Media Release 13 April 2026 Right to Life questions whether Winston Peters and New Zealand First are pro-life. Right to Life is disappointed that a perusal of the policies of NZ First for the 2026 general election reveal a complete absence of any policy to protect the lives of unborn children or of the vulnerable in our community threatened by euthanasia. Right to life believes that the first duty of those we elect to sit in our parliament, is to protect the right to life of

Media Release 29 March 2026 The global day of action to destigmatise abortion on 28 March continues the war against women and their precious unborn children. She * Rights are promoting this initiative in New Zealand, careful not to disclose its association with the International Planned Parenthood Federation and Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa, formerly Family Planning New Zealand. From the beginning of time the human race has upheld the stigma of murder to condemn the taking of i

Media Release 13 November 2025 Right to Life congratulates the John Paul II Centre for Life on its celebration of twenty years since it began building in our community a culture of life, marriage and family. The Centre has faithfully upheld the teachings of the 1968 papal encyclical Humanae Vitae (Of Human Life) of Pope Paul VI. This important encyclical promotes the dignity of women and men and marriage. It opposes contraception, abortion and sterilisation, which all viola

Media Release 10 November 2025 God invites us to comfort Him and share his unspeakable pain and suffering with Him, as He endures contemplating the dismembered bodies of His beautiful unborn children, who are unrepeatable miracles of His loving creation. Dominated by the culture of death, the world refuses to acknowledge the suffering of our Creator, the author of life and the Creator of His beautiful children, who are made in His image and likeness. God, the Lord of life, ha

Media Release 19 October 2025 The New Zealand Catholic Bishop’s Conference have adopted the theme for Respect for life for October 2025, “pilgrims of hope . Building a culture of love and life.” October is observed by the Catholic Church as Respect Life month, a time for reflection on the dignity of human life from conception to natural death. During this month, the church encourages activities which celebrate, defend, and cherish life, such as prayer, education, and communi

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