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03-09-08 Government Sending Mixed Message to Parents on School Donations [ 134 kb ] -

31-08-08 Concern about Bias of Families Commission Confirmed_1 [ 137 kb ] -

27-08-08 Test of Democracy In Parliament Today [ 136 kb ] -

22-08-08 Is Taxpayer Victim of Aggressive Marketing for Gardasil? [ 140 kb ] -

22-08-08 Family First Slams Govts Desperate Delay Tactics on Referendum [ 141 kb ] -

22-08-08 NZers Deliver Strong Message on Anti-Smacking Law [ 135 kb ] -

21-08-08 Anti-Smacking Law Wasting CYF Time Missing Real Abuse [ 138 kb ] -

21-08-08 Pharmac Funding Of Flavoured Condoms Shows Confused Priorities [ 136 kb ] -

20-08-08 Amend Law to Define Topless Parade as Offensive [ 134 kb ] -

13-08-08 Family First Supports Court Injunction Against Boobs on Bikes [ 135 kb ] -

12-08-08 Call For Labour To Clarify Position on Polygamy [ 135 kb ] -

12-08-08 Minister of Police Asked Opinion of Boobs of Bikes Parade [ 139 kb ] -

11-08-08 Labour Agenda of Recognising Polygamy Disturbing [ 135 kb ] -

10-08-08 Eight Smacking Prosecutions in Six Month Period [ 138 kb ] -

07-08-08 Family First Welcomes Ruling of Speaker to Tidy Up Speech [ 133 kb ] -

07-08-08 Politicians Should Maintain Standards of Speech in the House [ 133 kb ] -

06-08-08 Family First Supports Auckland Mayors Demand to Police [ 136 kb ] -

05-08-08 Police Ignore Concerns of Families Over Offensive Behaviour [ 140 kb ] -

04-08-08 Police Taxi Service for Truant Sets Dangerous Precedent [ 136 kb ] -

02-08-08 87% Of Parents of Young Children Reject Anti-Smacking Bill [ 141 kb ] -

30-07-08 Formal Police Complaint Made Against Boobs on Bikes Parade [ 139 kb ] -

30-07-08 Topless Public Parades Promoting Porn Industry Are Offensive [ 137 kb ] -

29-07-08 Child Porn Punishments Are Insult to Victims And Community [ 134 kb ] -

26-07-08 More Evidence of Good Parents Victims of Anti-Smacking Law [ 136 kb ] -

25-07-08 Discredited Anti-Smacking Advocate in NZ [ 144 kb ] -

24-07-08 Anti-Smacking Conference At Venue Where Research Contradicts [ 135 kb ] -

24-07-08 Fertility Treatment Is Not About Creating Spare Parts [ 135 kb ] -

23-07-08 Greens Decide Parents Should Now Be Listened To [ 137 kb ] -

23-07-08 Vaccine Shortcomings Apply to Cancer Vaccine [ 135 kb ] -

21-07-08 Flawed Prostitution Law Ignores Dannevirke Community Concern [ 134 kb ] -

10-07-08 Role Model Needs New Understanding [ 135 kb ] -

10-07-08 Close Up Case Highlights Urgent Need for CYF Complaints Authority [ 144 kb ] -

08-07-08 Anti-Smacking Law Confirmed as Wasting Valuable CYF Time [ 138 kb ] -

25-06-08 Call for Majority of Parliament To Demand Election Day Referendum [ 144 kb ] -

23-06-08 Substantial Jump in Parents Being Investigated for Smacking [ 137 kb ] -

23-06-08 PM Desparate to Shut Down Smacking Referendum [ 135 kb ] -

23-06-08 Large Stack of Signatures Confirms Referendum at Election [ 136 kb ] -

19-06-08 Call For South Auckland Families to Rally Together [ 140 kb ] -

19-06-08 Gender Selection New Aisle in Family Supermarket [ 136 kb ] -

17-06-08 Abortions Increase - Tragedy for Teens and Families [ 137 kb ] -

13-06-08 Call For Tax Cuts Now Not Later. [ 133 kb ] -

10-06-08 Abortion Supervisory Committee Deserves Criticism [ 136 kb ] -

06-06-08 Parents De-clawed by Rights Culture and Law Changes [ 134 kb ] -

04-06-08 Obesity and Smacking Are Linked  Yeah Right [ 139 kb ] -

04-06-08 Opposition to Smacking Law Based on Right to Parent, not Right to Smack [ 137 kb ] -

