by McBlog2 • • Comments Off on Drugs behind more fatal crashes than alcohol – study
NewsHub 14 June 2018 Family First Comment: Expect this rate to go even higher if we go soft on drug laws. www.SayNopeToDope.nz A new Automobile Association study has found people on drugs are causing more fatal crashes than those behind…
by McBlog2 • • Comments Off on Family First: Discharge without conviction for domestic violence sends ‘dangerous message’
Stuff co.nz 11 June 2018 Family First Comment: If we’re saying “It’s not OK”, then serious violence like this should not be ignored or decriminalised! A families advocate and an anti-violence campaigner have spoken out against a court’s refusal to…
by McBlog2 • • Comments Off on Prostitutes reject NZPC as representative organisation of sex workers
NZ sex workers write open letter to Government asking for a Minister of Prostitution NZ Herald 11 June 2018 New Zealand sex workers have written an open letter to the Government asking for the election of a Minister of Prostitution.…
by McBlog2 • • Comments Off on NZ First Congratulated For Protecting Three Strikes Law
Media Release 11 June 2018 Family First NZ is thanking NZ First for blocking the Labour-led coalition government from scrapping the Three Strikes Law. “The Labour government had no public mandate for scrapping it, and the evidence suggests it is…
by McBlog2 • • Comments Off on Teenage girls more at risk from harmful content online than boys
Stuff co.nz 5 June 2018 Family First Comment: “Seven in 10 teens experienced at least one type of unwanted digital communication in the past year. Not all caused harm or distress. Most common was being contacted by a stranger and…
by McBlog2 • • Comments Off on More Teens Than Ever Would Try Marijuana
WebMD 6 June 2018 Family First Comment: “These findings fly in the face of the Big Marijuana argument that somehow fewer young people will use marijuana if it is legalized. These data are clear. As more states move to commercialize,…
by McBlog2 • • Comments Off on Immigration Minister voices “extreme concern” over allegations of sex trafficking
Immigration New Zealand deports migrants engaging in illegal sex work Stuff co.nz 6 June 2018 Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway says he’s “extremely concerned by the numerous allegations of sex trafficking”, as Immigration New Zealand (INZ) deports dozens of illegal sex…
by McBlog2 • • Comments Off on The failed abortion survivor whose mum thought she was dead
BBC News 5 June 2018 Family First Comment: An abortion victim – who lived to tell her story….. “When Melissa Ohden was 14 she learned a shocking secret – her mother had tried to abort her. She was saved by…
by McBlog2 • • Comments Off on Supreme Court rules in favour of baker who would not make wedding cake for gay couple
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 marriage. The court was right…