Category: Marriage

  • John Key on Redefining Marriage – And why you may have been confused!

    John Key – speaking to media at the ‘Big Gay Out’ Feb 2014 “The reality is that if I hadn’t voted for gay marriage it’s less likely it would have passed because the truth is that centre-right politicians are the ones that are less likely to vote for gay marriage – that’s been the trend around the…

  • NEW RESOURCE To Help You Defend Marriage

    Family First has put together a one page summary of the key points to help you defend marriage as it has always been defined. Perfect to slip in your wallet or handbag or have on your smartphone. Leave it lying around on the coffee table, or include it in your newsletters or church bulletins or…

  • Protect Marriage — have your say…

    OFF TO SELECT COMMITTEE By a vote of 80 for, 40 against (and 1 absent), the Same-Sex Marriage Bill is off to the Select Committee. This means that people like you can make submissions and have your say direct to the MP’s – and we’ll help you every step of the way with information and resources so as to make…

  • MARRIAGE PETITION – A big push before the 1st Reading

    From Family First: A BIG Push before the 1st Reading Hi Barbara We are inching towards 30,000 signatures on our Protect Marriage Petition! It has been an incredible response in such a short time. We’ve been asked whether there is a deadline for the petitions? Answer: We would like to get as many signatures as possible BEFORE…

  • Marriage Breakdown Costing Taxpayers At Least $1 Billion a Year

    MEDIA RELEASE – 20 October 2008 Marriage Breakdown Costing Taxpayers At Least $1 Billion a Year In the first research of its kind in NZ, a new report estimates that the fiscal cost to the taxpayer of family breakdown and decreasing marriage rates is at least $1 billion per year and has cost approximately $8…