Mentions of Family First NZ in New Zealand Parliament debates
Family First NZ has been mentioned in 13 parliamentary debates since November 2005.
Third Readings 4 Oct 2011
Hon JOHN BOSCAWEN ... that that term be dropped back from 3 years to 2 years. In this particular instance I refer to the submission of Family First. One of the things I have been able to do in my 3 years in Parliament has been to present a member’s bill that tried ...
Electoral (Finance Reform and Advance Voting) Amendment Bill, Parliamentary Service Amendment Bill - Third Readings
Third Readings 15 Dec 2010
Hon JOHN BOSCAWEN ... business associations, and lobby groups that support a particular cause. I think of the Sensible Sentencing Trust, of Family First, and of the various trade unions. Each of those organisations should be able put out its case at the 3-yearly general ...
Electoral (Finance Reform and Advance Voting) Amendment Bill
In Committee 14 Dec 2010
Hon JOHN BOSCAWEN ... a third-party organisation. I do not care whether it is the Exclusive Brethren, the Catholics, the St John Ambulance, Family First, the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, or the New Zealand Amalgamated Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union;...
Electoral (Finance Reform and Advance Voting) Amendment Bill, Parliamentary Service Amendment Bill - Second Readings
Second Readings 7 Dec 2010
Hon JOHN BOSCAWEN ... be in this debating chamber and to go around the press gallery. I look at a press release put out this afternoon by Family First, which is a so-called third-party organisation, criticising this bill. Does Family First have the right to come into ...
General Debate 10 Nov 2010
TE URUROA FLAVELL ... Koi nei te mea ohorere ki a au, ko ngā rōpū pēnei i a Problem Gambling, Poverty Action Waikato, Salvation Army, Family First. Ko Len Brown tonu te tumuaki hou o Tāmaki-makau-rau kua kaha tautoko mai i te wairua o tēnei pire. Ko ētahi o ngā ...
Shop Trading Hours Act 1990 Repeal (Easter Sunday Local Choice) Amendment Bill
First Reading 9 Dec 2009
CAROL BEAUMONT ... just about unionists. It is not. As my colleague Darien Fenton has said, churches oppose these changes, as does Family First, which is not normally an organisation I have a great deal in common with. Many, many people and organisations oppose ...
General Debate 26 Aug 2009
JOHN BOSCAWEN ... as part of good parental correction be a criminal offence in New Zealand? The answer was an overwhelming no. As the Family First organisation pointed out, the percentage of people who voted No in that referendum was higher than the percentage who ...
Justice
Electoral Finance Act—Public Participation in Democracy 26 Aug 2008
Hon Bill English ... that the Electoral Finance Act promotes public participation in democracy, when a well-known public interest group, Family First, was deterred from producing material, after legal advice to it from the law firm Bell Gully pointed out that the ...
Hon ANNETTE KING It is very much up to Family First to decide what it does. If it wants to campaign in the election, then I think it should enrol as a third party and get ...
Electoral Finance Bill
In Committee 4 Dec 2007
ANNE TOLLEY ... Committee hearing, because submissions from a whole range of people, including Associate Professor Andrew Geddis, Family First New Zealand, Libertarianz, the Employers and Manufacturers Association, the Human Rights Commission, David Farrar, the ...
Employment Relations (Flexible Working Arrangements) Amendment Bill
Third Reading 21 Nov 2007
Hon MARK GOSCHE ... for Families. They do not know what that last word means. I am looking forward to that funny organisation called Family First coming out tomorrow with a full-page ad in support of this bill. That will be a case of “Yeah, right!” This ...
General Debate 19 Jul 2006
SUE BRADFORD ... groups that claim to represent Christianity such as Garnet Milne’s Reformation Testimony, the Maxim Institute, Family First, and Family Integrity. The booklet referred to in the Dominion Post this morning called is a Family Integrity ...
General Debate 21 Jun 2006
TARIANA TURIA ... teams of whānau practitioners who take practical steps to dispel the illusion that violence is acceptable. The Family First Lobby believes that we could reduce the prevalence of child abuse by providing relationship, marriage, and parenting ...
Easter Sunday Shop Trading Amendment Bill
First Reading 17 May 2006
KATE WILKINSON ... us to shop. Nothing in this bill is compulsory; nothing in this bill is mandatory. It has been stated by the Family First Lobby that: “Public holidays are traditions. They create rituals for families, not based on shopping but on ...