The nation must strengthen its child protection efforts.
Every year, as the holiday season slows the country and newsrooms scramble to fill empty column space, a strange pattern emerges. Stories appear that would normally be buried beneath the…
What Called You to Action in 2024
Throughout 2024, New Zealanders engaged in numerous protests, each driven by a deep sense of urgency and passion. From opposing Israeli aggression in Gaza to challenging the Treaty Principles Bill,…
The Unthinkable: The World on the Brink of Four Simultaneous Conflicts
As published in The Daily Examiner News Website and based on the Christian Voice New Zealand podcast: The Unthinkable It’s hard for the typical New Zealand citizen to imagine that…
He Wore a Chaplains Shirt.
The following is a word of appreciation I wrote to the New Zealand Chaplains group following my time in hospital in 2022 after a near fatal accident which nearly took…
CALL FOR GREATER EQUALITY AND ACCESS TO LAND
Ever since I sat down to write this blog, I have struggled with its content. It concerns race issues, relating to New Zealand, but it is a message which goes…
DID SPLIT ENZ GET IT WRONG?
On what planet were the writers of the Split Enz hit song, “History Never Repeats”? No matter how catchy the tune or how they incorporate the word Aotearoa, it’s simply…
I have been thinking
Funny thing when I say I’ve been thinking at home, my wife braces herself for the trip down a rabbit hole, good news is there isn’t any today. Over the…
True Church in New Zealand: Reality vs. Expectation
A young farmworker finds himself outside of church in a well to do part of a city. He gets out of his muddy Ute which he has parked in the…
Establishing the Agreed-Upon Rules of Conduct
It certainly wasn’t the then, National Party leader Simon Bridges finest moment when a recorded private conversation became very public where he described, a member of his own caucus. West…
PANDEMIC TREATY UPDATE
Hot news has been the withdrawal of the Covid 19 vaccine made by Astra Zeneca after admissions it could cause very rare, but life-threatening injuries. But just hold the phone…