26-05-08 Bradford Gets It Wrong on Smacking - Again [ 137 kb ] -

26-05-08 Smacking Poll NZers Dont Want to Move On [ 152 kb ] -

23-05-08 Prostitution Report Ignores Community and Police Concerns [ 148 kb ] -

22-05-08 Closure of Anti-Violence Service Highlights Lack of Proper Support [ 138 kb ] -

16-05-08 Ban the Burger Ad Excuse the Violence, Profanity and Sexual Content [ 138 kb ] -

14-05-08 300,000 More Signatures Demanding MPs Get Real on Child Abuse [ 136 kb ] -

09-05-08 Child Abuse Rate Affected by Family Structure [ 144 kb ] -

06-05-08 Marriage Steady, Divorces Decrease, Civil Unions Ignored [ 135 kb ] -

06-05-08 Increase in Abuse of Parents Expected Outcome of Anti-Smacking Law [ 145 kb ] -

29-04-08 Count on Anti-Smacking Petition Incredibly Dodgy [ 145 kb ] -

27-04-08 Violent Video Game Should Be Banned [ 141 kb ] -

21-04-08 Anti-Smacking Law Tragic Failure as Child Abuse Death Rate Continues [ 140 kb ] -

21-04-08 Offensive Billboard Ignores Toothless ASA [ 135 kb ] -

17-04-08 NZ Should Adopt Australias Ban on Ads Which Sexualise Children [ 136 kb ] -

15-04-08 Confirmation of Costs Crippling Families [ 135 kb ] -

10-04-08 Anti-Smacking Law Proved to Criminalise Good Parents [ 137 kb ] -

09-04-08 Government Rebukes Extremist Comments of Childrens Commissioner [ 137 kb ] -

02-04-08 Burglary, Theft and Violent Robberies Being Ignored [ 134 kb ] -

01-04-08 Government Masks Actual Violent Crime Trend [ 135 kb ] -

31-03-08 Morally Bankrupt Ruling by BSA on Californication [ 142 kb ] -

26-03-08 NZ Parents Warned About Miss Bimbo Website [ 136 kb ] -

20-03-08 Support for DNA Tests to Confirm Parentage [ 138 kb ] -

17-03-08 Costs Crippling Families - Urgent Attention Needed [ 135 kb ] -

12-03-08 Mother Should be Able to Be Life-Saving Donor to Daughter [ 135 kb ] -

01-03-08 Family First Launches Family Dinner Campaign [ 231 kb ] -

29-02-08 Family First Makes More FM Competition More Family Friendly [ 135 kb ] -

29-02-08 600,000 Signatures Demand Smacking and Child Abuse Referendums [ 136 kb ] -

28-02-08 Family First Slams Reduced Sentence for Beating Partner to Death [ 136 kb ] -

26-02-08 Elder Abuse Report Important First Step [ 136 kb ] -

23-02-08 Childrens Commissioner Insults Generations of Parents and Grandparents [ 139 kb ] -

20-02-08 Family First Misrepresented by Anti-Smacking Lobby - Again [ 134 kb ] -

19-02-08 Smacking Research Confirms Huge Opposition to Anti-Smacking Law [ 137 kb ] -

15-02-08 Solution To Tagging Problem Starts At Home [ 136 kb ] -

13-02-08 Family First Acknowledges Rich Decision [ 134 kb ] -

12-02-08 Government Responds to Family Firsts Call for NGO Funding [ 135 kb ] -

07-02-08 Families Commission Needs to Get Respect Message to MPs [ 138 kb ] -

24-01-08 Time to Rewrite Flawed Prostitution Law [ 138 kb ] -

17-01-08 Family First Welcomes Jay Jays Decision To Remove Offensive Clothing [ 136 kb ] -

