by McBlog2 • • Comments Off on Bob McCoskrie: Twenty-six weeks paid parental leave should just be for mothers
Stuff co.nz 30 November 2017 Family First Comment: It is currently being proposed that the 26 weeks of paid parental leave (due to be fully delivered in 2020 – why not immediately?) is shared between both parents. We believe mothers…
by McBlog2 • • Comments Off on Want to avoid dementia? Get married, research suggests
The Telegraph 28 November 2017 Family First Comment: Another good reason to promote marriage Getting married could significantly reduce the chances of developing dementia, a new study suggests. Levels of social interaction may explain the finding, experts have said, after…
by McBlog2 • • Comments Off on Teen boys can share showers on Girlguiding trips (UK)
Daily Mail 26 November 2017 Family First Comment: Unbelievable. Has Scouts and Girl Guides lost their way in NZ also?? “Left-wing feminist campaigner Julie Bindel added: ‘This is not a moral panic. The concern that I and many feminists have…
by McBlog2 • • Comments Off on Sensible ‘Tweak’ To Classification of Books Law
Media Release 30 November 2017 Family First NZ is welcoming the passing of the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification (Interim Restriction Order Classification) Amendment Bill, saying that it will fix an anomaly in the law which impacted on the debate…
by McBlog2 • • Comments Off on Religious beliefs mean English midwife faces deportation
NewsTalk ZB 28 November 2017 Family First Comment: What the….!!!??? “She married her New Zealand husband Matt a year ago, but because of their religious beliefs they didn’t live together before marriage. Witt told Mike Hosking that because of this,…
by McBlog2 • • Comments Off on Cannabis crops booming in ideal growing conditions
NewsHub 28 November 2017 Family First Comment: “While cannabis may be seen as a lesser of two evils when compared to hard drugs such as methamphetamine (‘P’), Detective Sergeant Shane Pilmer of the Northland Police Organised Crime Squad told Newshub…
by McBlog2 • • Comments Off on Chch residents expect sex workers to return
Radio NZ News 27 November 2017 Family First Comment: “Residents were already gathering pictures of condoms and needles in their gardens, video of sex workers shouting as well as pictures of business transactions taking place in front of their homes.”…
by McBlog2 • • Comments Off on Dad Parental Leave Should Be Separate, Not Shared
Media Release 27 November 2017 Family First NZ says that mothers should receive their full entitlement to paid parental leave, and dads should be given a separate entitlement – not shared between the parents. Family First made the first call…
by McBlog2 • • Comments Off on Uncensored nude dating show causes a stir after hitting Kiwi screens
NZ Herald 26 November 2017 Family First Comment: Angry – AND frustrated and disgusted and concerned… The tv networks are racing to the bottom, and the BSA is asleep at the wheel. A reality TV dating show with full-frontal nudity…
by McBlog2 • • Comments Off on Pokies ‘taking food out of the mouths of children’, says GP Lance O’Sullivan
Stuff co.nz 26 November 2017 Family First Comment: Well said, Dr Lance O’Sullivan Children are being left to wait outside Kaitaia pubs while their parents are inside gambling – parents who could ill-afford to lose $100, says former New Zealander…