The Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill is an omnibus bill that seeks to ban "conversion therapy" and is currently before the Justice select committee. In the bill's explanatory note, the term is explained as including "a broad range of practices that…
A Culture of Life
Pastoral dilemmas posed by legal euthanasia
In November, the contentious legislation that allows euthanasia and assisted suicide to be sought and provided will come into effect throughout New Zealand. Passed in November 2020, the law permits terminally ill adults, in the name of autonomy, to request…
Schools and Gender Ideology
In recent weeks the FLI team has been the recipients of emails and messages from concerned parents. These parents are perplexed at why Pride Week, Pink Shirt Day, and the LGBTQ+ agenda are being integrated and celebrated in their child's school.…
WATCH: Supporting people with same-sex attraction to live chaste lives
Increasingly, gender dysphoria and same-sex attraction are lived realities for some people, most especially in Western countries. The prevailing attitude is that these attractions and a LGBTQ+ lifestyle should be embraced. However, Father Bochanski from the Courage apostolate believes that living…
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Abortion numbers rise in first year of new law
Induced abortions in New Zealand have increased in the wake of the passing of the Abortion Legislation Act in March 2020. A total of 13,236 abortions have been recorded by the Ministry of Health for the year 1 January to…
Submission: Safe Areas at abortion centres impose unreasonable restrictions on peaceful citizens
Our organisation, Family Life International NZ, is opposed to the Contraception, Sterilisation and Abortion (Safe Areas) Amendment Bill. It is our position that the restrictions intended to be imposed on peaceful, responsible, and caring citizens are not reasonable in a…
Peaceful candlelight vigil closes Auckland 40 Days for Life vigil
This year's 40 Days for Life vigil in Auckland came to a poignant closing with a well-attended candlelight vigil outside a private abortion centre. Held on Palm Sunday, approximately 300 people gathered on the footpath opposite the Auckland Medical Centre…
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“Safe area” legislation threatens to shut down peaceful prayer vigils
A Bill that would legalize the implementation of so-called “safe areas” around selected abortion centres in New Zealand has been introduced to Parliament and passed its first reading. The Contraception, Sterilisation, and Abortion (Safe Areas) Amendment Bill was introduced by…
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40 Days for Life kicks off in 567 locations
A global effort to end abortion through peaceful presence outside abortion centres, prayer, and fasting has kicked off in 567 cities. You will know this life-saving pro-life activity as 40 Days for Life. Begun in 2004, the peaceful effort has…
New Zealand Family Planning expands its abortion business
With the passing of the Abortion Legislation Act, New Zealand Family Planning has expanded its abortion services. In late 2020 Whangarei Family Planning clinic widened its services to provide early medical abortions. The Charitable Trust which unashamedly proclaims they “are…
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