Media & Shows
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Media & Shows
Daybreak – 100th episode – 5 December 2025
In this special 100th episode of Daybreak – media coverage of school lunches has suddenly died again; Leo Molloy is in trouble from the Veterinary ...
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Political Playback – 4 December 2025
In this episode of Political Playback, with guest panellist Peter Williams – Andrew Coster resigns; a new political – why isn’t the media reporting it; ...
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Solid Ground with Simon O’Connor – 4 December 2025
In this episode of Solid Ground, Simon reflects on some recent comments by an evolutionary biologist about how some younger people are forgoing children and ...
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Family Matters – When losing is actually winning, with Dr Craig Heilmann
In this episode of Family Matters, Simon interviews Dr. Craig Heilmann, a pastor and theologian who has recently returned to Australia from New Zealand. They ...
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Daybreak – 3 December 2025
In this episode of Daybreak – a spectacular own goal in the left & the media’s fight against the government on school lunches; why are ...
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McBlog: Wow, They’re Really Freaking Out Now
The latest edition of the NZ Listener has a front page sprawling with the heading “Right Turn – The global rise of radical conservatism and ...
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Solid Ground – 100th Episode – 2 December 2025
In this milestone 100th episode of Solid Ground, Simon celebrates all the viewers and team who have helped make the show a success. A significant ...
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StraightTalk – 1 December 2025
Here's StraightTalk for 1 December 2025. In this episode - we often talk about the leaders of the two major political parties – Chris and ...
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Daybreak – 1 December 2025
In this episode of Daybreak – Labour voters aren’t keen on Te Pati Maori; Labour party distancing itself from Jacinda?; Stuff pushes youth voter narrative ...
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Daybreak – 28 November 2025
In this episode of Daybreak – cannabis users and their supporters are worried about being caught driving – diddums; the time taken to establish an ...
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Political Playback – 27 November 2025
In this episode of Political Playback – is the media playing “gotcha” with our politicians & what does this mean for voters; both NZ First ...
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McBlog: InsideOut’s New CEO Is A Trans Drag Queen
Bet you never saw that one coming. But InsideOut can appoint whoever they want to their staff. It could be a furry, for all we ...
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Solid Ground – 27 November 2025
In this episode of Solid Ground, Simon discusses a wide range of topics including media bias, an update on a devastating fire in Hong Kong, ...
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Family Matters – Harry Oram on creatively celebrating our values
In this episode of Family Matters, host Simon O'Connor interviews Harry Oram, co-founder of the Third Culture Foundation, on creatively celebrating our values.
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McBlog: The Law On Drugs Is Working
The claim is always made the “war on drugs” isn’t working and that we should legalise all drugs. The Drug Foundation want you to believe ...
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Solid Ground – 25 November 2025
In this episode of Solid Ground, Simon discusses the good, the bad, the bizarre, and the ugly. He starts with positive news coming out of ...
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StraightTalk – 24 November 2025
In this episode of StraightTalk, we discuss – Could Winston do a 2017 and go with Labour, surely not; Is Luxon toast or is this ...
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McBlog – Puberty Blocker Risks Don’t Matter – HRC
The Human Rights Commission have re-confirmed why they should be treated with both contempt and extreme caution. The decision last week by the Government to ...
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Daybreak – 24 November 2025
In today’s episode of Daybreak – the appallingly biased media coverage of the puberty blockers decision; why do they ignore young people such as Zara; ...
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Daybreak – 21 November 2025
In this episode Daybreak - why the Children's Commissioner's claims of prioritising children should be treated with caution; the media look for outrage against the ...
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Political Playback – 20 November 2025
In this episode of Political Playback – how has the media covered the puberty blocker issue (hint: not well); the latest IPSOS political poll suggests ...
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