June 2019

National NO Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi, Maggie Barry, Andrew Bayly, David Bennett, Dan Bidois, Simon Bridges, Simeon Brown, Gerry Brownlee, David

25 June 2019 Family First Comment:“As a community we implore our elected democratic Ministers of Parliament to join us to

Stuff co.nz 24 June 2019 Family First Comment: An excellent piece by Amanda Landers (who spoke at our Forum last year)

Gisborne Herald 23 June 2019 Family First Comment: “The law has an important deterrent effect. Most people don’t want to break

Stuff co.nz 23 June 2019 Family First Comment: “Believing that doctors will always be able to tell whether or not someone

NZ Herald 23 June 2019 Family First Comment: The doctors said they were \”committed to the concept of death with dignity

Stuff co.nz 19 June 2019 Family First Comment: “I find the End of Life Choice Bill very scary. At my lowest point I

The New York Times 19 June 2019 Family First Comment: “A diverse coalition of law enforcement officials, parent-teacher associations and health

CA Finance 12 June 2019 Family First Comment: As predicted, here comes Big Tobacco 2. Same corporates. Same objectives. Same addiction.

TVNZ One News 20 June 2019 Family First Comment: This is perfect evidence of how far proponents of euthanasia will go.

Daily Mail 20 June 2019 Family First Comment: Three children are among thousands of people to have died under Belgium’s radical

NZ Herald 19 June 2019 Family First Comment: Lawyers prosecuting Lewis in 2016 said his decision to take marijuana before getting

Stuff co.nz 17 June 2019 Family First Comment: Currently, working mums, or other primary carers, can take 22 weeks of paid

Los Angeles Times 17 June 2019 Family First Comment: “Our findings suggest that as the marijuana retail outlets become more visible

Stuff co.nz 18 June 2019 Family First Comment: NZ Medical Association chair, Dr Kate Baddock, recently said \”Apparently approximately 50% of

The Washington Post 16 June 2019 Family First Comment: “The first two states to legalize recreational marijuana are starting to grapple

BBC News 17 June 2019 Family First Comment: The paper suggests a range of reasons why children might put on weight

NZ Herald – Published by Bay of Plenty Times 16 June 2019 Family First Comment: Family First officially endorses this product

New York Post 13 June 2019 Family First Comment: People shouldn’t get locked up for having a joint in their pocket.

City Journal 5 June 2019 Family First Comment: Remember the Dutch 17y/o euthanasia case that wasn’t euthanasia? That doesn’t make things

Guest opinion: Anti-smacking law a failure – Bob McCoskrie – National Director, Family First NZ NZ Herald – Published in Bay

NewsTalk ZB 13 June 2019  A US drug investigator is pushing back against claims legalised cannabis is a good thing.

This morning on Newstalk ZB, Mike Hosking said that Green MP Chloe Swarbrick had recommended Colorado as a great place

NewsTalk ZB 11 June 2019 Family First Comment: “Middle New Zealand doesn\’t want a bar of this Government\’s barking madness over

NewsHub 10 June 2019 A Newshub-Reid Research Poll has revealed the majority of New Zealanders do not think recreational cannabis

TVNZ One News 10 June 2019 New Zealanders now want cannabis to remain illegal, according to the latest 1 NEWS Colmar

NewsHub 10 June 2019 Family First Comment: “Fears that vaping may be a gateway into smoking, rather than a lifeline out,

The Hill 6 June 2019 Family First Comment: \”The marijuana of even 10 years ago was less than 5 percent THC [tetrahydrocannabinol],

Stuff co.nz 6 June 2019 Family First Comment: Toxicology results received for 10 of the 13 Northland road fatalities this year

NewsHub 5 June 2019 Family First Comment: As predicted, our liberalised law has opened the way to exploitation, trafficking and sexual

Stuff co.nz 5 June 2019 Family First Comment: \”It\’s being led by broadcasters, with the watchdog asleep at the wheel,\” he

NZ Herald 4 June 2019 Family First Comment: “Wesley, who has worked in the drug addiction recovery field for 10 years

Stuff co.nz 4 June 2019 Family First Comment: \”These cannabis clubs exist now, they\’re just very, very quiet. It becomes a