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Mums Still Smacking, Want Law Change not Discretion – Poll

MEDIA RELEASE 31 March 2010 Mums Still Smacking, Want Law Change not Discretion – Poll Family First NZ says that almost half of our mums of young children have admitted smacking illegally in the past 12 months, and three out of four mums want the government to adopt a law change rather than rely on […]

Pro-Spanking (Smacking) Studies May Have Global Effect

Pro-Spanking Studies May Have Global Effect Thursday, 07 Jan 2010 11:11 AM By: Theodore Kettle Two recent analyses – one psychological, the other legal – may debunk lenient modern parenting the way the Climategate e-mail scandal has short circuited global warming alarmism. A study entailing 2,600 interviews pertaining to corporal punishment, including the questioning of […]

Protect Children From Sexualisation and Abuse – Priority 2010

MEDIA RELEASE 31 December 2009 Protect Children From Sexualisation and Abuse – Priority 2010 WORK STILL TO BE DONE TO GIVE PARENTS CERTAINTY ON SMACKING LAW… Family First NZ has released its annual list of the top family issues to be tackled, and heading the list for 2010 is the protection of children from ‘corporate […]

Families Reject Smacking Report and Claims of ‘Misleading’

MEDIA RELEASE 16 December 2009 Families Reject Smacking Report and Claims of ‘Misleading’ “Why were we never consulted” – Parents We, the parents who were accused of misrepresenting the facts of our smacking cases and therefore misleading Family First, are refuting the claims, and reject the findings of the report commissioned by the Prime Minister. […]

Reviewing the Anti-smacking law

Reformation Testimony The criminalisation of New Zealand parents who discipline their children biblically: Or who will you obey, God or man? New Zealand has a new law which makes the corporal punishment of children a crime. This includes smacking them with a wooden spoon or strap. The government has commissioned two reports, both of which […]

Some Correction Needed, But John Key says it’s OK!

From Family First NZ Some Correction Needed But John Key says it’s OK! Prime Minister John Key and Nigel Latta say the anti-smacking law is working well, that there is no evidence of good parents being criminalised, that Family First has been misled by parents , and that light smacking shouldn’t be a criminal offence […]

Latest Smacking Law Review Offers No Comfort

Family First NZ MEDIA RELEASE 7 December 2009 Latest Smacking Law Review Offers No Comfort Family First NZ is dismissing yet another report on the anti-smacking law which fails to address the real issues and concerns over the law change. “This is the eighth report in just over two years on the law change. There […]

New Deputy Commissioner Will Speak For Families

MEDIA RELEASE 25 November 2009 New Deputy Commissioner Will Speak For Families Family First NZ is welcoming the appointment of Parents Inc’s Bruce Pilbrow as Deputy Families Commissioner. “Bruce Pilbrow will bring some much needed balance at the Commission and rather than talking at parents, it will hopefully start listening to the voice of families […]

MSD report on anti-smacking law reveals more wasted paper

MSD report on anti-smacking law reveals more wasted paper The Kiwi Party Press Release Kiwi Party Leader, Larry Baldock, said the Ministry for Social Development (MSD) report confirms there is no clear evidence anywhere that the law change is making children safer. If the Police and CYF continue to claim it is business as usual […]

Commission of Inquiry into Child Abuse Essential

MEDIA RELEASE 29 October 2009 Commission of Inquiry into Child Abuse Essential ‘How many more children have to die before we do something?’ Family First NZ is repeating its call for a Commission of Enquiry into the unacceptable levels of child abuse and deaths in NZ. The call comes following the suspected child abuse death […]