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“We've been effectively 'cancelled' by the mainstream media - probably since the 2013 marriage debate” - Bob McCoskrie

With the mainstream media and social media platforms becoming increasingly hostile towards conservative organisations and viewpoints, our goal is to sidestep them and speak directly to our thousands of supporters. Our goal is to produce credible and well-researched summaries of the issues affecting families, which will educate and empower them to also speak up. And judging by the response, our supporters are loving it!

Family First TV

“We've been effectively 'cancelled' by the mainstream media - probably since the 2013 marriage debate” - Bob McCoskrie

With the mainstream media and social media platforms becoming increasingly hostile towards conservative organisations and viewpoints, our goal is to sidestep them and speak directly to our thousands of supporters. Our goal is to produce credible and well-researched summaries of the issues affecting families, which will educate and empower them to also speak up. And judging by the response, our supporters are loving it!

Family First Shows

Political Playback - 29th Aug 2024

Political Playback – 29th Aug 2024

Here’s the latest episode of our new live show “Political Playback” with Simon O’Connor and Bob McCoskrie – looking back at the week in politics. ...
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McBLOG - 1News social media policy

McBLOG: 1News’ social media policy… good for some

1News claims that “comments that are discriminatory or harmful will not be tolerated” on their social media accounts. We do a fact check - and ...
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solid ground 27th Aug

Solid Ground with Simon O’Connor – 27th Aug 2024

Here’s Solid Ground with Simon O’Connor – for Tuesday 27th Aug 2024. Join Simon as he discusses the issues of the day and takes your ...
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StraightTalk 26th Aug

StraightTalk – 26th Aug 2024

26th August 2024 – StraightTalk with Family First. Straight to the heart of the matter – no apologies, no compromise.
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McBLOG- Even the left are getting sick of the left-wing media bias

McBLOG: Even the left are getting sick of the left-wing media bias

We highlight two recent fascinating interviews from the USA regarding the left wing bias of CNN, and two news media examples from New Zealand, which ...
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McBLOG- Bob fails to help media with their wokeness

McBLOG: Bob fails to help media with their wokeness

On Sunday, the saga of Green MP Darleen Tana was covered by TVNZ's Q&A. What you quickly realise is that when things are scripted, it’s ...
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PulsePoint -22nd August 2024

PulsePoint – 22nd Aug 2024

Welcome to PulsePoint for 22nd August 2024 - the latest media stories and research related to family and society that you need to know about ...
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Political Playback - 22nd Aug 2024

Political Playback – 22nd Aug 2024

Here’s the latest episode of our new live show “Political Playback” with Simon O’Connor and Bob McCoskrie – looking back at the week in politics. ...
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FAMILY MATTERS- Concerns for Christians - Tim Dieppe

Family Matters: Concerns for Christians – Tim Dieppe

Simon O’Connor from Family First talks with Tim Dieppe, the Head of Public Policy for Christian Concern – a United Kingdom based advocacy group. They ...
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McBLOG - Bob schools the media & politicians on personal pronouns

McBLOG: Bob schools the media & politicians on personal pronouns

You've probably all heard of disgraced Green MP Darleen Tana. Tana left the Green Party in July, when it received the findings of an independent ...
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StraightTalk 19th Aug 2024

StraightTalk – 19th Aug 2024

19th August 2024 – StraightTalk with Family First. Straight to the heart of the matter – no apologies, no compromise.
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McBLOG - Human Rights Commission treds on new terf

McBLOG: Human Rights Commission treds on new ‘terf’

The Government has just appointed some new Human Rights Commissioners. The problem is that they believe in free speech, believe that only a woman can ...
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FAMILY MATTERS- Embracing the untouchables

Family Matters: Embracing the ‘untouchables’

Imagine being seen as so low, that as a human being you are treated worse than animals. This is the case of the ‘untouchables’ or ...
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Political Playback 15th Aug 2024