15-01-08 Call to Remove Miss B**ch and Mr A**hole Teen Clothing [ 138 kb ] -

08-01-08 Family First Welcomes Release of Solo Parents Research [ 136 kb ] -

02-01-08 250,000 Signatures Demand Scrapping of Anti-Smacking Law [ 138 kb ] -

02-01-08 Family First Praises Police List of Worst Family Violence Offenders [ 135 kb ] -

31-12-07 No.1 Issue for 2008 - Government Must Respect Parents [ 139 kb ] -

20-12-07 Family First Rubbishes Police Review on Smacking Law [ 137 kb ] -

18-12-07 Electoral Finance Law Simply Big Brother Bullying [ 137 kb ] -

13-12-07 Smacking Study Proves Resources Need to be Targeted at At-Risk Group [ 140 kb ] -

07-12-07 Original Section 59 Does Its Job [ 135 kb ] -

04-12-07 Its OK to Smack - American College of Pediatricians [ 140 kb ] -

04-12-07 Electoral Finance Law Gags Voice of Trusts [ 136 kb ] -

29-11-07 Daughter 16 Hidden from Parents Under Privacy Act [ 138 kb ] -

25-11-07 Case of Sex With Minor Sends Disturbing Message [ 134 kb ] -

22-11-07 Key Must Protect Good Families From Bad Law [ 137 kb ] -

16-11-07 More Companies Pull Advertising from Californication After 2nd Episode [ 141 kb ] -

12-11-07 Another Company Pulls Advertising from Californication [ 136 kb ] -

12-11-07 More Companies Pull Advertising from Californication [ 139 kb ] -

10-11-07 Companies Pull Advertising from Californication [ 140 kb ] -

09-11-07 Family First Disgusted with MOE Over Sex Abuse [ 137 kb ] -

08-11-07 Family Groups to Boycott Advertisers During Pornographic TV show [ 145 kb ] -

05-11-07 Family First Calls for Boycott of TV3s Californication Advertisers [ 139 kb ] -

04-11-07 PM Ignores Moral and Safety Issues of Cervical Cancer Vaccine [ 147 kb ] -

03-11-07 Pharmac Decision to Fund Flavoured Condoms A Disgrace [ 136 kb ] -

01-11-07 Father Report is Reality Check for Government Policy [ 139 kb ] -

28-10-07 Family Traumatised by Smacking Law [ 163 kb ] -

25-10-07 Mallard Voted For Anti-Smacking Law - Should Resign [ 134 kb ] -

25-10-07 Sexual Abuse Statistics Result of Sex-Saturated Culture [ 134 kb ] -

16-10-07 Air New Zealand Hears Concerns of Families Over Inflight Movies [ 140 kb ] -

12-10-07 Family First Welcomes Service For Depressed Mums [ 135 kb ] -

14-10-07 65 Pro-Family Groups Gather for Forum on the Family [ 86 kb ] -

10-10-07 PM Should Call for End to Death Penalty of Unborn Child [ 134 kb ] -

03-10-07 ASA Decision Hostile to Welfare of Families [ 137 kb ] -

01-10-07 Family First Calls on In-Flight Movies to Protect Families [ 139 kb ] -

28-09-07 Flawed Prostitution Law Results in Mother Trading 16 y/o Daughter [ 140 kb ] -

22-09-07 Research on Single Parent Families Needs Proper Analysis [ 147 kb ] -

19-09-07 Guns Being Sold to Teens Over The Counter [ 205 kb ] -

08-09-07 Children's Commissioner Guilty of Ultimate Nanny State [ 136 kb ] -

07-09-07 Family First Praises Hell Pizza For Family-Friendly Focus [ 136 kb ] -

04-09-07 24 hour Childcare Is More Social Experimenting on Children [ 142 kb ] -

04-09-07 Anti-Violence Campaign Small Start in Right Direction [ 143 kb ] -

24-08-07 Young People Deserve the Facts of Life From Their Parents [ 144 kb ] -

21-08-07 Boobs on Bikes Parade Offensive to Families and Standards of Decency [ 140 kb ] -

