family Court, and that there appears to be a clear bias against fathers. More >>
Focus on Liquor Laws Welcomed
Friday, 24 April 2009, 3:09 pm | Family First
Family First NZ is welcoming recommendations by the Law Commission to confront the issue of alcohol abuse in NZ. More >>
Family First Welcomes Goff’s Desire to Amend s59
Monday, 13 April 2009, 10:59 am | Family First
Family First NZ is welcoming comments by Labour leader Phil Goff on TVNZ’s Q&A this morning that section 59 should be amended. More >>
Sex Shop Ad Highly Offensive to Families
Sunday, 5 April 2009, 11:30 am | Family First
Family First NZ is slamming a Wellington sex shop advertisement as highly offensive and tacky and is perfect evidence of the need to have a pre-vetting procedure on public billboards. More >>
Massey University Study on Abortion Flawed
Friday, 3 April 2009, 9:18 am | Family First
Family First NZ says that a Massey University Department of Communication, Journalism & Marketing mail survey of 1000 New Zealanders on the topic of abortion is flawed and designed to achieve a pre-conceived ideology. More >>
Self Defence Law Needs Clarification For Families
Thursday, 26 March 2009, 11:33 am | Family First
Family First NZ says that the self defence law needs clarification so that families defending themselves know with certainty what they can do legally. More >>
Family First Welcomes Bill to Fix Smacking Law
Thursday, 19 March 2009, 11:47 am | Family First
Family First NZ is ‘stoked’ that ACT List MP John Boscawen has announced his intention to introduce a Private Members Bill to amend the anti-smacking law. More >>
83% Still Want Smacking Law Fixed - Poll
Wednesday, 18 March 2009, 4:21 pm | Family First
Almost two years after the passing of the controversial anti-smacking law, more than 80% of NZ’ers still want the law changed and 77% say that the law won’t have any effect on our unacceptable child abuse rate. More >>
School Bullying Expected Outcome of Social Agenda
Tuesday, 17 March 2009, 4:01 pm | Family First
Family First NZ says that concerns about school bullying are a simple result of the culture we have experimented with, which includes children's rights, media standards, undermining the role of parents, and removing consequences. More >>
CYF Complaints Authority Fails Miserably
Thursday, 12 March 2009, 2:20 pm | Family First
Family First NZ says that figures obtained from the Ministry of Social Development under the Official Information Act show that the CYF Complaints Authority is failing its job, that the Ministry has done virtually nothing to make people aware of its ... More >>
Family Planning To Pressure Abortion Then Perform
Wednesday, 11 March 2009, 12:19 pm | Family First
Family First NZ is alarmed at the prospect of Family Planning applying to the Abortion Supervisory Committee for a license to use the abortion pill RU486 to perform abortions. More >>
Residents Win Brilliant Victory Over Brothel
Friday, 6 March 2009, 10:16 am | Family First
Family First NZ is congratulating the Mt Victoria Residents Association (Wellington) for being successful in their legal action against both a brothel in their street and the Wellington City Council who allowed the brothel to operate there. More >>
Upper Hutt Community Slams Brothel Laws
Wednesday, 25 February 2009, 9:33 am | Family First
Family First NZ says that the Upper Hutt community has given a resounding no to Upper Hutt City Council’s attempts to liberalise prostitution laws. More >>
