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Child Abuse Report Proves Need for Royal Commission
Wednesday, 21 December 2011, 5:42 pm | Family First New Zealand
Family First NZ is calling for a non-political and independent inquiry into child abuse, family violence and family breakdown as a result of the Ministerial Inquiry into the abuse of a nine year old girl conducted by former ombudsman Mel Smith. More >>
Residents’ Action Gets Remuera Brothel Booted Out
Wednesday, 7 December 2011, 3:26 pm | Family First New Zealand
Family First NZ is welcoming news that the residents in Remuera’s Ascot Ave near the Prime Minister’s residence have succeeded in getting rid of a residential brothel through community pressure. More >>
Families Are Not a Token Gesture
Monday, 5 December 2011, 4:24 pm | Family First New Zealand
Family First NZ says that the Families Commission should either be strengthened and fine-tuned to produce research and advocacy which reflects the actual concerns of families, or it should be totally scrapped along with the Children’s Commissioner, ... More >>
BSA Criticised For Refusing Name Suppression on Complaint
Tuesday, 29 November 2011, 9:24 am | Family First New Zealand
Family First NZ says that potential complainants may not speak up and complain about breaches of broadcasting standards as a result of the Broadcasting Standards Authority refusing to grant name suppression to complainants. More >>
Pledge to Stop Violence towards All Family Members Supported
Friday, 25 November 2011, 12:06 pm | Family First New Zealand
Family First NZ is welcoming comments by the co-director of the New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse who is supporting Family First NZ's call to expand the White Ribbon concept to pledging against violence towards any family member. More >>
Government Must Now Release Child Abuse Report
Friday, 4 November 2011, 3:59 pm | Family First New Zealand
Family First NZ is calling for the Minister of Social Development Paula Bennett to release the findings of the independent ministerial inquiry into a horrific West Auckland child abuse case. More >>
Tough Love on Welfare Best for Families
Wednesday, 2 November 2011, 11:30 am | Family First New Zealand
Family First NZ says that a 'tough love' approach on welfare and benefits will actually be in the long-term best interests of children and families, and that the real 'beneficiary-bashing' is allowing dysfunction and long-term dependency to harm children and lock families ... More >>
Unprecedented Demand for Family Voter's Guide
Wednesday, 2 November 2011, 9:52 am | Family First New Zealand
Family First NZ has had unprecedented demand for their Value Your Vote resource for this month's election. "We've already printed 100,000 copies of the 8-page pamphlet to meet demand, and there have been almost 20,000 views on the accompanying website ... More >>
Select Committee Recommends CYF Complaints Authority
Friday, 30 September 2011, 5:35 pm | Family First New Zealand
Family First NZ is stoked that the Social Services Committee has just released a report recommending that the Government investigate establishing an independent CYF Complaints Authority. More >>
Police Resources and Time Wasted on Smacking Cases
Friday, 30 September 2011, 12:31 pm | Family First New Zealand
Family First NZ says that the police figures released today on the anti-smacking law show that almost 500 kiwi families have had a police investigation for allegations of smacking or minor acts of physical discipline since the anti-smacking law was ... More >>
Christchurch Council Should Protect Families From Brothels
Tuesday, 20 September 2011, 3:36 pm | Family First New Zealand
Family First NZ is writing to Christchurch City Councilors to encourage them to respond to the concerns of families and prevent brothels affected by the earthquake relocating in residential areas. More >>
Raising Drinking Age, Not Just Purchase Age
Tuesday, 13 September 2011, 1:34 pm | Family First New Zealand
Family First NZ is welcoming an amendment to the drinking age being proposed by National MP Tim Macindoe today, but says that both the purchase and the drinking age should be raised to at least 20 in order to protect young people and to save lives. More >>
Weekend Porn Parade Targeting Rugby Families ‘Offside’
Sunday, 4 September 2011, 10:56 am | Family First New Zealand
Family First NZ is writing to the Commissioner of Police to plead that the police prevent the proposed Boobs on Bikes parade happening in the centre of Auckland city on the same day that families converge on the area for the rugby world cup game against ... More >>
Court Shows Appropriate Compassion to Father
Friday, 5 August 2011, 1:14 pm | Family First New Zealand
Family First NZ is welcoming a court decision to discharge without conviction a father who watched his three-year-old son die in a submerged van, but is disappointed that the police didn’t show the same level of discretion and avoid a drawn out court ... More >>
Boobs on Bikes Parades Symbol of Impotent Political Will
Thursday, 4 August 2011, 11:37 am | Family First New Zealand
Family First NZ says that the Boobs on Bikes parades being held in various cities this week are a symbol of the failure of politicians to act to protect families from the harmful effects of pornography and the objectification of women. More >>
Same-Sex Marriage Research Disputed
Tuesday, 19 July 2011, 4:43 pm | Family First New Zealand
Family First NZ is disputing a Research NZ poll on same-sex marriage saying that similar polling in March suggests the exact opposite. “The Research NZ poll of just 500 people found that 60% of those polled supported same-sex marriage. However, ... More >>
UK Child Abuse Rate Drops – Without Banning Smacking
Friday, 6 May 2011, 11:55 am | Family First New Zealand
Family First NZ says that the drop in the child abuse death rate in the UK is an example for NZ to follow, and a wake-up call to target our resources towards at-risk families. More >>
Law Commission Report on Drugs ‘Flawed’ and ‘Dopey’
Tuesday, 3 May 2011, 2:24 pm | Family First New Zealand
Family First NZ is rejecting recommendations by the Law Commission to soften punishments for drug dealing and personal drug use, labeling the ideas flawed, dangerous and dopey. More >>
BSA Slams Close Up Porn Promotion
Wednesday, 23 March 2011, 3:31 pm | Family First New Zealand
Family First NZ is welcoming a ruling from the Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) demanding that TVNZ publicly acknowledge their breach of broadcasting standards for a programme in August 2010 which offended many families with its gratuitous display ... More >>
‘Nanny State’ Takes on New Meaning with ECE Policy
Wednesday, 9 March 2011, 3:09 pm | Family First New Zealand
Family First NZ says that the just released government policy on Early Childhood Education centre sizes is flawed, harmful to children, babies and parents, and will end up treating children with less dignity than animals. “The new regulations announced ... More >>
