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In this episode of Political Playback – Alfred Ngaro joins NZ First; ACT’s deputy leader to quit; Will Winston consider Labour or won’t he; what’s happened to two Te Pati Maori MPs; the latest political poll; the media can’t get their story straight on Luxon’s visit to the Islands; would you pay $10,000 to have dinner with Luxon – and is that what they’re charging!; yet another attempt to liberali...

The Albanese government has changed the law to give a massive tax benefit to trans lobby group Equality Australia, in defiance of a ruling by the courts that it is a political advocacy organisation. "Political advocacy" is the same justification used for deregistering Family First (but not groups like Greenpeace, The Helen Clark Foundation, Drug Foundation, InsideOut and many other leftist chariti...

In this episode of Solid Ground, Simon O’Connor is excited to share his latest guest on the podcast, Family Matters, Erica Komisar. A New York based clinical social worker and author, Komisar argues parents should prioritise as much time with children in the first three years and warns governments push childcare to boost GDP rather than child wellbeing. Simon also shares the breaking news that a U...

The rise Of One Nation, Albanese’s Mosque Visit, Special Law For Trans ‘Charity’, and the Iran War. Lots to talk about with our Australian correspondent Lyle Shelton from the Family First political party. We discuss some of the issues grabbing attention in Australia at the moment, including the rise of the One Nation political party in the recent South Australia election; PM Anthony Albanese who h...

In this episode of Family Matters, Simon interviews Erica Komisar – a clinical social worker, psychoanalyst, author, coach to parents, a mother, New Yorker and much sought after commentator across television, radio, and international conferences. Erica stresses the vital importance of a child’s attachment to its parents, arguing that parents should do everything they can to be the ones raising the...

In this episode of Daybreak – more attempts to liberalise Easter & Anzac Day trading laws; drug advocates continue their flawed and dopey campaign to legalise all drugs; a NZ Herald poll suggests that Hipkins’ approval rating hasn’t been affected by recent events; ACT MP Brooke van Velden is quitting but her voting record was poor; the NZ Herald do a (paid?) advertorial for transing children;...

In this episode, Simon explains his anger on the prior night’s Straight Talk panel (with Christine Rankin, Mel Taylor, and Rodney Hyde) about media treatment of allegations and its impact on families. He shares breaking news of an Air Canada plane colliding with a fire truck at LaGuardia airport in New York. Turning to New Zealand politics, he discusses Alfred Ngaro joining New Zealand First argui...

In this episode we discuss: the latest political poll showing a completely divided country; former National cabinet minister and NewZeal leader and former founding panelist on StraightTalk Alfred Ngaro joins Winston Peters and is standing for NZ First at the upcoming election; in light of the coverage of Chris Hipkin’s family issues, should the private lives of politicians ever be public – and if...

In this episode of Daybreak - an exclusive interview with new NZ First candidate Alfred Ngaro. The former National Cabinet minister and leader of the NewZeal party at the last election has announced that he's standing as a candidate for NZ First at the November General Election. We also take some of your questions.

Former National Cabinet minister and leader of the NewZeal party at the last election Alfred Ngaro has announced that he's standing as a candidate for NZ First at the November General Election. Bob and Simon discuss the implications of the decision for NZ First, Christian parties in general, whether we will see more National MPs (both current and ex) go to NZ First, and how will the media cover th...

There seems to have been a recent explosion of interest in the evidence for the Christian faith - especially with the younger generations. And Canadian Wes Huff has been on the front lines of sharing this evidence. I believe there is much to celebrate about this and the hunger for Truth around the world, as well as some things we can learn from Wes about how he shares the Truth lovingly and withou...

In this episode of Daybreak – are the long COVID symptoms for real; Greenpeace is a registered charity which does political advocacy – isn’t that illegal according to the Charities Board; media go silent on latest political poll; Mt Maunganui government inquiry; drug users like Ketamine; taxpayer has been bailing out medicinal cannabis failures; Winston boots the WHO; a dark night for the preborn...

Join COUNTERCULTURE panelists Samuel Bilton, Ethan Aloiai, Arian Tashakkori and Jake Stowers as they discuss whether there are any benefits for men in getting married. Are men better off having multiple sexual relationships? And is there any difference between getting married and just living with your partner? All this and more on marriage in the latest episode of COUNTERCULTURE.

