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Parents De-clawed by Rights Culture and Law Change
Friday, 6 June 2008, 1:29 pm | Family First
Family First NZ says that the case of a Bay of Plenty couple feeling they could do nothing to stop their teenager growing dope in the bathtub of the family home is indicative of how powerless parents are feeling in their role. More >>
Obesity and Smacking Are Linked – Yeah Right!
Wednesday, 4 June 2008, 9:32 am | Family First
Family First NZ is questioning why a government sponsored survey of obesity rates and related issues of exercise, tv watching, nutrition, fast food and drinking patterns has included a question on smacking. More >>
Bradford Gets It Wrong on Smacking - Again
Monday, 26 May 2008, 4:53 pm | Family First
Family First NZ is rubbishing statements by Green Party MP Sue Bradford that the 48% of parents (51% of mums) who have used a smack for the purposes of correction since the passing of the anti-smacking law are “using violence as part of bringing ... More >>
Smacking Poll – NZ’ers Don’t Want to ‘Move On’
Monday, 26 May 2008, 9:54 am | Family First
A year after the passing of the controversial anti-smacking law, opposition to the law change is growing. These are the key finding of research commissioned by Family First NZ, following on from similar research in 2007. The poll surveyed 1,018 people ... More >>
Prostitution Report Ignores Concerns
Friday, 23 May 2008, 1:58 pm | Family First
Family First NZ is labeling the report released today by the Prostitution Review Committee as biased, flawed, and failing to heed the concerns of the community and police. More >>
Closure of Anti-Violence Service
Thursday, 22 May 2008, 5:01 pm | Family First
News that the Rotorua Violence Prevention Service which offers counseling for violent men is closing because it can’t pay its bills is proof that efforts to tackle family violence are misdirected and under-resourced. More >>
Ban the Burger Ad - Excuse the Violence
Friday, 16 May 2008, 1:56 pm | Family First
Family First NZ is labelling a restriction on television ads for so-called 'unhealthy foods and drinks' as politically correct and ideological nonsense. More >>
MP's Should Get Real on Child Abuse
Thursday, 15 May 2008, 9:08 am | Family First
300,000 more signatures were submitted today on a 2nd petition demanding that the government tackle the real causes of child abuse including family breakdown and domestic violence. More >>
Study: Family Structure Affects Child Abuse Rate
Friday, 9 May 2008, 11:26 am | Family First
Australian research shows that children under five living with a non-biological or step-parent are up to 77 times more likely to die from a violence-related injury than those living with their biological families. More >>
Divorces Decrease, Civil Unions Ignored
Tuesday, 6 May 2008, 1:48 pm | Family First
Family First NZ is welcoming the latest statistics on marriage, civil unions and divorce showing a declining rate of divorce down 500 to 9,600 in 2007. Less than half of all marriages dissolved in 2007 involved people with children. More >>
Count on Anti-Smacking Petition 'Incredibly Dodgy'
Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 10:22 am | Family First
“Despite a very thorough audit of a sample of signatures, the government statistician has applied a further margin of error against the number of signatures,” says Bob McCoskrie, National Director of Family First NZ. “But margins of error go both ... More >>
Violent Video Game Should Be Banned
Monday, 28 April 2008, 9:28 am | Family First
Family First NZ is calling for the latest version of the Grand Theft Auto video game series to be banned in NZ. More >>
Confirmation of Costs Crippling Families
Tuesday, 15 April 2008, 11:23 am | Family First
Family First NZ is repeating its call for an urgent assessment of the effects of raging price rises on low- and middle-income families. According to the food price index just released by Statistics NZ, food prices have increased 6% in the year to ... More >>
Govt Rebukes Comments of Children’s Commissioner
Wednesday, 9 April 2008, 3:42 pm | Family First
Family First NZ is welcoming comments by the government today that they do not support the outrageous and out-of-touch comments of the Children’s Commissioner in relation to tagging and graffiti. More >>
Burglary, Theft, Violent Robberies Being Ignored
Wednesday, 2 April 2008, 10:48 am | Family First
Family First NZ says the low resolution rate for burglary, car conversion, property destruction, theft and robbery shows an under-resourced police force that is unable to deal with ‘entry-level’crime. More >>
Morally Bankrupt Ruling by BSA on Californication
Monday, 31 March 2008, 8:21 am | Family First
Despite twelve companies withdrawing their advertising, an increasing concern about the level of sexual and offensive material on free-to-air television1, and an acknowledgement by the Broadcasting Standards Authority that the programe contained ‘challenging ... More >>
NZ Parents Warned About Miss Bimbo Website
Wednesday, 26 March 2008, 1:04 pm | Family First
Family First NZ is echoing concerns expressed by healthcare professionals, parents and eating disorder groups in the UK over a website targeted at ‘tweens’ and teenagers (9-16 years old). More >>
Family First Makes More FM Comp More Friendly
Friday, 29 February 2008, 4:58 pm | Family First
Family First NZ has offered to pay for a child to join their family on a dream holiday to Disneyland if they win the ‘nightmare’ trip in More FM’s current radio competition. More >>
Unreasonable Force
Friday, 29 February 2008, 10:58 am | Family First
More than 600,000 signatures will be delivered to Parliament today claiming that the anti-smacking law is unreasonable and has been forced through against the will of NZ parents and their families. More >>
Sentence for Beating Partner to Death slammed
Thursday, 28 February 2008, 3:11 pm | Family First
Family First NZ is slamming a decision by the Court of Appeal yesterday to reduce a sentence for manslaughter to a minimum non-parole period of four years, and says that the problem of domestic violence will continue as long as we have ‘pathetic’ ... More >>
