Family First has released a guide on how current MPs have voted on controversial family and conscience issues in the last 12 years. The resource, titled “Value Your Vote 2014”, was released in early August, about seven weeks before New Zealand’s general election. The issues covered include redefining marriage, the anti-smacking law, parental notification for teenage Read more
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Greenpeace charity status ruling pleases Family First
Tuesday, August 12th, 2014Family First is welcoming the Supreme Court’s decision overturning the deregistration of Greenpeace as a charity because of its political activity. The Charities Registration Board had sought to deregister Family First as a charity, in the wake of the recent same-sex marriage debate. Family First appealed to the High Court, but a hearing has been on Read more
Key will not support Street’s Bill on euthanasia
Tuesday, July 8th, 2014
Prime Minister John Key has signalled possible loosening of euthanasia laws. But he said he would not vote for a bill proposed by Labour MP Maryan Street. Street’s bill allows any adult suffering from a condition likely to cause their death within 12 months to request medical assistance to die. “If it’s the same bill, I’ll Read more
McCoskrie resigns as marriage celebrant
Tuesday, February 11th, 2014Bob McCoskrie says he’s not alone in resigning as a marriage celebrant over concerns about gay marriage, but other celebrants say they’re not aware of resignations over the issue. Mr McCoskrie, the Family First national director, has not renewed his licence as a celebrant because he rejects the state definition of marriage, he announced on Read more
Sex report slams Kiwi lessons
Tuesday, June 18th, 2013Sex education is promoting sexual behaviour among young people and not showing all the risks, a new report claims. The report, released today, concludes that the overall message to young people is that sex is okay as long as you use a condom. But schools and sex education providers say the report – commissioned by Read more
Government decides to turn blind eye to Easter trading
Tuesday, June 11th, 2013
The Government has announced it will ease back on the enforcing of the Easter trading laws. Active monitoring of Easter trading law breaches may be scrapped in favour of giving labour inspectors more time to investigate migrant worker exploitation. Labour Minister Simon Bridges has signalled that in the future officials may rely solely on complaints because Read more
Family First to appeal deregistration
Tuesday, May 28th, 2013Family First New Zealand says it will appeal a decision that will soon see it deregistered as a charity. Earlier this month, Family First received notification that the independent Charities Registration Board intends to deregister the group, because in their assessment it does not meet the requirements of a charity under the Charities Act 2005. Read more
Members of Select Committee on same sex marriage “hostile”
Friday, February 1st, 2013
Grace Carroll, a Catholic design student from Wellington, has accused some members of the select committee on same sex marriage of behaving in a hostile and “menacing” way to submitters who are against a proposed law change for same sex couples. In a press release from Family First she says when she appeared before the Read more
Morning after pill may be made free to children as young as 12 in Taranaki
Tuesday, December 18th, 2012
Pharmacies are being targeted to provide the emergency contraceptive pill, commonly known as the morning after pill, to Taranaki youth aged between 12 and 24, as part of the development of Taranaki’s Taiohi (youth) health strategy. District health board portfolio manager Jenny James said the teenage birth, termination of pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection rates Read more
Family First domain name diverted
Tuesday, September 11th, 2012Thousands of people who want to access Family First’s website are instead inadvertently being directed to the marriage equality campaign’s website. Wellington man Hamish Spencer purchased the domain www.familyfirst.co.nz last week. While one would expect the site to provide an insight into the charity, it instead redirects you to the marriage equality campaign’s website. Family First is staunchly Read more