What Does ANZAC Day Mean Today with Defence Minister Christopher Penk

Is New Zealand really a fair society? And what does justice look like for people who start life well behind the line?

This is Episode 2 of Thoughts on Politics, a five-part series asking what's broken in our country, whether we can fix it with politics, and who's fit for the job as Election 2026 approaches.

In this episode, Andrew looks at justice as more than law and order and getting tough on crime. He asks what the best possible life looks like for you, your whānau, your neighbours and those doing it tough, whether we really have equal opportunity for all, and how the country should respond to people facing barriers to taking part.

Chapters
0:44 Are you voting this year?
2:25 Is New Zealand a fair society?
5:45 Fairness & the Kiwi fair go
6:20 Equality, equity or egalitarianism?
11:00 The postcode lottery
17:40 Inequality, crime & safety
20:45 Prison, reoffending & reintegration
25:40 Is life fair?

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Matt Perry of FEBC New Zealand gives an update from Ukraine, where Christian broadcaster FEBC Ukraine is evacuating around 40 staff from Kyiv as a fresh wave of Russian attacks pounds the capital.

Mr Perry warns that the bombing is now so constant that few people are sleeping, and highlights a deliberate focus on bridges, roads and transport hubs that he says is aimed at wearing down the civilian population. He reflects on a war that has polarised attitudes to faith, turning some away from God while churches in the Kharkiv region report planting 54 new congregations, mostly filled with new believers. He also unpacks why FEBC’s broadcasts have become a key discipleship tool, and why listeners are asking for hope and honest conversation rather than crisis counselling all day.

Chapters
0:00 A war in its fifth year
0:50 Evacuating staff from Kyiv
2:51 Moving the studio west
3:52 How the war has shaped faith
5:20 54 new churches since the invasion
6:22 What churches can offer
8:34 Broadcasts as discipleship
11:34 Supporting FEBC

#Ukraine #Kyiv #ChristianRadio #ChurchGrowth #UkraineWar

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An Australian theologian/apologist says a fresh wave of openness to Christianity is building across the West, with commentators, politicians and celebrities publicly reconsidering faith on some of the world's biggest podcast platforms.

Founder of Questioning Christianity, Dan Paterson, likens Western culture to the Prodigal Son story - having squandared the inheritance of the Christian covenant on 'secular shores', many people are now hungry for hope and meaning. He discusses how much a person needs to understand before trusting God, and how negative encounters with Christians means more than bad publicity - it can harden hearts against faith. Dan Paterson spoke to Andrew Curtis ahead of the Good News for Aotearoa Forum in Auckland. (https://www.wilberforce.org.nz/events/good-news-aotearoa-2026)

Chapters
0:09 A new openness to Christianity
1:09 Wes Huff on Joe Rogan
1:34 The West as the Prodigal Son
3:30 Knowing the Christian story
5:13 When bad experiences shape belief
6:01 Living out the faith
8:42 About the forum

#Christianity #Faith #Apologetics #Evangelism #NewZealand

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