The other day my wife gave me some grief for showing her what I thought was a pretty cool wedding video. I watch these things and sometimes get a little ‘moist’ in the eye region. I guess that is a little pathetic, and I guess it confirms that I am a bit of an old…
We all know what it is about, we know all politicians do it, I’m pondering if in the next election cycle will our media serve us in demonstrating which politicians and political parties are flip-flopping for what some would say is political expedience. A couple of examples that I have come across recently. The much…
I was going to write a piece on the Pakeha Party, but I have to say that a post by Steve Tollestrup on his Facebook page has pretty much summed it up for me, so why reinvent the wheel. The Pakeha party is not a giggle. Growing this evening at a rate of 3000 per…
A story came out today about boorish fans at Eden Park yelling homophobic comments at rugby players. This may not seem to be that surprising, or even a news item, apart from the fact that Eden Park supports the actions of these fans…albeit subtly. A stretch you say. I disagree. The story so far from…
I have to say it wasn’t a surprise to me that United Future had been de-registered by the Electoral Commission today as I have heard the rumours around for a very long time. Here is most of a piece that I wrote on my previous blog in 2011 on this exact issue I wonder if…
So Family First has been struck off the Charities Registry and as of the 27th of this month will lose all the financial benefits of being a Charity, as will their supporters. Family First and I may not agree all the time, but I know Bob McCoskrie pretty well and have no problems with the…
I have been fascinated with the vitriol surrounding National Party MP, Aaron Gilmore. Let me make it clear, I think the way Aaron Gilmore acted in Hamner Springs is abhorrent. He is an egotistically boof-head, a doosh, an idoit, and someone who I think was described beautifully this morning on talkback as ‘the kind of…
This Monday night there is one of the most controversial episodes of Criminal Minds ever. Certainly in America when it aired February 20th it created a storm. The episode is called ‘Broken’ and its premise is that a homosexual man, who was forced into ex-gay therapy as a young man. It didn’t work and he…
I came across an interesting blog today. From the 2000+ comments and 10,000+ shares on Facebook it seems that I am the only person in the world not to have seen it. The blog piece is called An Open Letter to the Church from My Generation and it is written by Dannika Nash, a college…
Dear fellow Church members, This is an open letter about the Same-Sex Marriage debate to the Christians of New Zealand. I have been a supporter of Marriage Equality for the LGBTI community in New Zealand for several years. To me it’s very simple, every person should have the right to be married to the person…