Political Playback – 15th Aug 2024

Here’s the latest episode of our new live show “Political Playback” with Simon O’Connor and Bob McCoskrie – looking back at the week in politics. ...
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PulsePoint Episode 21

PulsePoint – 15th Aug 2024

Welcome to PulsePoint for 15th August 2024 – the latest media stories and research related to family and society that you need to know about ...
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McBLOG- Project 2025 - Why you'll love it

McBLOG: Project 2025 – Why you’ll love it, but the media don’t

Project 2025 report was unveiled in April 2023 by the Heritage Foundation and supported by 100+ conservative organisations, but left-wing opposition to the document exploded ...
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McBLOG - Woke breakdancing & non-binary women

McBLOG: Woke breakdancing & non-binary ‘women’

The Olympics is over – and many people may be very glad about that. There has been a lot of woke controversy and demonstrations of ...
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Solid Ground with Simon O'Connor - 13th Aug 2024

Solid Ground with Simon O’Connor – 13th Aug 2024

Here’s Solid Ground with Simon O’Connor – for Tuesday 13th Aug 2024. Join Simon as he discusses the issues of the day and takes your ...
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StraightTalk 12th Aug

StraightTalk – 12th Aug 2024

12th August 2024 – StraightTalk with Family First. Straight to the heart of the matter – no apologies, no compromise.
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McBLOG- Who is Tim Walz

Political Playback – 8th Aug 2024

Here’s the second episode of our new live show “Political Playback” with Simon O’Connor and Bob McCoskrie – looking back at the week in politics. ...
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McBLOG - Who is Tim Walz and why you should be worried

McBLOG: Who is Tim Walz? (and why you should be worried)

Kamala Harris has chosen Minnesota governor Tim Walz as her running mate. You’ve probably never heard of him. Neither have I. But he could be ...
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Welcome to PulsePoint for 8th August 2024

PulsePoint – 8th Aug 2024

Welcome to PulsePoint for 8th August 2024 - the latest media stories and research related to family and society that you need to know about ...
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FAMILY MATTERS- The ethics of euthanasia - Dr John Kleinsman

Family Matters: The ethics of euthanasia – Dr John Kleinsman

Family First’s Simon O’Connor chats with Dr John Kleinsman, the Director of the Catholic Church’s ‘Nathaniel’ Centre of Bioethics. They discuss the key ethical objections ...
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Solid Ground with Simon O'Connor - 6th Aug 2024

Solid Ground with Simon O’Connor – 6th Aug 2024

Here’s Solid Ground with Simon O’Connor – for Tuesday 6th Aug 2024. Join Simon as he discusses the issues of the day and takes your ...
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McBLOG - Detransitioner Walt Heyer's key question to ask

McBLOG: Detransitioner Walt Heyer’s key question to ask

We caught up with Walt Heyer in Washington DC just over a week ago. Walt spoke at our Forum on the Family last year. In ...
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StraightTalk 5th Aug 2024

StraightTalk – 5th Aug 2024

5th August 2024 - StraightTalk with Family First. Straight to the heart of the matter - no apologies, no compromise.
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McBLOG - Who is Kamala Harris

McBLOG: Who is Kamala Harris?

In this episode of McBlog, we check out US Presidential candidate Kamala Harris’ legacy, policies, and what may happen if she becomes the next President. ...
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FAMILY MATTERS- Protecting your conscience and freedoms

Family Matters: Protecting your conscience and freedoms

As conscience rights come under increasing challenge in New Zealand, a new organisation – the Ethos Alliance – has formed. Family First’s Simon O’Connor sits ...
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Politcal Playback Thurs 1st Aug

Political Playback – 1st Aug 2024

Here's the first episode of our new live show "Political Playback" with Simon O'Connor and Bob McCoskrie - looking back at the week in politics. ...
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The Paris Olympics has shown us everything that has gone wrong in a culture which has rejected God. First it was the mocking of religion and the promotion of drag queens and transgenderism. Now it's the consequences of gender ideology. Our secular culture is on full display for all to see.

