Category Archives: Latest News
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MercatorNet – Promoting the natural family is ‘not in the public benefit’
September 7, 2018
MercatorNet 6 September 2018 New Zealand’s foremost family advocacy group, Family First, faces losing its charitable status after a judgement from the High Court finding that its purposes and activities are not predominantly for the...
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Alan J. Hawkins and Hal Boyd: How (and Why) Government Should Invest in Marriage
August 27, 2018
Public Discourse 20 August 2018 Family First Comment: Excellent commentary.. “Divorce doesn’t just end a marriage, it frequently also involuntarily weakens a parent-child relationship—usually with the father—and, over time, can result in the negative effects...
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US baker sues Colorado after refusal to bake cake celebrating gender transition opposed
August 16, 2018
TVNZ One News 16 August 2018 Family First Comment: First it was ‘you MUST accept same-sex marriage.’ Now it’s ‘you MUST accept gender ideology.’ All in the name of tolerance eh “Colorado is on a...
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New law will protect minors from forced marriage in New Zealand
August 8, 2018
NZ Herald 8 August 2018 A law that gives children more protection against forced marriage is expected to pass with unanimous support in Parliament today. The Marriage (Court Consent to Marriage of Minors) Amendment Bill...
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Warkworth baker refuses to make wedding cake for gay couple
July 9, 2018
NZ Herald 9 July 2018 Family First Comment: A gracious response… “”I do not wish to offend either of you and I thank you for letting me know that it is a same-sex wedding,” it...
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Lee Suckling: Throuples: The truth about three-person relationships
June 30, 2018
NZ Herald 27 June 2018 Family First Comment: And so the groundwork of preparing society for group ‘marriage’ continues! This time in the NZ Herald… “As I said, three-person relationships, when consensual, are just as...
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Canadian judge rules child born to polyamorous trio has three parents
June 14, 2018
LifeSite News 13 June 2018 Family First Comment: As predicted, with Canada leading the way. This will set a precedent for NZ… “REAL Women’s vice president warned the decision legitimizes polyamorous relationships and paves the...
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Supreme Court rules in favour of baker who would not make wedding cake for gay couple
June 5, 2018
NZ Herald 5 May 2018 Family First Comment: Great decision…. “Government hostility toward people of faith has no place in our society, yet the state of Colorado was openly antagonistic toward Jack’s religious beliefs about...
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Paul Moon: Human Rights move endangers our free speech
June 4, 2018
NZ Herald 4 June 2018 Family First Comment: A superb article again from Professor Paul Moon – well worth reading in full, and confirming why the Human Rights Commission is anything but human rights (as...
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Church suffering from same-sex motion sickness
May 28, 2018
Stuff co.nz 28 May 2018 The door has been left ajar, but Sara and Alex won’t be back. They don’t feel welcome. Sara Rimmer and Alex Saunders are lesbians. Both were raised as Christians, Alex...
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NZ’s longest-married couple’s advice to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
May 15, 2018
NewsHub 14 May 2018 Family First Comment: Mentions Family First’s longest married couple – 83 years and still going ?? Prince Harry is set to marry former Suits actress Meghan Markle this coming Saturday. To...
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Motherhood is not a gender stereotype – it’s science
May 14, 2018
MercatorNet 11 May 2018 In a report to Family First New Zealand published today, leading American family scholar and father of five, Glenn Stanton, writes about the distinct and vital contribution of the mother to...
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FCANZ Response to the Blessing of Same Sex Relationships
May 11, 2018
Anglican Church League 9 May 2018 Family First Comment: Standing for truth… “Here’s a response from The Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans New Zealand to the decision by the Anglican Church in NZ to allow the...
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History made as Nelson couple listed as ‘mother’ and ‘mother’ on birth certificate
May 3, 2018
Stuff co.nz 3 May 2018 Family First Comment: Apparently children don’t have biological fathers anymore. Really? “All parents registering a child, IRRESPECTIVE of how conceived, would have the option of selecting “mother”, “father” or “parent”...
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Kiwis marrying and divorcing considerably less than 25 years ago – new stats reveal
May 3, 2018
TVNZ One News 3 May 2018 Family First Comment: We can see the effects of declining marriage rates in society – sadly. www.protectmarriage.nz Kiwis are marrying and divorcing considerably less than they were 25 years...
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Family First goes to court in hopes of regaining charity status
May 1, 2018
Radio NZ News 30 April 2018 Family First Comment: Stand by for report from court ? Advocacy group Family First is heading to court today in a bid to retain its charity status. The hearing...
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Marriage celebrant applicants rejected for refusal to marry same-sex couples
April 29, 2018
Stuff co.nz 27 April 2018 Forty-seven marriage celebrant applications have been rejected in the past two-and-a-half years because the applicants were unwilling to officiate same-sex weddings. The Department of Internal Affairs confirmed last month –...
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Brendan McNeill: Christians should be able to express a scriptural view
April 20, 2018
NZ Herald 20 April 2018 Family First Comment: Superb commentary bringing some much needed balance in the media – at last! “The openly homosexual chief executive of Qantas, Alan Joyce, was deeply offended by Folau’s...
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Polyamory: How does dating multiple partners work?
April 19, 2018
NewsHub 18 April 2018 Family First Comment: Yep – just as we predicted! But it’s ‘marriage equality’. Consenting adults. Love is love. Apparently… www.ProtectMarriage.nz Many will have heard the phrase “threes a crowd”, but for...
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Qantas staff given list of ‘offensive, gender-inappropriate’ words to avoid
March 6, 2018
NewsHub 5 March 2018 Family First Comment: The new speech police for airline staff – “Try not to say ‘mum’ ‘dad’ ‘husband’ ‘wife’” #TimeToGiveQantasAMiss Qantas employees have been given a list of ‘gender-inappropriate’ words to...