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McBLOG: Has the govt dropped the ball re: trans sports
According to the NZ Herald this morning, the coalition government has backtracked on restricting male and female sports teams to be based on biological sex ...
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Solid Ground with Simon O’Connor – 18th June 2024.
Here’s Solid Ground with Simon O’Connor – for Tuesday 18th June 2024.
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StraightTalk – 17th June 2024
Here is the episode of our StraightTalk live stream for 17th June 2024. This week’s StraightTalk Panelists are Mel Taylor, Simon O’Connor, Rodney Hide, Prof ...
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McBLOG: Wokeness is cancelling the cervix
The cultural left want to destroy the nuclear family and one of their strategies is to redefine the language. The attack on the definition of ...
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McBLOG: Katy Faust at Forum on the Family 2024
Today's McBlog is an interview with Katy Faust, who will be speaking at the upcoming Forum on the Family 2024. Katy Faust is founder and ...
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McBLOG: Maggie Hamilton at Forum on the Family 2024
Today’s episode of McBlog is an interview with author Maggie Hamilton, who will be speaking at our upcoming Forum on the Family 2024.
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PulsePoint – 13th June 2024
Welcome to PulsePoint for 13th June - the latest media stories and research related to family and society that you need to know about – ...
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FAMILY MATTERS: We should keep the Easter culture
There is yet another attempt to liberalise our Easter trading laws and the 1st Reading of the bill will likely happen next month (July). Family ...
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McBLOG: Melissa Ohden at Forum on the Family 2024
Today's episode of McBlog is an interview with abortion survivor Melissa Ohden, who will be speaking at our upcoming Forum on the Family 2024
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Solid Ground with Simon O’Connor – 10th June 2024
Here’s Solid Ground with Simon O’Connor – for Tuesday 10th June 2024.
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StraightTalk – 10th June 2024
Here is the episode of our StraightTalk live stream for 10th June 2024 – straight to the heart of the matter, no apologies and no ...
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McBLOG: Chloe Cole at Forum on the Family 2024
In a special series of McBLOG, we want to introduce you to four of the key speakers at the upcoming Forum on the Family 2024. ...
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McBLOG: Disney’s Star Wars to Woke Wars
The new Disney “Star Wars” show, “The Acolyte.” has been promoted as the gayest “Star Wars” show yet. A commenter wrote, “Disney keeps doubling down ...
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FAMILY MATTERS with Parent, Professor, Pro-Lifer Dr Joanna Howe
Family First’s Simon O’Çonnor speaks with prominent pro-lifer, Dr Joanna Howe, from Australia. Dr Howe has a Doctorate of Law from Oxford University, is a ...
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StraightTalk Special – 5th June
A special edition of StraightTalk. Simon O'Connor and Bob McCoskrie discuss the Budget and take your questions.
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PulsePoint – 6th June 2024
Welcome to PulsePoint for 6th June - the latest media stories and research related to family and society that you need to know about – ...
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McBLOG: WokeUp.nz is here
A new website WokeUp.nz has just been launched by Family First NZ. The website documents wokeness in New Zealand-based businesses so that kiwi consumers can ...
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McBLOG: Guess who’s still pushing RSE
Despite the intention of the new Government coalition to review the radical RSE programme in schools, both the Ministry of Education and InsideOut are going ...
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Solid Ground with Simon O’Connor – 4th June 2024
Here’s Solid Ground with Simon O’Connor – for Tuesday 4th June 2024.
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FAMILY MATTERS: Bridging the education gap
Family First's Simon O'Connor sits down and chats with Mark Bridges (yes - his brother in law!) about education in New Zealand. Mark is a ...
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PulsePoint – 30th May 2024
Welcome to PulsePoint for 30th May 2024 - the latest media stories and research related to family and society that you need to know about ...
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McBLOG: Euthanasia’s slippery slope
The push is on to expand the euthanasia law. We knew it was coming. We knew it was coming when the law was first passed. ...
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Solid Ground with Simon O’Connor – 28th May 2024
Here's Solid Ground with Simon O’Connor - for Tuesday 28th May 2024.
