What’s Changed
Mike Bain New Zealand is a first-class country run by second-rate people. Harsh? Perhaps. Wrong? Take a look around. After weeks of election promises, slogans and carefully scripted announcements, one…
WHAT LENS ARE YOU LOOKING THROUGH?
Why two people can see the same facts and arrive at completely different conclusions One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter. Nobody really knows who first said it, but…
Will My Grandchildren Inherit Transformers or Genesis?
We spend much of our lives battling the problems inherited from yesterday while giving little thought to the future promised for tomorrow. As AI and technology transform the world around…
If Larry the Cat Is Your Most Stable Leader, You Might Need Jesus
If last week’s attempted political coup in New Zealand taught us anything, it’s that even political theatre can flop — loudly — while still revealing the simmering frustration underneath. The…
“If preaching the Word was a crime, would you be convicted?”
Editorial: Mike Bain Forty years ago, my first radio boss asked me a question that stripped me bare: “If being a personality was a crime, would you be convicted?” It…
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…
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…