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Parenting Put on Trial by Anti-Smacking Law
Wednesday, 3 November 2010, 11:54 am | Family First Lobby.
Family First NZ says that the quashing of the assault conviction against Christchurch parent James Mason, who was prosecuted by police for pulling the ear of his 4 year old when trying to prevent him from injuring himself as his younger brother had just ... More >>
Parents Warned about ‘News at Sex’
Monday, 1 November 2010, 11:29 am | Family First Lobby.
Family First NZ is warning parents that the Broadcasting Standards Authority’s decisions released today have given the green light to full frontal nudity and other offensive sexual content in news coverage – as long as it’s deemed humourous. ... More >>
Family First Quizzes Mayoral Candidates
Monday, 6 September 2010, 11:58 am | Family First Lobby.
Family First NZ has launched a website www.valueyourvote.org.nz which has asked the top five polling Auckland Super City Mayoral candidates about their views on a number of important family issues including alcohol outlets, street prostitution, offensive ... More >>
MPs Owe Protection to Families From Loan Sharks
Wednesday, 21 July 2010, 10:12 am | Family First Lobby.
Family First NZ is calling on the politicians to support the Consumer Credit (Responsible Lending) Bill regulating loan sharks being sent to a select committee so that the issue can be confronted. More >>
Govt Ignores Parents But Capitulates to Green Vote
Tuesday, 20 July 2010, 10:01 am | Family First Lobby.
Family First NZ says that the government is more interested in securing a 'green' vote than listening to and supporting the role of parents. More >>
Ten Teens Have Abortion Each Day
Thursday, 17 June 2010, 1:52 pm | Family First Lobby.
Family First NZ says it is a tragedy that 3,952 teenagers had an abortion last year – an average of over 10 every day – according to figures released by Statistics NZ today. More >>
Teen Prostitution Sad Outcome of Flawed Law
Friday, 11 June 2010, 2:13 pm | Family First Lobby.
Family First NZ says that the Auckland police admission that underage prostitution is on the increase in the city is yet more evidence that the National government must immediately repeal the flawed prostitution law. More >>
Real Issue is Porn – Not Jones
Thursday, 10 June 2010, 5:11 pm | Family First Lobby.
Family First NZ says that the real issue surrounding the use of credit cards by former Labour Minister Shane Jones is the justified concern that taxpayers are indirectly funding pornography. More >>
Call for Review of Immigration and Study Visas
Thursday, 3 June 2010, 1:59 pm | Family First Lobby.
Family First NZ is repeating its call for a review of immigration and study visa laws following the murder of Chinese teenager Jiayi Li. This follows on from a similar call made last month after the tragic suicide-deaths of a South Korean family in ... More >>
Super City Mayoral Candidates Questioned on Issues
Wednesday, 26 May 2010, 11:24 am | Family First Lobby.
Family First NZ has sent questionnaires to the candidates for the Super City Mayoralty asking about their views and their intentions on a number of important family issues. More >>
ETS Will Cancel Benefit of Budget to Families
Thursday, 20 May 2010, 4:42 pm | Family First Lobby.
Family First NZ says that Emissions Trading Scheme will cancel out most of the benefit to families of the tax cuts announced in the Budget today. More >>
Benefits of Whanau Ora Must be Proved
Thursday, 6 May 2010, 2:34 pm | Family First Lobby.
Family First NZ is welcoming the investment in Whanau Ora over the next four years but says that the continued investment must be on the basis of measurable benefits to high need families. More >>
Council Has Ability to Remove Residential Brothel
Wednesday, 28 April 2010, 11:38 am | Family First Lobby.
Family First NZ says that Waitakere City Council cannot hide behind the Prostitution Reform Act in an attempt to do nothing about a brothel opposite a school in Henderson. More >>
Goal is Social Stigma Against Alcohol Abuse
Tuesday, 27 April 2010, 4:09 pm | Family First Lobby.
Family First NZ is welcoming the Law Commission’s report on alcohol, but says that any recommendations should directly and forcefully target drunkenness, underage drinking and the binge drinking culture. More >>
Brothel By School Gate Highlights Flawed Law
Tuesday, 27 April 2010, 9:54 am | Family First Lobby.
Family First NZ says that a brothel opening opposite an Intermediate school in Henderson highlights the flaws of the prostitution laws and its failure to protect families. More >>
Mums Still Smacking, Want Law Change
Wednesday, 31 March 2010, 10:57 am | Family First Lobby.
Family First NZ says that almost half of our mums of young children have admitted smacking illegally in the past 12 months, and three out of four mums want the government to adopt a law change rather than rely on police (and CYF) discretion. More >>
Right to Quality Care, Not Right To Die
Thursday, 25 March 2010, 10:13 am | Family First Lobby.
Family First NZ says that the case of a Wellington woman wanting to starve herself to death is a sad indictment of our health and palliative care in New Zealand, and sends a dangerous message regarding the right to die and suicide. More >>
Child Abuse Punishment of 16mths "Pathetic"
Friday, 12 March 2010, 11:07 am | Family First Lobby.
Family First NZ is labeling a sentence handed down in the Taupo District Court to a step-father for almost killing a child as “pathetic” and sends a dangerous message to potential child abusers. More >>
School Rejection of Gardasil Welcomed
Thursday, 11 March 2010, 2:45 pm | Family First Lobby.
Family First NZ is welcoming a decision by a South Island high school (Westland High School) to refuse to allow the gardasil vaccine to be administered at the school, and is asking for other schools to make a similar stand. More >>
Families Still At Risk Under ‘Three Strikes’
Wednesday, 10 March 2010, 9:52 am | Family First Lobby.
Family First NZ and Sensible Sentencing Trust both say that opposition to the Three Strikes legislation is misguided and misleading, but that even the amended legislation still puts families at risk. More >>
