Trial by Social Media: The Lindsay Clancy Tragedy

TUE 1 SEP - A once-devoted mum succumbs to psychosis and commits an unspeakable crime... or did she.    Despite Lindsay Clancy's insanity plea, internet speculation has proliferated like wildfire as her trial draws to a close. Blame aside, the human loss is all but lost amidst the noise of a worl…

Socials & Religion Taboo? U-16 Ban & Blasphemy Laws

The Free Speech Union is critiquing a renewed attempt to legislate against blasphemy. Responding to calls for religious criticism to be classed as 'hate speech', CEO Jillaine Heather points out that it's a thinly-veiled attempt to restrict unpopular or divisive opinions, and could be used again…

Birds & the Bees: Raising Kids with Dignity, Not Deviancy

A local documentary by Jo Robertson entitled "What Happened to Sex?" has premiered this week, exposing a hidden darkness that has been stalking increasingly-younger children. Family advocate and podcaster Brendan Malone says that a generation of youth are learning about sexuality from sources …

Online Safety Laws: Parental Protection vs State Control

Civil liberties champion Nathan Seiuli weighs up proposed online laws intended to protect children from internet harms. The founding head of PILLAR argues that a statutory ban risks expanding beyond its original scope, grants power to subjective arbitrators, and removes parental responsibility. …

NZSIS Flags Chinese Communist Party

The NZSIS annual report has again identified the Chinese Communist Party as New Zealand's top security threat, and the Asian superpower's reaction is telling. Nick Hanne of civil liberties group Pillar explains that the intelligence agency pinpointed increasingly pervasive interference beyond l…

Aid Needed More than Ever

For some it's a season, for others, a lifelong calling. And for humanitarian worker Stephen Court, even an ambush on his young family could not shake the conviction that he was exactly where God wanted him.  World Vision NZ's Director of International Partnerships sees humanitarian work as the hol…

Christians in Parliament

Is a political candidate's religious affiliation enough to earn your vote?   John Peachey (www.TheThinkfarm.org) discusses how Christians can approach Elections 2026, maintaining that voters should consider evidence of a candidates's professed faith. He highlights three key criteria he finds usef…

Te Pāti Māori's MMP Tactic

Although last week's leadership turmoil has settled, the election trail remains volatile as more parties get into campaign mode.   Following Te Pāti Māori's low-key campaign launch, Dr Bryce Edwards explains their MMP "gaming" strategy which asks voters in the seven Māori electorates to give TPM …

National's "Botched Surgery" Loses Another Christan MP

A former National MP notes Chris Penk's impending departure from Parliament makes him the latest Christian MP to be lost to the cut and thrust of politics. Minister Penk was stripped of his Cabinet portfolios on Wednesday following his alleged part in the latest challenge to Christopher Luxon's…

NZ Loses with Min. Chris Penk's Exit

Sacrificial lamb rather than a lone wolf - is that a more likely description of the National MP singled out in yesterday's Caucus announcement?   LifeNet's Brendan Malone joins Andrew Urquhart to discuss the repercussions of another challenge to the Prime Minister's leadership, focusing on MP Chr…