Pearl's story - "Every disability deserves a life"

16 February, 2020

Pearl Vaafusuaga and her husband didn't need to 'think about it' when they were told by doctors that their son had Down syndrome. As far as they were concerned, every human deserves life. As a mother of a Down syndrome son, she has an important message for politicians considering a radical abortion bill, and...

OPEN LETTER: "Dear Jacinda, when does human life begin?"

15 February, 2020

We've placed an Open Letter to the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern from 12 women who have had abortions in two major newspapers this weekend - the Dominion Post yesterday, and the Herald on Sunday today. We're very grateful to the financial supporters who have made it possible to speak loudly in this abortion debate...

MP Slams Sham Process of Abortion Select Committee

14 February, 2020

Media Release 14 February 2020 National MP Agnes Loheni – a member of the abortion select committee - has slammed the process of the committee, saying in her minority view that she disagreed with the select committee’s decision and criteria used to “deliberately and intentionally restrict the number of oral submissions on such an important...

Radical Abortion Bill Ignores Human Rights Of Children

14 February, 2020

Media Release 14 February 2020 The Select Committee report considering the bill resulting from Jacinda Ardern's policy to liberalise abortion laws has come back with their report, and not surprisingly - because of the make-up of the committee and the muzzling of many people who wanted to make oral submissions - the majority have endorsed...

Right To Silence Rules Hiding Abusers, Call For Review

14 February, 2020

Media Release 14 February 2020 Family First NZ is repeating its call for a review of ‘right to silence’ laws which is effectively hindering investigations into child abuse. The call comes following the case of the Flaxmere four-year-old child who was seriously injured in a beating two weeks ago. Family First has previously made this plea as a...

World’s Longest Married Couple In New Zealand

12 February, 2020

Media Release 13 February 2020 NZ’s longest married couple is believed to be also the world’s longest married couple. “New Zealand couple JERAM & GANGA RAVJI will celebrate 85 years of marriage this April, and both will turn 104 years old in May and June respectively. That is an incredible feat. Based on international media coverage,...

Oranga Tamariki Report - Normalise Adolescent Sex & Teen Parenting

11 February, 2020

Media Release 11 February 2020 A disturbing report on teen parenting recently released by Oranga Tamariki has called for adults to “normalise adolescent sex, contraception, and parenting”. The report also says that “moralistic worldviews and beliefs around unmarried teenage mothers have been criticised by researchers in New Zealand”, and that “adults need to demonstrate that adolescent...

Physical Restraint Rules Place All Children At Risk

7 February, 2020

Media Release 7 February 2020 Ministry of Education data gained under the Official Information Act show that almost 6,000 reports of physical restraint have had to be lodged by schools since new rules were introduced for schools in August 2017. 71% of the incidences occurred in primary schools with children 10 years old and under....

New Parent Resource Guide on Transgender Trend

2 February, 2020

Family First NZ has published a new resource “Responding To The Transgender Issue – Parent Resource Guide” designed to educate and assist parents as their children head back to school for the new year. Many young people today are wondering if they were “born in the wrong body”, and with popular endorsements coming from the...