Hopelessness & Homicide: "The Cost Of Community Is Inconvenience"

Andrew Urquhart talks with John Cocksy from The Think Farm about a grim run of family violence, murders and suicides in New Zealand, including 16 deaths in 47 days and further homicide charges out of Christchurch. They explore why a seemingly wealthy, stable nation is seeing such tragedy.

Cocksy argues the common thread isn't poverty alone but hopelessness and "an epidemic of blindness" - people feeling unseen, unheard and insignificant until desperation turns to violence. Rather than pointing to funding shortfalls or politicising individual tragedies, he urges Christians to use what's "in their hands" - small, inconvenient acts like checking on struggling neighbours or quietly helping strangers - as practical evangelism that restores dignity and hope.

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