Festering Sore of Alcohol Harm To Be ‘Tickled’
Family First NZ says that the government’s proposals to reform alcohol laws will have little effect on our binge drinking culture and as a result the problems of domestic violence, child abuse, underage drinking, public drunkenness, repeat drunk driving offences and binge drinking will continue. “The binge drinking culture has been spiralling out of control [...]
Focus the Resources on Dysfunctional Families
Family First NZ is welcoming calls by the Rotorua Coroner to monitor families for child abuse to avoid repeat cases like the Nia Glassie case, but says that the focus should be on dysfunctional families where there are obvious risk factors and a history of dysfunction. “It is an absolute waste of resources and time [...]
Anti-Smacking Law Doco Attracts Huge Audience
Family First NZ says that approximately 100,000 NZ’ers have viewed the documentary “My Mummy’s A Criminal” on the anti-smacking law which profiles good families who have been victims of the law. “We’ve had approximately 35,000 hits on the website www.protectgoodparents.org.nz which hosts the DVD and contains legal advice for parents, almost 10,000 copies of the [...]
Boobs on Bikes Parades Symbol of Impotent Political Will
Family First NZ says that the Boobs on Bikes parades being held in various cities this week are a symbol of the failure of politicians to act to protect families from the harmful effects of pornography and are contributing to the objectification of women. “The police and the judiciary are taking a liberal interpretation of [...]
Increasing Bad Behaviour by Children Expected
Family First NZ says that reports of knife attacks in primary schools, suspensions of new entrants for disobedience and aggression, and increasing levels of criminal assaults being committed by primary school age students is no surprise – and will worsen, especially when schools are pressured to accept and accommodate increasingly defiant and unacceptable behaviour by [...]
Child Support Should Be Matched By Family Support
Family First NZ is welcoming the new rules surrounding child support, although they would like to see equal focus and investment in strengthening marriages and supporting families at risk or under pressure before the relationship breakdown occurs. They also prefer stronger consequences placed on parents who are primarily at fault in the breakdown of the [...]
Porn Parades Cost Taxpayer $20,000-plus
Family First NZ says that the Boobs on Bikes parades in Auckland, Hamilton and Tauranga have cost the tax and ratepayer at least $20,000 in police costs and local council traffic management, and the costs should be recovered from the organisers. “The Boobs on Bikes parade is not a community event, a Christmas parade, or [...]
Make It Family Friendly, Telecom
Family First is welcoming Telecom’s decision to cancel its rugby world cup campaign. “The campaign was always destined to fail because it was corny and not family-friendly,” says Bob McCoskrie, National Director of Family First NZ. “The All Blacks fan club is made up of children and families, and any campaign needs to involve all [...]
Child Abuse Deaths – 12 Month Wall of Shame
Family First has released the list of child abuse deaths in the past 12 months, and says that the shocking trend of eight deaths in the past 12 months is ample evidence of the need for a non-political Commission of Inquiry into child abuse. “We have had Commission of Inquiries this year into the Pike [...]
Child Abuse Deaths – 12 Month Wall of Shame
Family First has released the list of child abuse deaths in the past 12 months, and says that the shocking trend of eight deaths in the past year is ample evidence of the need for a non-political Commission of Inquiry into child abuse. “We have had Commission of Inquiries this year into the Pike river [...]
