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App Store Accountability Bill Proposed To Strengthen Online Safety For Children
Tuesday, 17 March 2026, 2:50 pm | Family First New Zealand
The draft Bill proposes that age verification or estimation is adopted by app store providers and developers, and for those underage, clear consent given by parents or caregivers. More >>
Puberty Blockers Decision Puts Children Back At Risk
Wednesday, 17 December 2025, 3:27 pm | Family First New Zealand
The Government is protecting vulnerable gender dysmorphic children and teenagers against the prescribing of puberty blockers that have no quality evidence of safety, efficacy or reversibility, says Bob McCoskrie, CEO of Family First. More >>
2:1 Support For Ban On Puberty Blockers
Tuesday, 9 December 2025, 4:50 pm | Family First New Zealand
National, ACT, NZ First and Te Pati Māori supporters had net favourability to the ban, with Labour voters evenly split, and Green voters unsurprisingly opposed. More >>
Ban On Harmful Puberty Blockers Protects Children
Wednesday, 19 November 2025, 5:16 pm | Family First New Zealand
Family First has previously written to the Associate Minister of Health Matt Doocey requiring action following the findings of the Ministry of Health’s Evidence Brief. This call and previous calls sadly went unheeded. More >>
Children Born Alive After Attempted Abortions - OIA
Tuesday, 4 November 2025, 10:10 am | Family First New Zealand
According to Official Information Act requests to Health New Zealand, it reveals that since the beginning of 2020, approximately 80 attempted abortions have resulted in a child being born alive but not given life-sustaining care. More >>
ACT Obsessed With Euthanasia, Not Palliative Care
Monday, 25 August 2025, 10:42 am | Family First New Zealand
The immediate red flag and warning is wanting to align New Zealand’s practices with Canada, a country where euthanasia/PAS there is now the fifth leading cause of death, and is expanding to include the mentally ill and with discussions now around ... More >>
Disturbing Details Of Euthanasia Drugs - Expert
Saturday, 23 August 2025, 3:32 pm | Family First New Zealand
As New Zealand continues to see an increase of euthanasia deaths and a push for expansion, it is more important than ever that people understand the reality of what is happening when lethal drugs are administered. More >>
Abortions Increase 30% Since Law Change
Wednesday, 6 August 2025, 9:58 am | Family First New Zealand
Previous official data revealed that there has also been a 67% increase in late-term abortions (20 weeks onwards) between 2021 and 2023. More >>
HRC Struggles To Rustle Up ‘Conversion Therapy’ Complaints
Wednesday, 30 July 2025, 5:15 pm | Family First New Zealand
According to an Official Information Act response, in the past 12 months, just two formal complaints were made and those related to “possible conversion practices happening to other people”, despite significant advertising about its services. More >>
Euthanasia Numbers Soar Despite Tiny Workforce
Friday, 18 July 2025, 12:13 pm | Family First New Zealand
What is most disturbing is that more than one in five applicants (21%) weren’t receiving palliative care. The End of Life Choice Act only provides a ‘right’ to one choice – premature death. More >>
Flawed Law Turns Blind Eye To Child Prostitution
Saturday, 21 June 2025, 8:43 pm | Family First New Zealand
Prostitution Law Review: Benefits Exaggerated, Shortcomings Ignored, Denied Or Hidden More >>
Increasing Support For Social Media Ban - Poll
Wednesday, 28 May 2025, 12:28 pm | Family First New Zealand
Support for a social media ban has grown from 39% support to 56% support in just over 12 months. Opposition has dropped form 45% to 26%. In both polls, 16-18% are uncertain. Family First has long advocated for better regulation of social media ... More >>
Health Ministry Losing Count Of Euthanasia Deaths
Tuesday, 27 May 2025, 1:56 pm | Family First New Zealand
“This raises significant concerns about the upcoming review of the law and whether it will be based on actual quantifiable and credible evidence,” says Bob McCoskrie, CEO of Family First. More >>
Social Media Bill Should Be Government Bill
Tuesday, 6 May 2025, 11:42 am | Family First New Zealand
First and foremost, there needs to be a community response where parents unite to ensure their young children are not exposed to social media, but there is also room for government support to empower parents, says Mr McCoskrie. More >>
Majority Support For Bill Defining ‘Woman’ & ‘Man’
Monday, 5 May 2025, 2:45 pm | Family First New Zealand
The Legislation (Definitions of Woman and Man) Amendment Bill will provide clarity and consistency in New Zealand law by defining “woman” as “an adult human biological female” and “man” as “an adult human biological male” in the Legislation ... More >>
New HHS Report Urges Therapy For Trans Youth
Friday, 2 May 2025, 12:15 pm | Family First New Zealand
The report says that many of these children and adolescents have co-occurring psychiatric or neurodevelopmental conditions, rendering them especially vulnerable, and is published against the backdrop of growing international concern about pediatric medical transition. More >>
Government Should Respect Women & Biology In Law
Tuesday, 22 April 2025, 2:30 pm | Family First New Zealand
The What is a woman? campaign last year called for ‘woman’ to be defined as ‘an adult human female’ in all our laws, public policies and regulations and was signed by more than 23,500 people and presented to Parliament last August. We are still ... More >>
Minister Weeds Wokeness Out Of MFAT
Wednesday, 12 March 2025, 8:25 pm | Family First New Zealand
It’s time that MFAT got back to their core activity – foreign affairs and trade, security in the region (including especially the Cook Islands), free trade deals – rather than ramming down DEI and Wokeism 101 down the throat of every other country. More >>
Midwifery Council Continues To Insult Women
Monday, 10 March 2025, 11:00 am | Family First New Zealand
Women and mothers have been reduced to “individuals capable of childbearing”. In 2022 the Midwifery Council of NZ wanted to revise its midwifery scope of practice guidelines to entirely remove the words “woman” and “mother”. More >>
Call To End Prescribing Puberty Blockers In NZ
Friday, 31 January 2025, 6:15 pm | Family First New Zealand
Family First has subsequently written to both the PBC Team and Health NZ to reiterate the following points regarding the safety and efficacy requirements under the Medicines Act 1981 (the Medicines Act) and Family First’s concerns about inconsistent standards, ... More >>