McBLOG: When ideology overrides biology, women get hurt

The Paris Olympics has shown us everything that has gone wrong in a culture which has rejected God. First it was the mocking of religion ...
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Solid Ground - July 30th

Solid Ground with Simon O’Connor – 30th July 2024

Here’s Solid Ground with Simon O’Connor – for Tuesday 30th July 2024. Join Simon as he discusses the issues of the day and takes your ...
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PulsePoint Episode - 19 (Sarco, JD Vance, Olympic 2024, barbie abortion, puberty blockers suicide)

PulsePoint – 1st Aug 2024

Welcome to PulsePoint for 1st August 2024 - the latest media stories and research related to family and society that you need to know about ...
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McBLOG - Netanyahu speech to Congress that you probably didn't hear

McBLOG: Netanyahu’s speech to Congress that you probably didn’t hear

Last week I was in Washington DC and with all the shenanigans going on with Biden stepping down from the Democrat nomination and Kamala Harris ...
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StraightTalk 29th July

StraightTalk – 29th July 2024

29th July 2024 - StraightTalk with Family First. Straight to the heart of the matter - no apologies, no compromise.
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McBLOG- DEI is DIE-ing

McBLOG: DEI is DIE-ing

Have you heard of DEI – it stands for Diversity Equity and Inclusion. The problem is that it’s anything but that. The argument was that ...
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McBLOG - Hey Paris will you do Islam also

McBLOG: Hey Paris, will you do Islam also?

The Opening of the Olympic Games is usually a family affair. Wrapped up warm in front of the tv waiting for New Zealand or whichever ...
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FAMILY MATTERS- The Dutch Experience of Euthanasia - Professor Theo Boer

Family Matters: The Dutch Experience of Euthanasia – Professor Theo Boer

Professor Theo Boer is a Professor of Health Care Ethics at the Protestant Theological University in Groningen; Member of the Dutch Health Council; and a ...
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Solid Ground with Simon O'Connor - 23rd July 2024

Solid Ground with Simon O’Connor – 23rd July 2024

Here’s Solid Ground with Simon O’Connor – for Tuesday 23rd July 2024. Join Simon as he discusses the issues of the day and takes your ...
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McBLOG: Who is JD Vance and is he a social conservative

McBLOG: Who is JD Vance and is he a social conservative?

Ohio Senator JD Vance has been announced as the running mate for Donald Trump at the upcoming presidential election in November. He’s only been in ...
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McBLOG - Did we see a new version of Trump

McBLOG: Did we see a new version of Trump?

Near-death experiences can change a person's perspective on life. Did we see that with Trump's speech at the recent Republican National Convention? And more importantly, ...
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FAMILY MATTERS- Sam Garaway - Christians Against Poverty (CAP)

Family Matters: Sam Garaway from Christians Against Poverty (CAP)

Thousands of New Zealanders have been helped out of debt and financial trouble by Christians Against Poverty (CAP). Simon O’Connor from Family First talks with ...
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Episode 18 (No to pride month, Seven Sharp Drag Queen, HRC)

PulsePoint – 18th July 2024

Welcome to PulsePoint for 18th July 2024 - the latest media stories and research related to family and society that you need to know about ...
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McBlog - HRC

McBLOG: “Human Rights” – just not yours

The Human Rights Commission is an activist group that should be immediately defunded. Their latest publication on 'conversion therapy', their "advice" for churches, and the ...
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McBlog - 7 Sharp

McBLOG: Drag-ing down Seven Sharp

State broadcaster TVNZ’s Seven Sharp programme aren’t happy that drag queens aren’t allowed to read LGBT++ books to children, so they did some campaigning. It ...
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McBlog - Trump Shot

McBLOG: Trump’s attempted assassination

Michael Geer is the founding President and CEO of the Pennsylvania Family Institute – an organisation similar to Family First in NZ. Today we speak ...
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