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Dutch Euthanasia Proof of Recipe For Abuse
Media Release 3 March 2015 Family First NZ says that the NZ lecture tour by Dr Rob Jonquiere, a leader of the Dutch euthanasia movement, will ignore the mounting evidence from his own country that there’s no safe way to kill people and that assisted suicide will result in coercion and abuse, potentially resulting in […]
Politicians Put Prostitution Harm in ‘Too Hard Basket’
Media Release 25 Feb 2015 Family First NZ says that politicians are living in ‘la-la land’ when it comes to the concerns of families regarding the ongoing harms of street prostitution and residential brothels, after they voted down a bill authorising Auckland Council to make bylaws prohibiting prostitution in specified public places. “The politicians have […]
Parents Are Key Sex Educators, Not Schools
Media Release 20 Feb 2015 Family First NZ is rejecting a call by an Australian sexologist for sex education to be targeted at children as young as five, and says that resources should be targeted at parents to help them educate their own children. “Parents should be horrified at the prospect of programmes targeted at […]
Family Group Lays Police Complaint Re Offensive Shirt
Media Release 13 Feb 2015 Family First NZ is laying a complaint with the police over a highly offensive t-shirt being displayed at a Canterbury Museum exhibition. The shirt which features highly offensive wording and objectionable imagery has already been deemed unacceptable by both the Internal Affairs Department and in the Invercargill District Court in […]
SIGN THE PETITION – Protect Families
We’ve been made aware of an awful exhibition happening in Christchurch which includes material which will be highly offensive to many families. From our friend and blogger Brendan Malone… “Canterbury Museum has chosen to display an extremely graphic and highly offensive t-shirt with a picture of a nun masturbating and the words “Jesus is a […]
Report Calls For Screen Time Guidelines for Children
Media Release 9 February 2015 A report on the increasing use of screen time for children is critical of government agencies for a lack of guidelines to families, and says that the Ministry of Health should consider screen time as a personal health and well-being issue to be formally included in the health education curriculum […]
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‘Free-range parenting’ glitch – parents charged for children walking home alone
OneNews 5 March 2015 The situation surrounding one US family has triggered fierce debate about the concept of free-range parenting after the parents were charged with neglect for letting their children walk home by themselves. This morning, the Maryland parents who made headlines for letting their 10 and six-year-olds walk a mile home from a […]
Woman gives birth to her own son’s IVF baby
MailOnline 3 March 2015 In a procedure believed to be a world first, a fertility clinic arranged the woman’s pregnancy using a donor egg and her son’s sperm. She offered to have the baby – with her husband’s consent – after plans by their son to have an IVF child with another female relative collapsed. […]
Disability rights group concerned over voluntary euthanasia
Stuff co.nz 3 March 2015 Disabled people could be coerced to commit suicide if a voluntary euthanasia bill is passed, a disability rights group says. Not Dead Yet convenor Wendi Wicks said there could never be adequate protections for disabled people under voluntary euthanasia legislation. “There are endless ways of telling disabled people time and […]
Couples who stay together enjoy degree-equivalent boost to income
Marriage Foundation 1 March 2015 Staying together can have the same positive impact on subsequent income as having a degree, a new study by Marriage Foundation has found. Staying together can boost income by up to 35 per cent. The negative effect on income of paying for two households, additional transport and increased care costs […]
Surge in cases of family violence
Stuff co.nz 3 March 2015 Women in relationships with men in white-collar jobs are flooding into Women’s Refuge in Timaru for help as the reporting of family violence surges. “While most of our clients are from across the board, we are now seeing a flood of women coming to us who are in relationships, or […]
Strip club’s World Cup ambush marketing
NZ Herald 2 March 2015 A strip club has received a slap on the wrist for an ambush marketing stunt during Saturday’s epic Cricket World Cup clash in Auckland. Calendar Girls advertised its wares by flying a plane towing a banner over Eden Park packed with 40,053 enraptured fans during Saturday’s Black Caps vs Australia […]
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