In a Media Release issued today …. Family First NZ [a registered charity with the Charities Commission] is welcoming comments made today by an internationally renowned neurosurgeon visiting the country rejecting the anti-smacking law and labeling it as part of a ‘politically correct bandwagon’. [Family First has vigorously lobbied for some years now to have the [...]
Society (SPCS) members donated $4,950 in 2010 towards the printing of multiple copies of John Bunyan’s classic work – The Pilgrim’s Progress, and donated $5,245 in 2011: - a total of $10,195 donated over two years (see advertisement for donations on homepage of website). In addition SPCS has raised thousands of dollars from non-members towards this Books in Prisons project via [...]
OPINION – by Warwick Rasnussen – Deputy Editor – Manawatu Standard. 01/03/2012 Fairfax NZ News Story “fringe conspiracy theory thinking does Mr Crow no favours. And if he seriously thinks that the council plotted against him, he’s got to be kidding.” It caused plenty of reaction when it first arrived in town, but it will [...]
Manawatu Standard 29 Feb 2012 The controversial Erotica Expo and Boobs on Bikes parade will no longer be held in Palmerston North – but organiser Steve Crow has fired some parting shots. Mr Crow confirmed the expo, which first came to Palmerston North in 2005, would not return after door sales were down 50 per [...]
A bill aimed at clearing prostitutes off the streets in trouble spots around Auckland is stirring up debate among supporters and opponents. Family First NZ, a registered charity with the Charities Commission headed by Trevor Garrett, has been urging families around New Zealand to make submissions supporting the zoning bill to the select committee, before [...]
The government says it will work to restore the Christian faith to the center of public life in Britain. This article from the Stonegate Institute is food for thought ………….. “We have even tolerated these segregated communities behaving in ways that run completely counter to our values. … I believe a genuinely liberal country… believes [...]
ASH New Zealand Inc. is an incorporated society, a lobby group, and a registered charity with the Charities Commission (CC31354). ASH was registered as a charity on 30 June 2008. Its stated “Mission” is “to improve the health and well being of all New Zealanders by eliminating disease and premature death due to tobacco” [Emphasis [...]
Cynical Porn Parade Will Confront Children: Family First NZ Media Release 22/02/12 Family First NZ [a registered charity with the Charities Commission] is advising parents of school children in Palmerston North to be aware that there will be a public pornography parade featuring topless girls happening after children have been released from school on Friday. [It [...]
Collins dismisses call to establish Islamic tourism – Fairfax Media A Government report calling for promotion of strictly Islamic tourism in New Zealand has been disowned by Ethnic Affairs Minister Judith Collins. In a briefing to its incoming minister, the Office of Ethnic Affairs had called for halal tourism, along with the creation of a [...]
Prison staff caught using work internet to view porn. Dominion Post 14 February 2012 Corrections staff are using work computers to get porn and access high-profile prisoners’ details. Despite the breaches, provided to The Dominion Post under the Official Information Act, none of the staff involved were fired and some – caught accessing high-profile prisoners’ [...]
In its media release issued today, Family First NZ, a charity registered with the Charities Commission headed by Trevor Garrett, is repeating its call for law changes to the Prostitution Reform Act in order to protect families and businesses from the unregulated activities of the sex industry. Prostitution Law Harming Homes And Retailers Family First NZ is [...]
Pornography, Public Morality and Consitutional Rights An essay by Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University and editorial board member of Public Discourse This essay, published 17 October 2011, is adapted from remarks he delivered earlier this month at a conference honoring John Finnis at the University of Notre Dame. Copyright 2011 The Witherspoon [...]
As the Society’s executive has clearly stated on this website, ever since the Society was granted charity status by the Charities Commission on 17 December 2007, …………. The Society’s Web blog aims to stimulate rational reflection on, and reasoned appraisal of, a wide rage of issues affecting families and society. Since human opinion is always corrigible and [...]
ALCOHOL ABUSE is saddling the New Zealand health system with “entirely avoidable costs” and causing despair among staff who pick up the pieces, Wellington health leaders say. In an open letter to The Dominion Post, 14 of the 18 members of Capital & Coast and Hutt Valley district health boards have called for “a community-wide [...]
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As the Society’s executive has clearly stated on this website, ever since the Society was granted charity status by the Charities Commission on 17 December 2007, …………. The Society’s Web blog aims to stimulate rational reflection on, and reasoned appraisal of, a wide rage of issues affecting families and society. Since human opinion is always corrigible and [...]