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Archived News
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- FPA_only when ready - 17 October 2007
- great idea3 - 20 December 2006
- great idea2 - 20 December 2006
- Great idea - 18 December 2006
- Make it safe this Christmas - 22 December 2005
- Three Wise Men - 9 December 2003
Three wise men will carry the safer summer sex message in a new campaign launching this week.
- Hamilton Inquest Finding - 6 November 2003
The Family Planning Association (FPA) say confirmation from the Hamilton coroner into the death of Stacey Brindle that everything was done correctly can be of little comfort to those involved.
- Winter Wrap Campaign - 22 August 2003
The Family Planning Association has launched a nation-wide poster campaign encouraging New Zealanders to consider safer sex options.
- Think More About Sex on Valentines Day - 13 February 2003
The Family Planning Association challenge to New Zealanders this Valentines Day is to think and talk more about sex.
- US Position on Population & Development Rejected - 20 December 2002
Thirty Governments from the Asia Pacific region, including New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific Island states have adopted an action plan focusing on population issues as central to reducing poverty in the region and to meeting the UN Millennium Development Goal of halving the number of the world's poorest people, living on less than $1 a day.
- Complacency No Protection From HIV/AIDS - 29 November 2002
New Zealanders who ignore safer sex advice continue to risk exposure to HIV/AIDS, and their chances of being infected are increasing, the Family Planning Association says.
- New Zealanders slow to grasp safer sex - 26 November 2002
A worrying number of New Zealanders have admitted in the 2002 Durex Global Sex Survey that they did not use a condom when they had sex with a new partner in the previous year.
- Basic Reproductive Rights Threatened - 14 November 2002
While the eyes of the world watch Iraq and the United States, the Family Planning Association New Zealand is joining organisations from around the world in urging their governments not to forget their women.
- FPA says no new evidence on HRT - 24 October 2002
The Family Planning Association (FPA) says the overnight news that the British Medical Research Council is halting its study into the long-term use of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), should not give New Zealand women extra cause for concern.
- Women Taking HRT Should Seek Medical Advice - 10 July 2002
FPA is advising post-menopausal women who are taking Hormone Replacement Therapy, to consider with their health professional at their next visit, if they should continue the medication.
- More Talk About Sexuality Issues - 31 May 2002
Latest Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) figures from ESR make grim reading - and are an urgent reminder that sexual and reproductive health must become a priority for District Health Boards, health providers and those involved in delivering education, FPA Executive Director, Dr Gill Boddy-Greer says.
- Addressing Teen Pregnancy Numbers - 29 May 2002
FPA says New Zealand's ranking on UNICEF's table of Teenage Births in Rich Nations is an urgent reminder of the real need to deliver the action plans being developed through the Sexual and Reproductive Health Strategy.
- FPA Welcomes New Health Funding - 13 March 2002
The Family Planning Association (FPA) has welcomed the Government's provision of more funding for primary health care and hopes some will be directed to sexual and reproductive health services.
- The Vagina Monologues- Benefit Performances - 23 January 2002
Christchurch, Nelson and Wellington theatre-goers have the chance to catch the one night only benefit performances of "The Vagina Monologues," starring Dame Kate Harcourt, Lorae Parry and Fiona Collins.
- Concern Over President Bush's Funding Threat - 17 January 2002
The Family Planning Association (FPA) New Zealand is concerned over United States President, George W Bush's threat to cut funding to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
- Female Condom Now Available - 30 November 2001
FPA has begun importing the Female Condom and it is now available through Family Planning Clinics around New Zealand.
- Wake Up Call To Sexually Active New Zealanders - 27 November 2001
FPA says the new Durex Global Sex Survey 2001 that highlights increasing rates of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) should be a wake up call for New Zealanders, who have a worrying complacency about HIV/AIDS.
- Precaution Advised In Wake Of Pill Recall - 20 November 2001
FPA is advising women who take the contraceptive pill Estelle-35 ED - of which two batches have been recalled - to ensure they use extra contraceptive protection in the coming days.
- Sexual & Reproductive Health Strategy - 18 October 2001
The Sexual and Reproductive Health Strategy released today, identifies a number of important issues.
- New Websites to Raise Awareness - 17 October 2001
The Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Helen Clark, will officially launch the new Family Planning Association websites at a function at the Beehive tonight (Wednesday 17 October) - and online at other functions in Auckland and Christchurch.
- Increased Access To ECP - 5 October 2001
FPA is pleased New Zealand women are to have increased access to the Emergency Contraceptive Pill (ECP).
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