McBlog by Bob McCoskrie

The NZ First-led coalition agreement made it a policy to potentially withhold public funding from New Zealand sports bodies if they do not comply with a requirement to separate transgender athletes from grassroots competitions (I.e. preventing biological men from competing against girls and women in grassroots sports). According to the NZ Herald this morning, the coalition government has backtracked on this and will just 'watch' the issue. But have they? We talk to Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters, leader of NZ First. We also touch on puberty blockers for children, and the RSE guidelines in schools.

According to the NZ Herald this morning, the coalition government has backtracked on restricting male and female sports teams to be based on biological sex only. But have they? We talk to Ro Edge from Save Women's Sports Australasia.

Has Disney finally figured out that wokeness leads to brokenness, and have decided to return to founder Walt Disney’s dream of entertaining families. Possibly.

The cultural left want to destroy the nuclear family and one of their strategies is to redefine the language. The attack on the definition of marriage transitioned (pardon the pun!) to the attack on gender. And then the definition of 'woman'. And now its an attack on…. the cervix. And whether men can have one.

Today’s episode of McBlog is an interview with abortion survivor Melissa Ohden, who will be speaking at our upcoming Forum on the Family 2024.The Forum on the Family is one of the premier family conferences held each year with international and national speakers and political leaders. This year’s conference will again be held at the Due Drop Events Centre in Manukau City on Friday 5th July which is just over three weeks away. There is also a gala dinner the night before on Thursday 4th. This year’s theme is Protecting the next Generation. It’s time for all of us to push back against the harmful agendas and ideologies being targeted at our children – including the ones in the womb.Once again we have an amazing lineup of speakers from the US, Australia and NZ. And this week – in a special series of McBLOG, we want to introduce you to four of the key speakers who we had a chance to have a quick interview with. Today, it’s abortion survivor Melissa Ohden.

The Forum on the Family is one of the premier family conferences held each year with international and national speakers and political leaders. This year’s conference will again be held at the Due Drop Events Centre in Manukau City on Friday 5th July which is just over three weeks away. There is also a gala dinner the night before on Thursday 4th. This year’s theme is Protecting the next Generation. It’s time for all of us to push back against the harmful agendas and ideologies being targeted at our children – including the ones in the womb. And once again we have an amazing lineup of speakers from the US, Australia and NZ.And this week – in a special series of McBLOG, we want to introduce you to four of the key speakers who we had a chance to have a quick interview with.Today, it’s 19 year old Chloe Cole.

The new Disney “Star Wars” show, “The Acolyte.” has been promoted as the gayest “Star Wars” show yet. A commenter wrote, “Disney keeps doubling down because it would rather engage in political activism than return value.” But it’s not just Disney. Many programmes aimed at children – including even Sesame Street – are promoting gender diversity and sexuality for very young children.

Despite the intention of the new Government coalition to review the radical RSE programme in schools, both the Ministry of Education and InsideOut are going full steam ahead, promoting the guidelines, running courses with teachers, and basically 'giving the bird' to the new government and the Minister of Education. We also show you the shocking training materials that InsideOut use.

The push is on to expand the euthanasia law. We knew it was coming. We knew it was coming when the law was first passed. The slippery slope. But we were told by politicians, the media and the supporters of euthanasia "oh don’t be silly, there’s no slippery slope." It’s taken them less than three years to prove us right.

If you spoke up against the Relationships and Sexuality Education curriculum over the past 12 months – then all we can say is – thank you! You have been heard. There has been huge progress. But we must remain vigilant. Here's an update on the progress - including a car-crash interview from one of the activists.

There are so many 'LGBT'-focused days, campaigns and flags during the year that it may be easier to mark the days when it’s not being showcased. But following on quickly from Pink Shirt Day is the next one being targeted at children - Pride Week. We warn you about the activities, messaging and books being used to sexualise and confuse your children. There's nothing to be proud about when you're sexualising children.

Last weekend, a controversial (according to the Mayor & media) conference was held to talk about gender ideology and the harm it is doing to young people. Despite efforts to 'cancel' the event by activists & some councillors who are only "inclusive" if they agree with you, and who wear pink shirts against bullying except when disagree with you, the conference went ahead with protestors outside for a short time, faeces and urine being thrown on some cops, and the cafe in the venue throwing their toys out of the cot and closing for the day for fear of being.... upset. Here's my very very very controversial speech. Buckle up, my precious.

The name Harrison Butker is trending on social media at the moment. Why? Because the three-time Super Bowl champion NFL kicker who is also a Catholic dared to speak about Catholic teaching at a Catholic school to Catholic students. In the words of Greta Thunberg, "how dare you".

We live in a culture that emphasises personal identity against holistic health – ideology against biology – and we saw a screaming example of that last week when the media trumpeted a tragic case of a teenager who needed counselling and care, not castration and confusion.

The Government is bringing back charter schools, an education model scrapped by the Labour-led coalition in 2017. We speak to Alwyn Poole who, from 2013 - 2018, was involved in founding and running two successful Charter Schools after designing the model and the curriculum.

