We show you how the media presented the good news last week of the significant reduction in victims of violent crime, and how they tried to twist the narrative away from celebrating a great trend - especially the state broadcaster TVNZ and their 1News at 6pm.

In this episode of Daybreak – the world is talking about Iran; latest IPSOS poll; Instagram to warn parents about offensive material on their site – why don’t they just remove it; Minister of Education wants parents fully informed – really?; nobody does statistical analysis as bad as the Sunday Star Times; Wellington Mayor Andrew Little cries of X; alcohol outlets flouting rules and selling to minors; crisis of confidence and mental health amongst young people; bet the NZ media have never mentioned Stephanie Minter of Virginia; and an incredible confession from a medical expert who has supported the transing of children; plus more…

Candice Owens has been spending a lot of time since the assassination of Charlie Kirk spreading conspiracies about how he was killed and who was truly responsible. Even implicating his grieving widow in the murder. Unfortunately this isn't the only conspiracy out there that causes harm and perhaps even more unfortunately is that Christians are often involved in sharing them. So how should we interact with such things as lovers of Truth? Let's dig into together.

In this episode of Daybreak – staggering drop in violent crime; how are we measuring ‘child poverty’; pause on UK puberty blocker trial is good news for NZ; Greens want less loonies on their list; Jacinda’s speech on hate speech is resurrected; left wing media in NZ are concerned about the rise of Winston; media campaigning for boycott of FIFA World Cup?; mental health statistics raise concerns; highlights of Trump’s State of the Union speech earlier this week (which received high approval according to CNN ratings; an example of fake news reporting; and AOC gives a lesson on when NOT to do a live cross.

We speak to our US Correspondent Glenn Stanton from Focus on the Family about some key stories happening in the US, including - the landmark social media addiction trial in Los Angeles; the roots of the trans violence epidemic; transgender clinics closing around the US; and President Trump's State Of The Union address this week (and tribute to Charlie & Erika Kirk).

In this episode of Political Playback (with Rodney Hide as guest panelist) – should we be more concerned about Jacinda Ardern in Australia or Helen Clark in Auckland; why won’t politicians talk about their (Christian) faith; left-wing The Spinoff is concerned about the rise of Winston and NZ First; Chris Hipkins is absent of alternative solutions or policy; should politicians use AI to write speeches; tension in the Green Party are list candidates – rightly so!; Parliament cancels itself from X; a ban on protests outside the homes of politicians; should we have 4-year electoral terms; the UK puberty blocker trial is paused over safety concerns, confirming the Government’s decision here in NZ; and the Government also kicks the Law Commission report on special rights for transgender people to touch – but could it return?

In this episode of StraightTalk we discuss the cancer of child abuse. The proposed solutions simply aren’t working. So what will. It’s simply getting worse; the Prime Minister doesn’t want to talk specifics about Easter and Christmas but is happy to celebrate Ramadan and other religious festivals. Is that just polite politicking, or do we have a problem. (He’s not the only political leader to do this); do we need to declare English as an official language as we have done with Te Reo Maori and NZ Sign Language – or is it a given; should we have a 4-year election term; ACT want a smaller government. We ask the panellists which government departments should go; and is offensive language more or less accepted these days.

Our political leaders don’t want to mention the c-word - "Christian" - but they seem very keen to mention and sometimes even bow down or dress up to every other religious event.