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Marriage Steady, Civil Unions Ignored
Thursday, 19 February 2009, 11:25 am | Family First New Zealand
Family First NZ says that the latest statistics on marriage and civil unions show that while the marriage rate has been reasonably consistent over the past decade, the demand for civil unions is negligible. More >>
Vaccine Drug Company Now Targeting Boys For Profit
Tuesday, 3 February 2009, 11:59 am | Family First New Zealand
Family First NZ says that calls for the cervical cancer vaccine to be given to boys as well as girls is based on shonky research, marketing pressure, and wrong spending priorities. More >>
Another Child Abuse Death – Same Factors
Monday, 29 December 2008, 10:11 am | Family First New Zealand
Family First NZ says that the tragic child abuse death of 16-month old Northland boy Riley Osborne is more evidence of the key causes of child abuse which we are failing to acknowledge and tackle. More >>
School Hours Is A Family Issue
Tuesday, 23 December 2008, 2:16 pm | Family First New Zealand
“Education is based on quality not quantity, and a suggestion to extend the school hours is not in the best interests of children and young people,” says Bob McCoskrie, National Director of Family First NZ. More >>
Children’s Commissioner Survey Says Nothing New
Friday, 14 November 2008, 9:36 am | Family First New Zealand
Family First NZ is welcoming a Children’s Commissioner survey which says that only 20% of those surveyed disagreed with smacking in certain circumstances. More >>
Father Charged for Smacking But Case Dismissed
Friday, 14 November 2008, 9:35 am | Family First New Zealand
In the second case that they are aware of, Family First NZ is questioning why a Nelson father was charged for attempting to discipline his defiant and verbally aggressive child yet the case was dismissed just before the trial. More >>
Comments Welcomed from Goff on EFA
Wednesday, 12 November 2008, 1:56 pm | Family First New Zealand
Family First NZ is welcoming comments by new Labour leader Phil Goff that the Electoral Finance law needs a review. More >>
Call for Minister of Families in New Government
Tuesday, 11 November 2008, 4:08 pm | Family First New Zealand
Family First NZ is repeating its call for a Minister of Families to be appointed to the Cabinet of the new government. More >>
Anti-Smacking Petition About Policy, Not Party
Thursday, 23 October 2008, 3:42 pm | Family First New Zealand
Family First NZ is distancing itself from attempts by the Kiwi Party to write to the more than 300,000 people who signed the anti-smacking petition, encouraging them to vote for the Kiwi Party at the upcoming Election. More >>
Sex and Puberty Education Is Family Territory
Monday, 13 October 2008, 10:04 am | Family First New Zealand
Family First NZ is rubbishing a call for sex and puberty education to be taught to children as young as eight or nine years old. More >>
Need for CYF Complaint Authority Following Study
Thursday, 6 December 2007, 10:17 am | Family First New Zealand
Family First says that the release of a book on child homicide in NZ “Lives Cut Short” by two top government social workers confirms their urgent call for a CYF Complaints Authority. More >>
More Companies Pull Californication Advertising
Monday, 12 November 2007, 12:26 am | Family First New Zealand
Five companies have now responded to the concerns of Family First NZ and other family groups by withdrawing any future advertising from TV3’s offensive and pornographic Californication series. More >>
Anti-Violence: Small Start in Right Direction
Tuesday, 4 September 2007, 3:34 pm | Family First New Zealand
Family First NZ is welcoming the Campaign for Action on Family Violence announced by the government today, but says it is only one component in dealing with the unacceptable rates of child abuse in New Zealand. More >>