The pro drugs crowd are back. More than 150 'experts' have signed an open letter to the Government calling for the legalisation of ALL drugs. But most of the "experts" who signed their letter aren't the experts that you're thinking of. Some of them are even from America! (shock, horror!)

You would think that at this time, the Public Service Commission would be concerned about jobs being lost and redundancies and all that sort of important and urgent stuff. But nope – the focus is on counselling, safe spaces and indoctrination for incorrect use of personal pronouns.

A bill called the “Fair Access to Bathrooms Bill” has been introduced as a private members bill to Parliament by NZ First. It's pretty easy to understand, but the media and other opponents of the bill did everything they could to misrepresent it.

Oranga Tamariki has just signalled it’s ready to knock on family doors if they refuse to let their children change gender. A loving family who want to protect their child from confusion, chemicalisation and castration will warrant possible removal of the child from that loving family in the interests of radical gender theory.

Many parents are not aware that, while well-intentioned, Pink Shirt Day (coming up on May 17) is being used by activists to politicise gender theory and sexual identity of school children under the guise of anti-bullying programmes, rather than deal appropriately with the issue of school bullying which we’re all concerned about. Pink Shirt Days are predominantly and have always been about promoting an LGBT-narrative. Here's the proof.

There are calls for the Government to stop funding Jacinda Ardern's Christchurch Call. We agree. The 'Christchurch Call' is being used to ram down certain ideologies and to silence dissenters – especially real dangerous people like 'tradwives'. You know - full time mums who are married and do other weird things. They’re comin' for ya, mum!

The Ministry of Health is reviewing the use of puberty blockers here in NZ – and you won’t believe who they’ve asked to help review the evidence… a cheerleader for “transing” our children!

What do kiwi families think about children trying to change their sex, puberty blockers, and gender ideology in classrooms? A new nationwide poll tells us, but the media have ignored it. You'll soon see why.

The latest abortion statistics make grim and upsetting reading, with a 25% increase in abortions since the decriminalisation of abortion in March 2020 – four years ago. The focus on Maori being able to abort their babies – even late-term – is equally sickening.

There's been a lot of discussion about the UK's CASS review which nailed the final nail in the coffin of sending our vulnerable children down the path of believing they can change their sex. But the NZ media were all keen to push back on the research with a local anecdotal story – and they found one, which they all reprinted word for word. The problem was that it did more to back up the conclusions of the CASS review.

Activist groups and politicians who are desperate to indoctrinate your children with radical sexuality and gender fluidity are concerned about the agreement between National & NZ First to review the curriculum, and they realise that the age-inappropriate programme is on the way out. So they’re doing everything they can to try and stop the the review, and the latest attempt comes from the Mental Health Foundation who should know better.

There are four categories of charitable purposes under our law - poverty, education, religion, & public benefit - but the media and the politicians only seem to be interested in the tax status of one of them. Can you guess which one? It tells you everything about the real agenda.

The justification for confusing, chemicalising and castrating our children in the name of gender ideology is crumbling before our eyes. A major report out of the UK last week has all but nailed the coffin shut on a grand social experiment that should never have happened. But New Zealand still sleepwalks its way thru the issue because the Ministry of Health and Te Whatu Ora are working with radical activists, and the politicians are either turning a blind eye or they’ve been captured by the ideology.

Former President Donald Trump’s position on abortion has previously been unclear looking toward the 2024 presidential election, despite the fact that the former president appointed three Supreme Court justices who ultimately made it possible to overturn Roe v. Wade in June 2022 by a majority vote. He now says each state should follow “the will of the people” and pass state-specific laws on abortion. It’s a pretty clear binary choice for choosing the next President. Trump for Life of the Unborn. Biden for Killing the Unborn.

There is a landmark case that will determine whether sex or gender identity take precedence in law. Tickle v Giggle. Yes it sounds like a comedy – but its actually a very serious and significant case that could have ramifications for New Zealand as to how we define the word 'woman'.

A new report measures how much Kiwis trust the news media, and it has plummeted to a new low. It should actually be a wake-up call to the media if they want to avoid going bust, but it appears their desire to push their own agenda & opinion outweighs their desire to survive. Individually there are some fantastic, committed journalists with integrity. But as an industry it’s on its knees.

One of the problems with the whole push to allow children to try and change their sex through preferred pronouns, puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones, and ultimately castration of health body parts, is that because it’s a relatively new phenomenon, the trans activists have been able to make outlandish claims – and there really hasn’t been the evidence for us to push back. Those days are well and truly over. The research and the evidence continues to pour in, and there was a really significant study just last week - but the media didn't tell you about it. We will.

The mainstream media, left wing politicians and commentators say that the opposition to sexualised drag queens reading to children in libraries ( but not to elderly people in rest homes, interestingly) is just “imported American culture wars from the far right”. Nothing could be further from the truth. Even the drag queens themselves admit that.

There have been four recent acts of public vandalism. Only one is being treated as a 'hate' crime, and one was even celebrated! If you want to know which ones are crimes, you'll need to ask Greens co-leader Chloe Swarbrick. And that's the problem.

