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McBLOG: The cost of living hits home
According to new polling, families are struggling to pay for essential items such as petrol, food and utilities. They’re also concerned about the effects the ...
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McBLOG: A Manly supporter speaks up
Ronji Tanielu is a die-hard Manly supporter, a Samoan, and an evangelist. He shares his views on the stand being made by the seven Manly ...
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McBLOG: The seven Manly men
Why have you heard so much about Israel Folau and the Manly players, but not about Haneen Zreika or Fawad Ahmed. They’re all Australian sportspeople, ...
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McBLOG: When the media use polling to push a narrative
Some of the mainstream media used recent political polling to blatantly push a pro-abortion narrative. Was their analysis correct – or was it more about ...
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McBLOG: Ministry of Education or Indoctrination
Our children are back to school for the start of term 3. But are they going to be educated or indoctrinated – and is that ...
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FAMILY MATTERS: How to respond to THAT question – what IS a woman?
One of the trickiest questions in the world today is “what is a woman?” The sex/gender distinction is one of the most influential ideas of ...
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McBLOG: Our most-viewed YouTube clips – Jake’s cannabis psychosis story
As part of our school holiday series, we’re highlighting our most viewed videos on our Family First Youtube channel. Jake went to university to study ...
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McBLOG: Top YouTube clips – “Jessica then Tova”
As part of our school holiday series, we’re highlighting our most viewed videos on our Family First Youtube channel. And this humorous video clip from ...
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FAMILY MATTERS: We should celebrate the death of Roe v Wade
Samuel Bilton is a qualified lawyer who is overseeing Family First’s legal research and advocacy. In this latest episode of Family Matters, Samuel explains why ...
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MCBLOG: Our 2nd most watched YouTube video
As part of our school holiday series, we’re highlighting our most viewed videos on our Family First Youtube channel. And this 2019 video is our ...
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McBLOG: 1.8m views – have you watched it yet?
As part of our school holiday series, we’re highlighting our most viewed videos on our Family First Youtube channel. And this 2019 video is the ...
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McBLOG: Was the Supreme Court fair re Family First?
On TVNZ Q&A at the weekend, I discussed with host Jack Tame the reasons that the Supreme Court decision to deregister Family First was inconsistent, ...
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FAMILY MATTERS: Outdoor Education or Outdoor Indoctrination
When you send your children on an outdoor adventure camp or programme, you’re probably expecting that the activities will be based around water safety, abseiling, ...
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McBLOG: Why Roe had to go
On TVNZ Q&A at the weekend, I discussed the reasons that Roe v Wade being overturned was a superb decision. Have a watch. To Jack ...
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McBLOG: Sunday programme fails drug testing debate
Current events programmes should be balanced and present both sides so that viewers can come to their own conclusion – based on the evidence and ...
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McBLOG: What I wish I’d also said on Q&A
In the ‘pressure cooker’ of an interview on a major current events show, sometimes we don’t always quite cover or express all the answers in ...
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McBLOG: Soft on crime, tough on families
Gang-related shootings, stabbings and the use of firearms in general – including against our police – have become disturbingly normal. Firearm-related offences are nearly double ...
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McBLOG: Deregistered – but not defeated
The Supreme Court has supported the decision by the Government to deregister Family First as a charity. This is after the Government appealed an earlier ...
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McBLOG: Roe v Wade is dead. Children can live
The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned the Roe v Wade case that legalised abortion at any stage of the pregnancy. See how the NZ media ...
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McBLOG: Trans sanity breaks out in sports
Sporting codes around the world are starting to wake up to the fact that biology matters in sports, and that fairness should be given more ...
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McBLOG: Reverend Drag Queen!?
Would it surprise you if drag queens were now being ordained as ministers in churches? The hyper-sexualised and gender confused indoctrination is being targeted at ...
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McBLOG: Update on some important legal issues
Here’s a quick update on our two days in the Wellington High Court last week and the application for a Judicial Review on the church ...
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McBLOG: Gender ideology not welcome for children – poll
If you listened to and watched the media coverage on the transgender issue related to our children, you would think that if you believe that ...
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FAMILY MATTERS: The importance of storytelling (and why parents need to be alert!)