In this episode of Solid Ground, Simon chats with viewers around he and Rachel babysitting a three month old baby, getting some advice and feedback. He briefly discusses the ongoing issues for Labour leader Chris Hipkins, noting he and Bob will be discussing further on Political Playback. Simon celebrates the breaking news that the Scottish parliament has voted against euthanasia, that the Archbis...

We speak to our US Correspondent Glenn Stanton from Focus on the Family about some key stories happening in the US, including the normalising of polyamory, throuples and polycules in the legacy media; the rising star of the Democrat party who is a ‘progressive’ Christian – is Christianity now acceptable; failed leader of the environmental movement and promoter of abortion and less children dies; a...

In this episode of Family Matters, Simon talks with Family First’s newest team member and new show host, Samuel Bilton. Samuel is hosting two new shows, BiltonTruth and Counter Culture. Samuel shares his background as a Christian, youth pastor, husband to Emily, law graduate, and former police prosecutor in Hamilton, plus also having been an infantry reservist in the army. Samuel discusses his exp...

In this episode of Daybreak – are the media being consistent in their coverage of Hipkins and Luxon (and others where there is competing evidence); 1News receives a blast from an industry member; Family First launch campaign for app store accountability to protect young people from the harms of social media; Meta and TikTok shown to have let harmful content rise as they competed with each other; l...

In this episode of Solid Ground, Simon questions how media are treating the social media post by Chris Hipkins’ ex-wife noting that, so far, they are reporting with ‘kids gloves’ in comparison to how they’ve pursued other issues and accusations of politicians. Simon cautions though about getting too invested in politicians’ personal lives. He criticises an absurd video from the United Nations for...

In this episode we discuss: the 2nd COVID inquiry has delivered its report. Is it time to move on and heal the divide caused during the COVID period; Operation Epic Fury – do the panelists support the actions of the US and Israel against the Iranian regime; the latest abortion stats show that just under 18,000 babies in the womb had their lives ended through abortion in 2025. 18,000. Yet based on...

To the 87,269 of you who signed our "Don't Divide Us" petition in 2021 asking for rapid antigen testing as an alternative for unvaccinated kiwis to access workplaces, schools, marae, large gatherings, and places of worship, and perhaps contributed to the significant legal expense of the judicial review on behalf of 110 churches – thank you! You were right. We didn’t want the country to be divided....

We talk to our UK correspondent Sean Redfearn who works with Christian Concern in London. Topics discussed include attempts to liberalise abortion and euthanasia laws in the UK; the acquittal of Matthew Grech who shared his ex-gay testimony and was prosecuted for 'conversion therapy'; the UK response to the war on Iran; and are UK banknotes going woke?

There’s a new star on the political left in the US. He’s a Democrat and he’s just become a 2026 U.S. Senate candidate - in Texas. And the media love him. And the radical left love him. But he says he’s a “Christian”. Isn’t Christianity and 'Christian Nationalism' the next biggest threat after Hitler, disinformation, fascism & whiteness, according to the media? Well, no, not when it’s Christian...

In this episode of Daybreak – “cis white males” no longer welcome in the Green Party; have Te Pati Maori reunited; media may have moved on from COVID inquiry but the public haven’t; drug manufacturer grateful for the heavy hand of the law; do 1 in 3 kiwi households really experience ‘food insecurity’; ACT are desperate to booze at Easter; vandalism at Te Papa is now acceptable, apparently; Big Can...

This is the first episode of our brand new show - CounterCulture! Join panelists Samuel Bilton, Ethan Aloiai, Arian Tashakkori and Jake Stowers as they discuss faith & politics; is there such a thing as a secular nation; & what about "Christian nationalism". Truth, culture, and everything in between.

In this episode of Political Playback - the latest political poll and why have the media zeroed in on this particular one; the COVID report and the suppressed information about risks to teenagers; ACT use a special event to attempt to liberalise Easter booze laws; latest abortion stats make grim reading; Labour party reshuffe; MPs financial interests; Te Pati Maori are reunited by a colonialist co...