There are calls in the US for the fitness chain Planet Fitness to receive the "Bud Light" treatment after an uproar over its transgender locker room policy created a social media stir. The company revoked the gym membership of an Alaskan woman Patricia Silva who complained about a man shaving in the women’s locker room while a 12-year-old girl wrapped in a towel was present. Will they 'go woke go broke'?

Last Thursday was World Down Syndrome Day – and as part of the celebration they encouraged a #LotsOfSocks day. Did your workplace have a #LotsofSocks day? Probably not. It was about celebrating 'diversity'. Woke media, companies and schools love diversity. Just not this diversity as much as the letters one, sadly.

Angela Pehi-Bellas was asked to sing a waiata at the recent Waitangi Day dawn service. Just sing. But due to traffic she was late, just made it there in time, and didn’t quite get the memo that she was just to sing. When she did get up to share her song, she briefly but powerfully also shared her testimony. The political leaders, the media, and the nation certainly heard that message on Waitangi Day this year - even if it wasn’t on the programme.

Amongst all the issues affecting the US, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have identified the key issue. Is it the border, Hamas terrorism or the threat of Iran, or the concerns about the economy and rocketing petrol and food prices, or Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? Nope – they all pale into significance compared with one thing – abortion - killing the unborn child. It’s one reason why Donald Trump – despite all his shortfalls – is the only option if you’re pro-life.

In the weekend media coverage of Donald Trump's "bloodbath" comments and Winston Peter’s "Nazi Germany" comments, they were misrepresented. They weren’t given with appropriate context. And the outrage to both comments has been inconsistent from the media. If the media were consistently calling out both sides of the debate for the rhetoric, I’d support them. But they’re not. And sadly, they’re paying the price because, like you, I don’t trust them like I used to. Only they can fix that. But it seems they don’t want to.

It was a good week for biology, the medical profession and children with gender dysphoria last week. The narrative that children can change their sex with the aid of social transitioning, puberty blockers, cross sex hormones, chest binders and tucking is exploding before our eyes. Around the world, medical professionals are finally waking up to a radical activist experiment on our most vulnerable children, Unfortunately New Zealand is still to come to the party – courtesy of an atrocious mainstream media who refuse to debate this issue as they protect the radical ideology and its adherents. But we’ll tell you. The house of cards has started to fall.

Despite the widespread wailing about the demise of TVNZ’s Sunday programme due to costs and restructures at the state broadcaster, the show won’t be missed. For too long we have watched coverage of important social issues with such a bias that it's got our blood boiling. It’s part of the reason that trust in media is reaching new lows. We deserve better.

The release of internal files from the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) suggests that the guidelines of WPATH are neither scientific nor medical. Today we speak to Dr Carrie Mendoza from GENSPECT (USA) regarding WPATH and what the "WPATH files" means for the future of the gender affirmation model which pushes young people towards trying to change their sex through puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones.

ONE OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT EPISODES: Advocates of gender-affirming care say it’s evidence-based. But now, newly released internal files from the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) prove that the practice of transgender medicine is neither scientific nor medical. Thousands of doctors worldwide rely on WPATH including our own Ministry of Health Te Whatu Ora – and it's pushed by a group of NZ activists called PATHA. WPATH is considered the leading global authority on gender medicine – but it’s now been exposed as the wild west of western medicine. The NZ government should immediately pause the transing of our young people.

There have been some sports stories which the media have covered – but they’ve covered them in very different ways. It’s very clear that there’s one rule for some, and another rule for others - depending on who they agree with.

Yesterday we talked about the anti-Posie Parker protestor (20) who repeatedly punched a 71 year old woman / grandmother in the head getting discharged without conviction and permanent name suppression. Today, we talk one-on-one with Judith - the victim.

It was a sad day for women yesterday – and for justice. Repeatedly punching a 71 year old woman – a grandmother - will not even get you a conviction. We compare the outcome of this case with two other cases - connected in different ways.

In quite an incredible admission, the previous head of TV3 news Mark Jennings confessed that senior journalists around the country discussed the possibility of the media not reporting Winston Peters if and when he spoke about the Labour government’s $55m public interest journalism fund. But it’s not the first time this type of collusion amongst media has happened. A similar discussion happened when Family First tried to place a full page advertisement asking “what is a woman?”

In his valedictory speech this week, former Australian PM Scott Morrison (ScoMo) called for the nation to return to its Judeo-Christian roots. But the former head of the Australian Christian Lobby Lyle Shelton says “Morrison had 17 years, including three as Prime Minister, to champion these values. Time and time again he let down Christians and conservatives who thought his faith might translate into public and political advocacy for the values he now calls the nation back to.” We speak with Lyle.

We reveal documentation that shows that Biden’s US State Department is launching a global campaign against pro life and family groups – including NZ. But it’s not the only action to target such groups. The 'Christchurch Call' is also being used to ram down certain ideologies and to silence dissenters – especially real dangerous people like 'tradwives'. You know - full time mums who are married and do other weird things. They’re coming for you, mum!

In a recent interview on TVNZ"s Q&A, a promoter of hate speech laws – Green MP Chloe Swarbrick – proved to us just how flawed & dangerous hate speech laws would be. This is because 'hate speech' is generally defined by the promoters of such a law, who then use them inconsistently but always to their advantage.