Cynical Porn Parade Will Confront Children
Media Release 22 Feb 2012 Family First NZ is advising parents of school children in Palmerston North to be aware that there will be a public pornography parade featuring topless girls happening after children have been released from school on Friday. “The Erotica Promotion, also known as Boobs on Bikes, is scheduled to travel around [...]
Call for Families To Tell MP’s to Ban Street Prostitution
Media Release 12 Feb 2012 Family First NZ is calling on families to make submissions on the bill banning street prostitution in Auckland in order to to protect families and businesses from the unregulated activities of the sex industry. Submissions are due by the end of the month. “The ongoing problems of the decriminalisation of [...]
Prostitution Law Harming Homes And Retailers
Media Release 12 February 2012 Family First NZ is repeating its call for law changes to the Prostitution Reform Act in order to protect families and businesses from the unregulated activities of the sex industry. “The ongoing problems throughout the country have been highlighted by retailers and families in Manurewa being affected by the activities [...]
Family Group Slams Radio Station’s ‘Divorce’ Stunt
Media Release 10 Feb 2012 Family First NZ is labeling a radio station’s Valentine’s Day promotion as tacky, degrading, and harmful. The Rock radio station in Auckland will host a husband telling his unsuspecting wife on Valentine’s Day that he is divorcing her – live on air. “To subject an unsuspecting spouse to this type [...]
Call For Full-time Mothers To Be Recognised And Valued
Media Release 8 February 2012 A new report examining daycare says that New Zealand should undergo a timely and long overdue re-evaluation of motherhood. The report “WHO CARES? Mothers, Daycare and Child Wellbeing in New Zealand” was commissioned by Family First NZ, and prepared by UK psychologist Dr Aric Sigman. Dr Sigman is a Fellow [...]
Daycare Report Calls For Recognition of Effects on Children
Family First Media Release 8 February 2012 “Full-time parenting should be seen as a child’s right.” “New Zealand should undergo a timely and long overdue re-evaluation of motherhood.” – Dr Aric Sigman A new report examining daycare, and the new generation of research from the biosciences, argues that policymakers and governments are not presenting the [...]
Plea For Safe Speeds Around Schools and Buses
Media Release 31 January 2012 Family First NZ is joining the call for the speed limit to be dropped to 40km/h around all schools – including all rural schools, and for greater awareness of the speed limit when passing buses dropping off students. The call comes as children head back to school this week. “There [...]
Brothel By Primary School Highlights Flawed Law
Media Release 27 January 2012 Family First NZ says that a brothel opening next door to Richmond Road Primary School in Auckland highlights the flaws of the prostitution laws and its failure to protect families. “For a large scale brothel with up to 30 prostitutes to be able to open in an apartment block right [...]
Nudists Should Cover up For Sake of Families
Media Release 27 January 2012 Family First NZ is calling on the Tauranga District Council to follow the lead of the Kapiti Coast District Council and pass a bylaw outlawing public nudity on the coastline. Their call comes in response to the concerns expressed by Papamoa Beach residents who are opposing a nudist event in [...]
Stop The Sex Industry Operating Amongst Families
Media Release 25 January 2012 Family First NZ is repeating its call for law changes to the Prostitution Reform Act in order to protect families from the sex industry. “ONE News tonight has highlighted our exact concerns about what families in Christchurch have been putting up with since the earthquake in terms of prostitution. The [...]
