Media Releases

Media Release 22 September 2020 Family First NZ is repeating its call for a review of ‘right to silence’ laws

Media Release 5 September 2020 New Zealand\’s total fertility rate has reached an all-time low, with an average of 1.69

Media Release 27 August 2020 Family First NZ has won their appeal in the Wellington Court of Appeal against deregistration

Media Release 10 August 2020 New Zealand\’s total fertility rate has reached an all-time low, with an average of 1.71

Media Release 27 July 2020 A select committee considering a private members bill which allows for bereavement leave for miscarriages

Media Release 30 June 2020 Many children’s lives today are marked by family turmoil. They live with parents who experience

Media Release 26 June 2020 Family First NZ says that rising violence in primary schools should be no surprise, and

Media Release 24 June 2020 Family First NZ is gutted that Labour and Greens want to turn a blind eye

Media Release 5 June 2020 An updated analysis of the anti-smacking law passed into law just 13 years ago says

Media Release 27 May 2020 Family First NZ today called on politicians in a select committee to amend a private

As the National Party caucus prepares to vote on whether they change their leader and deputy leader tomorrow, we\’ve been

Media Release 20 May 2020 With the help of senior lawyers, the SayNopeToDope campaign has analysed the proposed legislation –

As the new abortion laws were being rushed through Parliament in the week before we went into Lockdown 4, and

Media Release 13 May 2020 As the country prepares to vote in a referendum on whether to legalise euthanasia /

Media Release 10 May 2020 Family First NZ says that if the NZ Drug Foundation is receiving further significant funding

Media Release 5 May 2020 Family First NZ is warning that the declining marriage rate is a disturbing link to

Media Release 4 May 2020 As the debate on legalising cannabis for recreational use heats up, a new resource presents

Media Release 1 May 2020  The main beneficiaries of the just-released ‘Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill’ will be drug advocates

SUMMARY ABORTION LEGISLATION ACT 2020 POLICY FAIL * to remove legislation about abortion from the criminal code and insert it to

Media Release 11 April 2020 Two important studies released over the past week have further highlighted the health concerns of

Media Release 7 April 2020 Family First NZ says that under the abortion law changes rushed through just before the

It was a sad day as 69 out of 120 members of Parliament voted for a law that removes any legal recognition

Media Release 11 March 2020 In a shocking display of human rights abuse in New Zealand, an amendment to the

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROBLEMS WITH THE ABORTION LEGISLATION BILL POLICY FAIL * to remove legislation about abortion from the criminal code

3 March 2020 It was another dark and shameful day today as 81 members of Parliament voted for a radical bill

Media Release 3 March 2020 2nd Reading of Abortion Legislation Bill tonight Family First NZ says that the government’s haste

As the government pushes a soft line on drugs, including a referendum to legalise cannabis, our young people will be

Media Release 17 February 2020 Family First NZ says that lobbying to allow drug use and drug testing at university

Pearl Vaafusuaga and her husband didn\’t need to \’think about it\’ when they were told by doctors that their son

We\’ve placed an Open Letter to the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern from 12 women who have had abortions in two

Jacqui has a powerful story to tell – a story which politicians should hear BEFORE they pass a radical and

Media Release 14 February 2020 National MP Agnes Loheni – a member of the abortion select committee – has slammed

Media Release 14 February 2020 The Select Committee report considering the bill resulting from Jacinda Ardern\’s policy to liberalise abortion

Media Release 14 February 2020 Family First NZ is repeating its call for a review of ‘right to silence’ laws

Media Release 13 February 2020 NZ’s longest married couple is believed to be also the world’s longest married couple. “New

Media Release 11 February 2020 A disturbing report on teen parenting recently released by Oranga Tamariki has called for adults

Media Release 7 February 2020 Ministry of Education data gained under the Official Information Act show that almost 6,000 reports

Family First NZ has published a new resource “Responding To The Transgender Issue – Parent Resource Guide” designed to educate

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