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* Immigration relaxes entry rules for child students
Children as young as 5 could come to NZ to study for up to three months each year on a visitor's permit, under new immigration policies
* Girls live in a pornified world
Despite talk of ''girl power'', girls lived in a pornified world, bombarded with sexual imagery before they were psychologically ready.
* Mum faces more fights over TV ads
A Waikato mum has won a battle with TVNZ over the screening of graphic advertisements during a children's film but the state broadcaster has warned parents it will continue to show ads with "hazards attached".
* Brothel near school closes doors
The Lincoln Rd brothel that opened in April across the road from Henderson Intermediate School is closed, & principal Bruce Dale is pleased
* Child abuse link to same-sex encounters
New Otago University research suggests people who are homosexual or have same-sex encounters are more likely to have been victims of abuse as children
* Unpaid child support $17m - Taranaki
Taranaki parents owe the taxman a staggering $17 million in unpaid child support
* Loan shark bill killed at first reading
The government has killed a bill that would have regulated loan sharks and capped the interest rates they charge.
* Dying doctor reopens euthansia debate
Legalising euthanasia has won huge support from readers of the Herald website
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* Commission of Inquiry into Child Abuse Is First Step 29 July 2010
Family First NZ is repeating its call for a Commission of Inquiry into the unacceptable levels of child abuse and deaths in NZ, and says that it will be an important first step in identifying and targeting the real causes of child abuse
* Success Rate Shows Need for CYF Complaints Authority 28 July 2010
Family First NZ says that figures provided by the Ministry of Social Development under the Official Information Act show that the recently established CYF Complaints Authority has upheld a majority of the complaints that they have considered
* Foreign Student Policy About Money not Children 26 July 10
Family First NZ is sounding alarm bells over the latest Immigration policy changes which allow for children as young as five to come to NZ without family members to study
* School Gate Brothel Closure Good for Families 23 July 10
Family First NZ is welcoming news that the brothel opposite an Intermediate school in Henderson has closed
* MP’s Owe Protection to Families From Loan Sharks 21 July 10
Family First NZ is calling on the politicians to support the Consumer Credit (Responsible Lending) Bill regulating loan sharks so that the issue can be confronted.
* Gov’t Ignores Parents But Capitulates to Green Vote 20 July 10
Family First NZ says that the government is more interested in securing a ‘green’ vote than listening to and supporting the role of parents
* Liberalised Abortion Laws Will Undermine Child Abuse Message 3 July 2010
Family First NZ says that any attempts to make abortion more available will undermine the “It’s Not OK’”message and will legitimise child abuse of the unborn child.
* Child Abuse Rate Shows We’re Still Failing 23 July 2010
CALL FOR COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO CHILD ABUSE
Family First NZ says that the latest rates of CYF notifications are horrendous and shows a continuing failure to tackle the real causes
* Families Join Farmers Marching Against ETS 21 June 2010
Family First NZ says that families will be joining the farmers tomorrow in Wellington as they march against the Emissions Trading Scheme, due to kick in on July 1.
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The administration of the abortion law is a travesty
By KARL DU FRESNE - The Dominion Post 20/07/2010
MP's don't want to be reminded that the administration of the abortion law is a travesty READ MORE
Political grandstanding a futile gesture
By Garth George NZ Herald Jun 24, 2010
There are just eight days left for the Government to show some logic and common sense and to defer, at least, or abandon, at best, the costly, stupid and useless emissions trading scheme (ETS). READ MORE
 Pornography is not a private issue
Otago Daily Time Opinion 21 Jun 2010
What we do in the privacy of our room defines character, argues Bob McCoskrie.
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