Family Matters
Family Matters is our in-depth video series where we explore the issues that really matter for kiwi families – parenting, free-speech, marriage, drugs, gender and many more topical issues.
FAMILY MATTERS: Should we be making surrogacy easier in New Zealand?
June 2, 2022
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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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FAMILY MATTERS: Child psychiatrist calls out harmful transgender ideology
May 18, 2022
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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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FAMILY MATTERS: Exposed! Radical Sexuality & Gender Indoctrination in NZ Schools
April 24, 2022
Family Matters News & Stories
If you’re a parent or guardian of a young child, this could be one of the most important episodes of Family Matters that you watch. ...
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FAMILY MATTERS: We need a media we can trust
April 13, 2022
Family Matters News & Stories
Trust in our mainstream media has decreased significantly over the last couple of years – according to a new AUT analysis. Should that concern us? ...
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FAMILY MATTERS: The Myth of ‘Banning’ Conversion (Joe Dallas)
April 8, 2022
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Bob McCoskrie discusses the recent ‘conversion therapy’ ban law with author, conference speaker, and ordained pastoral counselor Joe Dallas from the US. Joe Dallas argues ...
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FAMILY MATTERS: The media’s woeful coverage of the ‘conversion therapy’ debate
April 6, 2022
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An in-depth analysis of the media coverage of the ‘conversion therapy’ bill which was passed in Parliament in February has found that support for the ...
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FAMILY MATTERS: 3 Strikes – Prison, Rehabilitation, Deterrence & Justice
March 23, 2022
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The government wants to repeal the Three Strikes legislation which targets repeat violent offenders. Three Strikes operates on 2 angles – to those it can ...
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FAMILY MATTERS: Sex education gets more extreme
March 16, 2022
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If you as a parent / guardian are already alarmed at the radical gender ideologies & sex education material being recommended by the Ministry of ...
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FAMILY MATTERS: Keep going, even if…
February 18, 2022
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The new law banning ‘conversion therapy’ which was passed in Parliament this week will criminalise certain expressions of parental love, prayer, personal choice and preaching, ...
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WATCH: Top Family Issues 2022
February 8, 2022
Family Matters News & Stories
Parliament is back in session this week for the first time in 2022. Now you might rightly think that the priorities for the Government are ...
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FAMILY MATTERS: Euthanasia & The Risk For Vulnerable Populations
February 2, 2022
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Euthanasia is now legal in New Zealand. In this episode of “Family Matters”, Bob McCoskrie spoke to Professor David Kissane, an Australian cancer psychiatrist whose ...
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FAMILY MATTERS: Why the prostitution law is failing New Zealand
December 10, 2021
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If you listened to the government or the media, you would possibly think that the decriminalisation of prostitution in 2003 was fantastic for women, and ...
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FAMILY MATTERS: The ‘3 Strikes’ law protects families
November 29, 2021
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Gang-related shootings and the use of firearms in general – including against our police – have become disturbingly normal. In 2020, gun crime hit a ...
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FAMILY MATTERS: How to respond to the ‘transgender trend’
November 22, 2021
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Stella O’Malley experienced gender dysphoria throughout her childhood and wanted to identify as a boy, but when she hit puberty, she realised that biology was ...
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FAMILY MATTERS: What you need to know about surrogacy
November 13, 2021
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The Law Commission is currently reviewing surrogacy laws in New Zealand – and a private members bill by Labour MP Tamati Coffey to make surrogacy ...
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FAMILY MATTERS: What you need to know about the new euthanasia law
October 21, 2021
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7th November 2021 will be a sad day in New Zealand’s history. It is the day when euthanasia and assisted suicide become officially legal in ...
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FAMILY MATTERS – Keys to understanding the media
October 16, 2021
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Join the conversation as Brendan Malone and Bob McCoskrie give you 11 keys to understanding the media. You'll learn how to exercise discernment around what ...
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FAMILY MATTERS – Why Fathers Matter
September 2, 2021
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It's Father's Day on Sunday. And that's a great opportunity to honour fathers, and acknowledge their important role in families and in society. In the ...