17-08-07 Family First Welcomes Government Inquiry Into Loan Sharks [ 136 kb ] -

17-08-07 Family First Slams 'Lame Duck' Council [ 139 kb ] -

13-08-07 Rise in Food Prices Puts Pressure on Families [ 136 kb ] -

11-08-07 NZ Should Follow Australias Lead In Cleaning Up Internet [ 138 kb ] -

06-08-07 Stand Against Child Abuse This Wednesday [ 167 kb ] -

03-08-07 Anti-Smacking Law Diverting Police Resources [ 135 kb ] -

31-07-07 Child Abusers Are Also Women [ 145 kb ] -

28-07-07 Increasing Violence in Schools No Surprise [ 137 kb ] -

28-07-07 5-Point Action Plan to Tackle Child Abuse [ 139 kb ] -

27-07-07 Calls for Independent Commission of Inquiry into Child Abuse [ 139 kb ] -

18-07-07 Hell Pizza Continues to Offend Families [ 150 kb ] -

04-07-07 Marriage Matters for Children - Research [ 137 kb ] -

30-06-07 Cabinet Minister Corrects Child With a Smack [ 135 kb ] -

29-06-07 Paid Parental Leave Still Ignores Parents [ 139 kb ] -

19-06-07 Police Guidelines for Smacking Confirm Worst fears [ 137 kb ] -

17-06-07 78% of parents say they'll still smack [ 143 kb ] -

14-06-07 Abortion figures continue to be a tragedy [ 137 kb ] -

13-06-07 All Blacks Praised For Putting Family First [ 135 kb ] -

11-06-07 School Tuckshop Rules Dont Tackle Real Causes of Obesity [ 136 kb ] -

06-06-07 Family First Supports Call for Release of Families Commission Research [ 137 kb ] -

01-06-07 Family First Slams Sexist Decision on Underage Sex [ 135 kb ] -

30-05-07 Cases Highlight Urgent Need for Family Crisis Call Centres [ 137 kb ] -

28-05-07 Smacking Law Hits Labour in Polls Because of Inconsistency [ 135 kb ] -

28-05-07 Cervical Cancer Vaccine Ignores Moral and Safety Issues [ 145 kb ] -

25-05-07 Family First Calls For Urgent Petrol Tax Relief [ 136 kb ] -

17-05-07 Government Budget Offers No Assistance to Family Budget [ 138 kb ] -

16-05-07 Politicians Treat Good NZ Parents With Disdain [ 135 kb ] -

16-05-07 I Was Preventing, Not Correcting, Bad Behaviour Officer [ 141 kb ] -

16-05-07 Workers and Families Deserve Their Easter Break [ 139 kb ] -

16-05-07 Police Concerns about Increasing Violence from Teenagers No Surprise [ 137 kb ] -

15-05-07 Pro-family Groups Seek Public Support for Referendum on Smacking BillPro-family Groups Seek Public Support for Referendum on Smacking Bill [ 140 kb ] -

13-05-07 MPs to Vote on Most Extreme Anti-Smacking Law in World - Expert [ 138 kb ] -

09-05-07 Save the Children Report Further Proof that Smacking Isnt the Issue [ 140 kb ] -

08-05-07 Children's Commissioner Misrepresents the Facts to BSA [ 139 kb ] -

07-05-07 Crime Inconsequential - Yet Police Still Prosecute [ 137 kb ] -

04-05-07 Marriages Flourish - Civil Unions Ignored [ 141 kb ] -

03-05-07 Family First Calls for Clark and Key to Allow Conscience Vote on Bill [ 136 kb ] -

02-05-07 Backdown on Bradford Bill Still Not Total Victory for Families [ 138 kb ] -

01-05-07 No Sound Scientific Evidence Supporting Anti-Smacking Bill - Expert [ 169 kb ] -

