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Police Sales Pitch on Smacking Law Fooling No-one
Friday, 5 March 2010, 12:58 pm | Family First Lobby.
Family First NZ says that the latest Police report on the anti-smacking law will fool no-one because it fails to address the widely held concerns over the law change and the real issues surrounding the explosion in child abuse deaths as revealed this ... More >>
Judge’s Ruling on Nudity ‘Morally Bankrupt’
Tuesday, 2 March 2010, 5:28 pm | Family First Lobby.
Family First NZ says that a High Court judge’s ruling that riding a bike naked is legal is morally bankrupt, offensive, and sets a dangerous precedent. More >>
Commission of Inquiry into Child Abuse Essential
Thursday, 29 October 2009, 10:20 am | Family First Lobby.
Family First NZ is repeating its call for a Commission of Enquiry into the unacceptable levels of child abuse and deaths in NZ. The call comes following the suspected child abuse death of Wanganui toddler Karl Perigo-Check Junior which is the 18th case since ... More >>
Protest Against FPA Pushing Abortion Drug
Friday, 23 October 2009, 4:52 pm | Family First Lobby.
Family First NZ is supporting a protest in Hamilton this afternoon against Family Planning applying to the Abortion Supervisory Committee for a license to use the abortion pill RU486 to perform abortions. “This will mean that Family Planning ... More >>
Foreign Students Exploited by Greed And Deficits
Thursday, 24 September 2009, 9:32 am | Family First Lobby.
Family First NZ is alarmed at reports that foreign students at primary age level could be allowed in the country and argues that the welfare of children is being ignored. More >>
Porn Parade Exposes Failure To Protect Families
Thursday, 24 September 2009, 9:30 am | Family First Lobby.
Family First NZ says that the Boobs on Bikes parade down Queen St today is evidence of pornography, perversion and business taking precedent over the international image of Auckland City and recognition of the harms of hard core pornography to women, ... More >>
Chch City Council Tackled on Brothel Laws
Monday, 31 August 2009, 3:08 pm | Family First Lobby.
Family First NZ is encouraging supporters to make submissions against Christchurch City Council’s plans to liberalise laws surrounding the location and signage relating to brothels. More >>
Increase in Primary Kids Assaulting Teachers
Saturday, 29 August 2009, 11:04 am | Family First Lobby.
Family First NZ says that figures obtained from the Ministry of Education show that violent assaults on both children and teachers in primary schools has dramatically increased since 2000. More >>
Cabinet Ministers Swamped With Emails
Monday, 24 August 2009, 3:37 pm | Family First Lobby.
Family First NZ says that almost 800 emails have been sent in the past 24 hours to Ministers in Cabinet requesting that they decriminalise light smacking, and they continue to pour in. More >>
John Key Was Right
Monday, 24 August 2009, 9:52 am | Family First Lobby.
Family First NZ says that what Prime Minister John Key will propose today in response to the anti-smacking law Referendum is in direct contrast to his views two years ago. More >>
Smacking Poll: People v Politicians
Monday, 3 August 2009, 4:30 pm | Family First Lobby.
Family First NZ says that the latest poll on attitudes to the smacking law is a reminder that the smacking debate is essentially a battle between the huge majority of NZ’ers and the politicians. More >>
Parents Still Flouting Smacking Law
Saturday, 25 July 2009, 1:22 pm | Family First Lobby.
Family First NZ says that the latest research on parental discipline by Digipoll shows that parents are continuing to flout the law and that the opposition to it remains at its high level. More >>
More Government Funding for Opposing Referendum
Monday, 6 July 2009, 4:43 pm | Family First Lobby.
Family First NZ says that government funded organisations are working and spending overtime pushing the anti-smacking law, attacking the Referendum, and promoting a yes-vote. More >>
Senior Labour MP Says Referendum Not Confusing
Monday, 29 June 2009, 11:19 am | Family First Lobby.
Family First NZ is welcoming comments by a senior Labour MP that the Referendum wording is not confusing. Pete Hodgson was a Minister of Health, Minister for Economic Development, Minister of Research, Science and Technology and Minister for Tertiary Education ... More >>
Latest Smacking Poll – Same Result
Wednesday, 17 June 2009, 10:02 am | Family First Lobby.
Family First NZ says the latest poll on smacking shows that the opposition to non-abusive smacking remains minimal and the law should be changed now rather than after a costly Referendum. “The Yahoo online poll has had over 16,000 votes and shows huge support ... More >>
Hotels Should Protect Children From Porn Channels
Friday, 12 June 2009, 1:47 pm | Family First Lobby.
Family First NZ is calling on the Hotel and Motel industry to do more to protect children from accessing explicit pornography on their hotel movie channels. The call comes after a distraught family contacted Family First after their eight year old ... More >>
Call for Immigration Dept to Protect Unborn Child
Tuesday, 9 June 2009, 9:41 am | Family First Lobby.
Family First NZ is calling on the Immigration Department to show compassion to a heavily pregnant Lithuanian mother whose unborn child, and her own health, will be put at risk if she is forced to leave the country. “This does not appear to be ... More >>
Families Commission Strengthened With Appointments
Tuesday, 12 May 2009, 9:57 am | Family First Lobby.
Family First NZ is welcoming the appointment of child advocate Christine Rankin and Parents Inc’s Bruce Pilbrow as Families Commissioners. “Both Christine and Bruce will bring the Commission ‘down to earth’ and rather than being blinded by ideology, ... More >>
Street Prostitution Review ‘Farcical'
Friday, 1 May 2009, 4:22 pm | Family First Lobby.
Family First NZ says that the just-released Ministry of Justice Review of Street-Based Prostitution in Manukau City is farcical and fails to address the significant concerns of residents and communities. “Instead, it places the onus on the local businesses ... More >>
Ethnic Groups Confused by Anti-Smacking Law, Study
Tuesday, 28 April 2009, 2:28 pm | Family First Lobby.
Family First NZ says that research just released from the Families Commission shows that immigrant families are confused by the anti-smacking law and still see non-abusive smacking as a viable option for correcting their children. The research report funded ... More >>