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‘Conversion Therapy’ Ban – Criminalising Parents, Carers and Counsellors
August 12, 2021
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The Labour government has introduced the “Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Bill” which is a proposed law to ban ‘conversion therapy’. It is vital that families, ...
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FAMILY MATTERS: Hate speech laws – and why you must speak up
August 3, 2021
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The Government has released its plan for laws governing ‘hate speech’, and it is now vital that families and faith communities understand what is really ...
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FAMILY MATTERS: Critiquing Critical Race Theory
July 28, 2021
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Despite widespread acceptance of bi-culturalism and the increasing use of Te Reo Māori, terms like “systemic racism”, “White guilt” and “White privilege” are being enthusiastically ...
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LoveThemBoth 2020 Campaign – Tribute to the families
July 21, 2021
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A tribute to the families involved in our LoveThemBoth campaign in 2020. This tribute was featured at the recent Forum on the Family.
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SAYNOPETODOPE Campaign Summary – Winning Against All The Odds
July 19, 2021
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A video summary of the successful SAM-NZ campaign against legalisation of recreational cannabis use. Featured at the Forum on the Family 2021
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Public Square Award 2021: DR NORMAN MACLEAN
July 19, 2021
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Dr Norman MacLean was honoured at the recent Forum on the Family with the “Public Square Award 2021” for services to women and unborn children. ...
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March For Life Worldwide Promo 2021
July 4, 2021
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BE PART OF A GROWING WORLDWIDE MOVEMENT FOR LIFE! Save the Date: Come and March For Life in Wellington on Saturday 4 December 2021 Organisers ...
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March for Life Promo 2021
June 30, 2021
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Save the Date: Come and March For Life in Wellington on Saturday 4 December 2021 Organisers of New Zealand’s National March for Life are urging ...
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FAMILY MATTERS: Why New Zealand needs more babies
June 2, 2021
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New Zealand’s fertility rate has reached an all-time low, with an average of 1.60 births per woman. This is well below the population replacement level ...
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FAMILY MATTERS: Woke NZ booksellers ‘cancelled’ an important book you should read
May 26, 2021
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A recent Stuff news report said that a couple of activists had complained about the book “When Harry Became Sally – Responding to the Transgender ...
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FAMILY MATTERS: Jacinda’s marriage sends an important societal message
May 19, 2021
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It’s official. Wedding bells will be ringing at the end of the year for our Prime Minister. We should celebrate this announcement – both for ...
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FAMILY MATTERS: Why Mothers Matter
May 5, 2021
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As we prepare to celebrate Mothers Day, the role and definition of “mother” is under attack in our culture. During the atrocious ramming through of ...
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FAMILY MATTERS: Family Dinners – Do They Really Matter?
April 20, 2021
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In our latest episode of Family Matters, we ask the question – should we do more to promote and encourage families to have dinners together ...
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FAMILY MATTERS: Adoption Laws – Adults’ Rights or Children’s Rights?
April 7, 2021
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The government has said that it intends to overhaul the Adoption Act. But is adoption about the rights of the child, or the rights of ...
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FAMILY MATTERS: Birth Certificates – Biology Or Ideology?
April 1, 2021
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The Labour Government has confirmed that it is going to prioritise a law change which will deem birth certificates meaningless and which will continue its ...
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FAMILY MATTERS: The War FOR Drugs
March 16, 2021
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They talk about the war on drugs. “We need to legalise drugs because the war on drugs is lost.” That’s not the real war. What ...
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FAMILY MATTERS: Research & Experience Confirm The Harms Of Abortion
March 10, 2021
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The common narrative we hear from supporters of abortion – all of whom ironically are not at any risk of abortion themselves – is that ...
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FAMILY MATTERS: Fact-checking TVNZ’s Sunday on puberty blockers for children
March 5, 2021
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TVNZ’s Sunday programme recently ‘examined’ the issue of puberty blockers for children who have gender dysphoria. But this wasn’t an ‘investigation’. This was a ...
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