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Family First Intends To Appeal Deregistration Decision
Monday, 3 September 2018, 9:33 am | Family First
The High Court has delivered a judgment which upholds the Charities Board’s decision to de-register Family First as a charity. More >>
Good Fathers Are Vital For Optimal Child Development
Friday, 31 August 2018, 8:33 am | Family First
As part of the celebration of Father’s Day this year, Family First NZ has released a unique and important report entitled “ Why Fathers Matter ”. The report provides a diverse and abundant body of leading research conducted over the past 50 years ... More >>
“Naked Attraction” Is Financial Disaster For TVNZ
Saturday, 11 August 2018, 7:01 pm | Family First
Family First NZ says that Naked Attraction has become a financial disaster for the state broadcaster TVNZ with the most recent episode only able to scrape up two advertisers in a one-hour show. The remaining adverts were promos for TVNZ programmes. We are ... More >>
Birth Certificates To Be Based On Ideology Not Biology
Saturday, 11 August 2018, 7:00 pm | Family First
Family First NZ says that politicians will vote on a law change which will further deem birth certificates meaningless. This comes as a result of a decision by the Government and Administration select committee to recommend that birth certificates ... More >>
Govt As Parent is Failing Children, And Failing Hired Helper
Friday, 3 August 2018, 7:25 pm | Family First
Family First NZ says that Judge Kevin Phillips has honourably taken responsibility for the consequences of bailing a teenager who went on to commit a serious assault on a young woman. The Judge also raised concerns relating to the multiple State Care ... More >>
Call For Public Health Campaign To Promote Family Dinners
Friday, 27 July 2018, 8:41 am | Family First
Family First NZ has released a new report examining the researched benefits of families having regular family meals together, and is calling for a marketing campaign with online resources to encourage families to have dinner together as often as possible. ... More >>
National’s Medicinal Marijuana Appears Cautious & Compassion
Friday, 27 July 2018, 8:40 am | Family First
Family First NZ is welcoming the National party’s medicinal marijuana bill saying that the balance between caution and compassion appears to be right. More >>
Businesses Take Strong Stand Against “Naked Attraction
Wednesday, 25 July 2018, 9:33 am | Family First
Family First NZ says that almost all of the businesses who have advertised during TVNZ2’s “ Naked Attraction ” have now requested to TVNZ that their advertisements be no longer associated with the programme. More >>
Incomplete Drug Poll Ignores Major Concerns
Tuesday, 24 July 2018, 8:47 am | Family First
Family First NZ is rejecting calls for the laws on marijuana to be changed, and warns that the polling by drug advocates is failing to ask crucial questions. More >>
Yet More Businesses Boycotting TVNZ’s “Naked Attraction”
Monday, 23 July 2018, 6:51 pm | Family First
Family First NZ says that even more businesses are removing their advertising from any association with Naked Attraction which is currently being screened on TV2 - a programme saturated with full front nudity and adult sexually-charged discussions ... More >>
Businesses Boycotting TV2 Porn “Naked Attraction”
Wednesday, 18 July 2018, 8:37 pm | Family First
Family First NZ says that advertisers are lining up to withdraw their advertising from and association with Naked Attraction which is currently being screened on TV2, a programme saturated with full front nudity and adult sexually-charged discussions ... More >>
Baker Has Every Right To Freedom Of Conscience & Belief
Monday, 9 July 2018, 2:04 pm | Family First
Family First NZ says that service providers – including the Warkworth baker - who believe in traditional marriage should have every right to refuse to provide their services for same-sex weddings. More >>
Family Groups Gather For Annual Conference
Thursday, 5 July 2018, 12:18 pm | Family First
Almost 275 delegates representing more than 75+ family-focused organisations and groups are gathering in Auckland tomorrow (Friday) for the eleventh annual NZ Forum on the Family , hosted by Family First NZ. More >>
Government’s Loan Shark Measures Welcomed
Wednesday, 27 June 2018, 11:33 am | Family First
Family First NZ is welcoming the Government’s proposed measures to protect vulnerable families from loan sharks, and says the measures are well overdue. More >>
Marriage Celebrants Will Be Sacked Despite Assurances
Friday, 22 June 2018, 11:15 am | Family First
Family First NZ says that marriage celebrants will be sacked if they refuse to marry a same-sex couple, despite the fact that it goes against their personal convictions, despite the fact that they may have been registered well before the same-sex marriage ... More >>
Teens At Beach Should Enjoy Privacy
Thursday, 21 June 2018, 12:41 pm | Family First
Family First is concerned about a Supreme Court ruling which has quashed the conviction of a man secretly photographing teen girls in their swimwear at a public beach in Nelson. “Children should have the freedom to be able to go to a beach without having ... More >>
One in Three Teens Keep Abortion A Secret
Wednesday, 20 June 2018, 11:55 am | Family First
MEDIA RELEASE 20 June 2018 EMBARGOED UNTIL WEDNESDAY 20TH One in Three Teens Keep Abortion A Secret SELECT COMMITTEE AND ABORTION SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE MISLED PUBLIC More >>
Low Abortion Rate Will Be Welcomed By All
Tuesday, 19 June 2018, 11:27 am | Family First
Family First NZ is welcoming the lowest rates of abortion since 1990 - but is sounding a warning that this positive trend will be reversed if Parliament removes the safeguards in the current abortion law and introduce extreme abortion laws which has been shown ... More >>
Prison Rates Reflect Weakening Of Family Structure - Report
Friday, 15 June 2018, 8:49 am | Family First
A new report on imprisonment rates and contributing factors argues that the ‘elephant in the room’ is family structure, and that if the government does not want to keep building more prisons, it needs to look to the children who are potentially tomorrow’s ... More >>
NZ First Congratulated For Protecting Three Strikes Law
Monday, 11 June 2018, 10:42 am | Family First
Family First NZ is thanking NZ First for blocking the Labour-led coalition government from scrapping the Three Strikes Law. “The Labour government had no public mandate for scrapping it, and the evidence suggests it is having the desired effect. There ... More >>