Samuel Bilton reminds us that we live in a narrative culture, and that stories have the ability to shape how we feel and then what ...
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McBLOG: When media become cheerleaders, not reporters
A recent Stuff article on the conversion therapy bill was taken to the Media Council who agreed with a number of concerns about the accuracy ...
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McBLOG: The disaster of decriminalising drugs
Drug advocates in NZ want a decriminalisation and health approach to drug use, yet ironically this approach does not appear to be favoured by many ...
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McBLOG: More woke-banning of children’s books
The woke are looking for any children’s books that don’t tick the critical theory intersectionality boxes of race, ethnicity, gender, LGBTQ identity or some other ...
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McBLOG: My daddy’s name is Donor
The NZ Herald article read “Serial sperm donor Kyle Gordy will soon have 58 kids – and is coming to NZ”. The article was a ...
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McBLOG: Guest Contributor – Leao talks about gender identity
Because of an adverse childhood experience, Leao Tildsley struggled with her gender identity. But it was counselling and trusted church support that helped her find ...
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FAMILY MATTERS: The new sexual morality & its impact on culture
Bob McCoskrie talks to Canadian scientist, engineer & philosopher Dr Kirk Durston about the work of JD Unwin, a 1930s Oxford anthropologist who studied 86 ...
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McBLOG: Let’s talk about surrogacy
Everybody’s talking about surrogacy at the moment. The Law Commission. The politicians. The media. But the question that nobody seems to be asking is – ...
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McBLOG: You’ve gotta watch this new documentary
“What is a woman?” – a new documentary by Daily Wire – asks a simple question – what is a woman? Man, do you know ...
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McBLOG: The new weapon targeting children – drag queens!
Our children are being bombarded by hyper-sexuality and gender-confusion messaging 24/7. Online. In the classroom. Everywhere. And now there’s a new show targeting young children ...
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McBLOG: Guest contributor Marianne – Why I oppose abortion
Our first guest contributor Marianne Davidson-Beker sent us her short video presentation on why she opposes abortion, and explains why the “right to choose” and ...
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FAMILY MATTERS: Should we be making surrogacy easier in New Zealand?
June 2022: The Law Commission has just released its review of surrogacy laws in New Zealand, and argues that surrogacy and sperm & egg donation ...
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McBLOG: Increasing concerns about the child ‘transgender trend’
Popular American comedian Bill Maher who says he is an avowed atheist has joined others from the left in raising concerns about the ‘transgender trend’ ...
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McBLOG: US Democrats’ proposed abortion law. As extreme as….?
With the possibility that the atrocious Roe v Wade case – which has resulted in millions of unborn US children being killed in the womb ...
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McBLOG: How to be more woke
We all want to be woke. It’s the ultimate in being human today. Being woke means waking up to the cause. What cause? Every far-left, ...
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McBLOG: Watch “OK” by Iisha Harris
Iisha Harris is a kiwi 9 year old who has written and performed a wonderful song for young people about mental health. We wanted to ...
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McBLOG: Why does the left hate free speech?
Universities always used to be the bastion of free speech – even radicalism and protest. But they’ve slowly changed to being woke, fragile, and only ...
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McBLOG: Beware of The Disinformation Project
Propaganda can come from all quarters. It’s our job to research and sift out the fake stuff and find the credible stuff. The problem for ...
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McBLOG: Taking (selective) offence
It’s very likely you haven’t heard of Haneen Zreika or Idrissa Gueye. But it’s highly likely you’ve heard of Israel Folau and Margaret Court. They’re ...
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McBLOG: Disney’s “woke world after all”
Disney has been captured by a small radical LGBTQQIP2SAA+ movement and is doing all it can to indoctrinate children as young as possible in this ...
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McBLOG: Does the ‘right to silence’ law protect child abusers?
Most parents tell their children – Always tell the truth. If you’ve done nothing wrong, you’ve got nothing to hide or worry about. So does ...
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FAMILY MATTERS: Child psychiatrist calls out harmful transgender ideology
Bob McCoskrie discusses the harms of transgender ideology for children & young people with US child psychiatrist Dr Miriam Grossman. Topics covered include: What is ...
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