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Assisted Suicide: A Beautiful Response to Brittany Maynard
Wednesday, 5 November 2014, 1:49 pm | Family First New Zealand
There has been plenty of media coverage in NZ of the sad death of Brittany Maynard yesterday. Maynard, 29, who was suffering from terminal brain cancer, used her last month to advocate for “death with dignity.” More >>
Confirmed – Smacking Law Needs Correction
Monday, 15 September 2014, 12:58 pm | Family First New Zealand
Family First NZ says that the ONE News Vote Compass survey showing only 23% support the anti-smacking law is no surprise, and confirms that it’s time the politicians listened to New Zealand families. More >>
Outrage Over Mock Marriage Ironic
Thursday, 11 September 2014, 1:54 pm | Family First New Zealand
Family First says that the outrage being expressed by gay rights groups against a radio competition involving a same-sex ‘marriage’ is ironic. More >>
Objectionable Hip-Hop Song Offensive to All NZ’ers
Tuesday, 26 August 2014, 9:34 am | Family First New Zealand
Family First is slamming Auckland hip-hop crew @peace for their new release containing lyrics that threaten to kill Prime Minister John Key and have sex with his daughter. More >>
Miley’s Pop Porn Is Coming - Lock Up Your Kids
Thursday, 21 August 2014, 2:49 pm | Family First New Zealand
Family First is encouraging parents to protect their kids from the ‘pop porn’ juggernaut Miley Cyrus who is heading to New Zealand in October. More >>
Demand for Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ Underwhelms
Tuesday, 19 August 2014, 12:00 pm | Family First New Zealand
Family First NZ says that one year on from the marriage law being politically manipulated, the demand for same-sex marriages has been underwhelming with just 318 same-sex couples rushing to take advantage of the new definition to formalise their relationship for ... More >>
Voters Wanting To Know Values of Candidates
Monday, 18 August 2014, 1:16 pm | Family First New Zealand
Family First NZ has had a massive response to its resource Value Your Vote 2014 which highlights the voting record of current MP’s on a number of controversial family and conscience issues from the past twelve years. More >>
Family Group Gets ‘F John Key’ Ad Banned
Friday, 15 August 2014, 5:08 pm | Family First New Zealand
Family First NZ is welcoming a decision by the Advertising Standards Authority to uphold their complaint and ban the Internet Mana party’s ‘ Join the Revolution’ advert on YouTube which includes a crowd chanting "f*** John Key”. More >>
Court Undermines Values and Principles of Schools
Friday, 27 June 2014, 1:13 pm | Family First New Zealand
Family First is slamming a decision by the High Court to overturn a St John's College school decision to set a hair standard, labelling it as disrespectful and setting a dangerous precedent. More >>
High Rate of STIs Outcome of ‘Safe Sex’ Myth
Thursday, 26 June 2014, 1:21 pm | Family First New Zealand
Family First NZ says that "staggeringly high" rates of chlamydia reported among New Zealand teenage girls is proof that young people are being left misinformed and with a false sense of security. It also points to the failure of the free Emergency ... More >>
Safeguards on Abortion Protect Women & Children
Friday, 6 June 2014, 1:41 pm | Family First New Zealand
Family First NZ is rejecting the Green party’s call for the decriminalisation of abortion and says that the existing safeguards are there to protect women and children. More >>
Auckland Ratepayers Paying to Push Polyamory
Thursday, 5 June 2014, 12:00 pm | Family First New Zealand
Family First NZ says that Auckland ratepayers are being made to subsidise an event promoting polyamory for those who want to ‘relate to more than one partner’ and non-monogamous marriages. More >>
Don’t Let New Zealand Go To Pot
Thursday, 5 June 2014, 11:56 am | Family First New Zealand
Family First NZ is rejecting calls by the Internet Party leader Laila Harre to decriminalise marijuana, and says that decriminalising marijuana is the wrong path if we care about public health and public safety, and about our young people. More >>
Weakening Marriage Rates Will Weaken Families
Monday, 5 May 2014, 11:23 am | Family First New Zealand
Family First NZ says that the latest statistics on marriage are a warning bell that we ignore the benefits of marriage at our peril as a society. “Marriage has been impacted by confusion over the function and purpose of marriage as evidenced during ... More >>
A Family Holiday Is Not Truancy
Wednesday, 19 March 2014, 4:43 pm | Family First New Zealand
Family First says that special and occasional family holidays during school time should not be viewed as truancy or harmful to children. More >>
Offensive Billboard Should Be Pre-Vetted
Thursday, 6 March 2014, 4:06 pm | Family First New Zealand
Family First NZ says that a three-storey-high mural of a naked woman on the side of Christchurch's central city strip club, Calendar Girls, should be pre-approved rather than waiting for it to cause offence to the community. More >>
Broadcasters Slammed For Feeding RoastBusters
Monday, 25 November 2013, 4:10 pm | Family First New Zealand
Family First NZ says that the RoastBusters scenario and attitudes are being fed by morally bankrupt tv channels and a Standards watchdog asleep at the wheel. The comments come as a result of a decision by the BSA regarding a movie screened on TV3 in August. More >>
Referendums Will Be Ignored Until Law Changed
Friday, 22 November 2013, 3:18 pm | Family First New Zealand
Family First NZ, one of the promoters of the anti-smacking law referendum, says that the asset sales referendum is doomed to fail because the current law says any result is non-binding on the government. More >>
Greens, Labour Should Fix Referendum Law First
Friday, 11 October 2013, 3:18 pm | Family First New Zealand
As the Green Party launch their State Assets Referendum campaign which they believe will provide a ‘clear mandate’ for the Government to stop the programme, Family First NZ, one of the promoters of the anti-smacking law referendum, says that the ... More >>
TVNZ Busted For Bias In Marriage Debate
Monday, 7 October 2013, 3:09 pm | Family First New Zealand
Family First NZ is welcoming a Broadcasting Standards Authority decision which has upheld a complaint from Pompallier Catholic College about a Close Up item based on a school newsletter objecting to the redefinition of marriage. More >>