Family Planning
Family Planning is New Zealand's leading provider of sexual and reproductive health services and information.
Family Planning has a network of 30 clinics across New Zealand. We have been providing sexual and reproductive health services for more than 80 years.
Family Planning - Latest News [Page 1]
30 Years Of 16 Days And We Are Still Fighting The Scourge Of Violence Against Women In The Pacific
Thursday, 25 November 2021, 3:21 pm | Family Planning
As the annual 16 Days of Activism against violence against women and girls (VAWG) begins, a New Zealand Parliamentarians group call for greater efforts to combat violence against women and girls in our region, which must be led by our Pacific partners. ... More >>
Sex And Contraception: Why People Still Value Family Planning After 85 Years
Tuesday, 5 October 2021, 6:25 am | Family Planning NZ
A new survey by Family Planning confirms that for young people’s sexual health, what matters most is access to low cost, non-judgemental experts. The survey released to mark our 85th birthday today, confirms our relevance decades after a group of ... More >>
Court Ruling A Victory For Common Sense
Friday, 24 September 2021, 2:34 pm | Family Planning
Great news and a victory for common sense and for people seeking abortion services. That's the response from Family Planning to a High Court decision today where a group of health professionals opposed to abortion have lost a court case over whether their ... More >>
New Research Shows Providing Contraception Is More Complex Today Than It Was A Decade Ago
Friday, 30 July 2021, 8:57 am | Family Planning
Te Whāriki Takapou and Family Planning New Zealand welcome new research exploring how contraceptive provision has changed among Family Planning clients over the past decade. Family Planning employees and the Chief Executive of Te Whāriki Takapou ... More >>
Funding Boost Welcomed
Thursday, 20 May 2021, 4:08 pm | Family Planning
Family Planning has welcomed the funding boost announced in today’s budget saying it’s good news for our clients and and is an explicit acknowledgement of our work as Aotearoa New Zealand’s only national provider of sexual and reproductive health ... More >>
Sexist And Racist Comments Appalling, But Not Surprising
Tuesday, 4 May 2021, 9:16 am | Family Planning
Family Planning says it is appalled, but not surprised, at sexist and racist comments on Minister Kiritapu Allan’s social media feed. "As a sexual and reproductive health provider we know that double standards around sexual behaviour continue. Men’s ... More >>
Honour Project Aotearoa Online Launch
Thursday, 5 November 2020, 8:25 am | Family Planning
Aotearoa’s first Takatāpui and Māori LGBTQI+ study of health and wellbeing finds that improving health outcomes for Takatāpui and Māori LGBTQI- plus peoples will require our country to do more to reduce discrimination in health services and in ... More >>
Pill Supply Issues
Friday, 9 October 2020, 11:37 am | Family Planning
Supply of at least four commonly used contraceptive pills is about to run out - leaving many people without their first choice contraception option. Supplies of Brevinor, Brevinor 1/28, Norimin and Necon are not expected to be restored until ... More >>
25 Per Cent Not Using Preferred Contraception
Friday, 25 September 2020, 7:56 am | Family Planning
One in four survey respondents not using their preferred contraception A quarter of New Zealanders surveyed are not using their preferred contraceptive method, a new survey by Family Planning reveals. The results of the survey are being released ... More >>
Guidelines Need Implementation To Make Meaningful Change
Tuesday, 8 September 2020, 4:11 pm | Family Planning
Family Planning says the release of the new sexuality education guidelines today is welcome - but without nationally consistent implementation, our young people are not being well-served. Chief executive Jackie Edmond says we’ve had guidelines ... More >>
One-off Funding Welcome
Tuesday, 28 July 2020, 11:27 am | Family Planning
Family Planning has welcomed the one-off funding support announced today which will be directed to initiatives to reduce waiting times for clients. "We are very grateful for the $427,000 announced today by Minister Genter," Family Planning ... More >>
Primary Health Care And Equity Front And Centre Of Report
Tuesday, 16 June 2020, 1:48 pm | Family Planning
Putting primary health care and equity at the centre of the Health and Disability System Review is a real positive of the report, Family Planning says. As a provider of primary health care, we appreciate how important population and public health ... More >>
Covid-19 Update From Family Planning
Monday, 30 March 2020, 1:39 pm | Family Planning
We’re open for business - but we’re open differently. That’s the message from Family Planning chief executive Jackie Edmond who says despite lockdown restrictions we’re able to offer a range of services remotely, ensuring vital contraceptive ... More >>
NZ parliamentary group at population summit in Nairobi
Friday, 15 November 2019, 9:30 am | Family Planning
Members of the New Zealand Parliamentarians’ Group on Population and Development (NZPPD), a cross-party parliamentary group that focuses on sexual and reproductive health (SRHR), the rights of women and development issues in the Pacific region, ... More >>
Demand for funded devices puts pressure on appointments
Wednesday, 16 October 2019, 2:15 pm | Family Planning
Family Planning says demand for the fully-funded Mirena and Jaydess contraceptive devices is so high that just two days after PHARMAC’s announcement, it is already booking clients into appointments in early 2020. More >>
Research confirms importance of information and education
Friday, 16 August 2019, 9:29 am | Family Planning
Family Planning says new research on the age at which New Zealand girls have their first period confirms how important information and education is for young people - before they enter puberty. More >>
Family Planning says law reform is good news/bad news
Monday, 5 August 2019, 11:31 am | Family Planning
The proposed new abortion framework released today by the government is a good news/bad news story, Family Planning says. More >>
Values moved from the 70s - laws should too
Friday, 21 June 2019, 8:45 am | Family Planning
Family Planning welcomes new research from the University of Auckland which shows that New Zealanders are supportive of the right to legal abortion. More >>