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StraightTalk – 27th May 2024
Here is the episode of our StraightTalk live stream for 27th May 2024 – straight to the heart of the matter, no apologies and no ...
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McBLOG: Progress on the demolition of RSE
If you spoke up against the Relationships and Sexuality Education curriculum over the past 12 months – then all we can say is – thank ...
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McBLOG: ‘Pride’ isn’t a virtue for our kids
There are so many 'LGBT'-focused days, campaigns and flags during the year that it may be easier to mark the days when it’s not being ...
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PulsePoint – 22nd May 2024
In this episode of PulsePoint, we’ll update you on these topics: 1. The tragic case of a gender confused teenage trying to remove her breasts. ...
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McBLOG: My controversial Wellington talk – beware, my precious
Last weekend, a controversial (according to the Mayor & media) conference was held to talk about gender ideology and the harm it is doing to ...
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FAMILY MATTERS: Tickle v Giggle (a serious case!)
Family First's Simon O'Connor talks to Sall Grover, the Australian founder of an independent female-only social media, networking platform, and app called ‘Giggle’. Sall shares ...
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McBLOG: The speech that triggered the woke
The name Harrison Butker is trending on social media at the moment. Why? Because the three-time Super Bowl champion NFL kicker who is also a ...
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StraightTalk – 20th May 2024
Here is the episode of our StraightTalk live stream for 20th May 2024. This week’s StraightTalk Panelists are Simon O’Connor, Christine Rankin, Bruce Logan, Brendan ...
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McBLOG: Heal the mind, not cut the body
We live in a culture that emphasises personal identity against holistic health – ideology against biology – and we saw a screaming example of that ...
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McBLOG: Charter schools are back!
The Government is bringing back charter schools, an education model scrapped by the Labour-led coalition in 2017. We speak to Alwyn Poole who, from 2013 ...
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PulsePoint – 16th May 2024
Welcome to PulsePoint for May 9th 2024 - the latest media stories and research related to family and society that you need to know about ...
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StraightTalk Special – 15th May
StraightTalk Special - welcoming Simon O’Connor to the Family First team. Join Simon O'Connor and Bob McCoskrie for a special edition of Family First's StraightTalk.
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McBLOG: The pro-drug crowd’s own goal
The pro drugs crowd are back. More than 150 'experts' have signed an open letter to the Government calling for the legalisation of ALL drugs. ...
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StraightTalk – 13th May 2024
Here is the episode of our StraightTalk live stream for 13th May 2024 - straight to the heart of the matter, no apologies and no ...
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McBLOG: Preaching personal pronouns in the Public Service
You would think that at this time, the Public Service Commission would be concerned about jobs being lost and redundancies and all that sort of ...
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Solid Ground with Simon O’Connor
Here's an introduction to Solid Ground with Simon O'Connor, our latest Family First show that goes live Tuesday's at 8am on YouTube and Facebook. Since ...
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McBLOG: Winston’s straight flush
A bill called the “Fair Access to Bathrooms Bill” has been introduced as a private members bill to Parliament by NZ First. It's pretty easy ...
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FAMILY MATTERS: Happy adult human female day (2024)
As we prepare to celebrate Mothers Day, the role and definition of “mother” is under attack in our culture. Our latest episode of FAMILY MATTERS ...
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PulsePoint – 9th May 2024
Welcome to PulsePoint – the latest media stories and research related to family and society that you need to know about – issues from both ...
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McBLOG: New trans guidelines for schools will be welcomed by families
There’s a new resource for schools entitled “Students and Social Transition: A gender identity policy guide for New Zealand schools” from the Ethos Alliance. It's ...
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FAMILY MATTERS: The ‘Three Strikes Law’ will protect families
The coalition government have announced that they’re going to reinstate the Three Strikes Law – the law that gives clear consequences for repeat violent offenders. ...
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StraightTalk – 6th May 2024
Here’s the full episode of StraightTalk from the 6th May 2024. This week’s StraightTalk Panelists are Simon O'Connor, Peter Williams, Dr Michael Reid, Ate Moala ...
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