01-05-07 Bradford continues to mislead the country [ 138 kb ] -

26-04-07 Respected Parenting Website Poll Opposes Bradford Anti-Smacking Bill [ 147 kb ] -

23-04-07 Family Holidays Dont Represent a Truancy Problem [ 136 kb ] -

21-04-07 Cases Prove Child Abuse Not Being Protected by Section 59 [ 136 kb ] -

12-04-07 Family First Reminds Parents to Claim Refund on School Fees [ 137 kb ] -

05-04-07 Workers deserve their Easter break [ 142 kb ] -

05-04-07 Education Minister sets poor example for children [ 135 kb ] -

03-04-07 Child Welfare Organisations need to persuade own social workers [ 138 kb ] -

02-04-07 Polynesian and Maori students oppose anti-smacking bill [ 144 kb ] -

29-03-07 National offers no reassurance on smacking bill [ 134 kb ] -

29-03-07 PM labels good parents as parents who thrash and beat children [ 137 kb ] -

27-03-07 Organisations Opposing Anti-Smacking Bill [ 143 kb ] -

26-03-07 Only 18% of kiwis support anti-smacking bill [ 136 kb ] -

23-03-07 Anti-Smacking Bill now a Labour Bill [ 135 kb ] -

22-03-07 Labour decision smacks of arrogance [ 136 kb ] -

14-03-07 Law Comm Opinion on Smacking Bill Confirms Parents Fears [ 140 kb ] -

13-03-07 Prominent Lawyers dispute Labour and Green spin on Smacking Bill [ 150 kb ] -

13-03-07 Politicians should listen to kiwis and reject anti-smacking bill [ 137 kb ] -

13-03-07 Pacific Island Leaders call on MPs to reject anti-smacking bill [ 151 kb ] -

12-03-07 Bradford should observe democratic process [ 134 kb ] -

11-03-07 Young Labour rejects Labour vote on Bradford Bill [ 135 kb ] -

05-03-07 Bradford Anti-smacking Bill Will Result in Children Reporting Parents [ 159 kb ] -

03-03-07 Call for Pacific Island Groups to oppose Bradford Bill Before Too Late [ 152 kb ] -

01-03-07 Government admits every reported smack will be investigated [ 136 kb ] -

28-02-07 14% Increase in Child Abuse despite Swedish Smacking Ban [ 142 kb ] -

22-02-07 Referendum Expresses Frustration at MPs Avoiding the Real Issues [ 137 kb ] -

21-02-07 Family First Condemns Personal Threats made against Sue Bradford [ 137 kb ] -

21-02-07 7 More Good Reasons Why We Oppose Anti-Smacking Bill [ 157 kb ] -

19-02-07 OPEN LETTER re Section 59 [ 30 kb ] -

20-02-07 Letter urges Parliament to Support Parents  not Criminalise Them [ 140 kb ] -

16-02-07 Punishment for Possession of Child Pornography 'Pathetic' [ 141 kb ] -

15-02-07 They obviously havent read the UNICEF report [ 139 kb ] -

15-02-07 Family Firsts call for a CYF Complaint Authority answered [ 141 kb ] -

15-02-07 UNICEF report highlights children's needs more important than their rights [ 141 kb ] -

23-01-07 Anti-CYF Blogsite Due to Lack of Accountability [ 144 kb ] -

17-01-07 Radio Station needs to show more responsibility with Beach Promotion [ 143 kb ] -

31-12-06 Family First releases Top Five Pro-Family Policies for 2007 [ 158 kb ] - Bradfords Smacking Ban is most anti-family Bill before Parliament in 2007 Family First releases Top Five Pro-Family Policies for 2007

30-11-06 UK Family Planning Association advice not welcome in NZ [ 150 kb ] -

29-11-06 Family First welcome heavenly decision re Hells Pizza [ 143 kb ] -

22-11-06 Politicians must listen to voice of NZers on anti-smacking bill [ 152 kb ] -

20-11-06 Select Committee ignores the facts on smacking [ 144 kb ] -

14-11-06 Family First stoked with number of complaints re condom Ad from Hell [ 141 kb ] -