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McBlog: ‘Trust Barometer’ Gets Even Chillier Towards Media
April 11, 2025
McBlog
New polling has been released which continues to confirm the severe lack of trust that the NZ public has in the mainstream legacy news media, ...
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Family Matters – Dr Kevin Donnelly on challenging the woke
April 10, 2025
Family Matters
Dr Kevin Donnelly AM is a leading public intellectual in Australia. He is a frequent commentator and author around education and wider cultural issues. His ...
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McBlog: Kiwibank Responds To Claims Of Wokeness… Badly!
April 10, 2025
McBlog
It appears that the heads of Kiwibank may have been watching McBlog, because they’ve responded to accusations of wokeness – and they’ve actually confirmed just ...
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Solid Ground with Simon O’Connor – 10 April 2025
April 10, 2025
Solid Ground
Join Simon O'Connor on Family First's Solid Ground, as he breaks down the political games in the Green Party's latest media stand-up, and also asks ...
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Solid Ground with Simon O’Connor – 8 April 2025
April 8, 2025
Solid Ground
Solid Ground this morning looks at the satirical ads targeting the Green Party's call to "defund the police" as well as the expansion of euthanasia ...
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StraightTalk – 7 April 2025
April 8, 2025
StraightTalk
Here's StraightTalk for 7 April 2025. Join Simon, Ate, Michael, Peter, and Sue as they discuss the pressing topics of the day including GP wait ...
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Solid Ground with Simon O’Connor – 7 April 2025
April 7, 2025
Solid Ground
Join Simon O'Connor for Solid Ground. He discusses how the Greens will continue to hide away from the media spotlight and highlights concerns in the ...
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Solid Ground with Simon O’Connor – 4 April 2025
April 4, 2025
Solid Ground
Here's Solid Ground with Simon O'Connor - 4 April 2025. Simon O'Connor talks everything from Trump's tariffs to Shakespeare. Tune in.
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Political Playback – 3 April 2025
April 4, 2025
Political Playback
Here's Political Playback for April 3 2025 - as Simon O'Connor and Alfred Ngaro discuss the political news of the last week. From the demise ...
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Solid Ground with Simon O’Connor – 3 April 2025
April 3, 2025
Solid Ground
Here’s Solid Ground with Simon O’Connor – for 3 April 2025. Simon O'Connor talks through the news of the last 24 hours both here in ...
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Solid Ground with Simon O’Connor – 2 April 2025
April 2, 2025
Solid Ground
Bob is still away, so Simon O'Connor hosts Solid Ground this morning. From the ongoing turmoil in the Greens to how legacy media are responding, ...
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Solid Ground with Simon O’Connor – 1 April 2025
April 1, 2025
Solid Ground
Here’s Solid Ground with Simon O’Connor – for 1 April 2025. Simon discusses the topics of the day, including reflections on how mainstream media are ...
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StraightTalk – 31 Mar 2025
April 1, 2025
StraightTalk
Here's StraightTalk for 31 Mar 2025. We cut through the spin and discuss the current issues related to family and society.
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Political Playback – 27 March 2025
March 28, 2025
Political Playback
Bob and Simon discuss the Green's narrative around defunding the police and taking away police on the beat (despite their benefit); the atheist academic who ...
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Solid Ground with Simon O’Connor – 27 March 2025
March 27, 2025
Solid Ground
Here’s Solid Ground with Simon O’Connor – for 27 March 2025. Simon discusses the issues of the day and answers your questions.
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McBlog: Media Doxxing Protestors They Disagree With
March 26, 2025
McBlog
There’s a subtle trend towards doxxing in New Zealand – by the legacy news media. But it depends on who the person is and what ...
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Solid Ground with Simon O’Connor – 25 March 2025
March 25, 2025
Solid Ground
Here’s Solid Ground with Simon O’Connor – for Tuesday 25th March 2025. Simon discusses the issues of the day and answers your questions.
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StraightTalk – 24 March 2025
March 25, 2025
StraightTalk
In this episode, we discuss Christopher Luxon’s ‘worshipping’ in India; "WWJVF" – Who Would Jesus Vote For; newspaper cartoonists take a crack at Jesus but ...
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McBlog: MBIE In The Business Of… Wokeness
March 24, 2025
McBlog
The government body that promotes business, innovation and employment in NZ (MBIE) is no different to MFAT (New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade) ...
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Political Playback – 20 March 2025
March 21, 2025
Political Playback
Bob and Simon discuss a Green MP’s TikTok messaging; Te Pati Maori’s violent rhetoric; ACT’s claim to Jesus’ vote; Labour’s selective messaging; Winston’s clash with ...
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McBlog: Heeadsss-Up Warning To Parents
March 20, 2025
McBlog
Have you heard of GoodSpace? And also the HEEADSSS Assessment. GoodSpace Schools is presented as a schoolwide support system that “empowers school teams to create ...
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