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David Hayward is a pastor turned artist painting, drawing, and thinking about what it takes to be free to be you. If you’re interested in deconstruction, spiritual journeying, freedom of thought, or looking for your authentic self, you’re welcome to join him while he searches too.
Pat has been sharing David's art, especially the art that challenges the church on their LGTB opinions, since Posie Parker came to NZ and was promptly sent packing.
Today we talk rights for vulnerable groups, was Jesus political and why the church seems to be so inwardly looking, other than when it's ready to tell someone off, which seems to be the opposite of what it was designed to be 2,000 years ago.
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Raf is a multi-disciplinarian with a background in finance, governance, strategy, policy and risk.
Raf has worked in banking, finance, governance, strategy, and policy and risk. He’s worked for start-ups, not-for-profits, and government, bringing a variety of perspectives to his role as the leader of The Opportunities Party (TOP).
Raf spent two terms as a Christchurch City Councillor from 2013 to 2019. Since leaving Council, he has worked with the Human Rights Commission and the NZ Police Assurance and Risk committee.
Raf has a degree in Economics from the University of Manchester, a Graduate Diploma in Political Science, and a Masters Degree in International Law and Politics from the University of Canterbury.
He has spent many years examining the friction between the public and private space, and is especially interested in the reform of our monetary, welfare and tax systems, as well as our political, administrative, and constitutional arrangements.
Raf is looking to take TOP into parliament in 2023 by winning the seat of Ilam in Christchurch and hopefully taking one or two other TOP MPs with him on the list.
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Grant Duncan PhD is a political commentator, academic, and non-fiction writer from Auckland, New Zealand. Grant is an Associate Professor in Politics at Massey University.
We have a chat today about the political scene in NZ, why Christopher Luxon is not trusted and is media creating the narrative or reporting on it?
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Tony Sutorius runs Porirua-based company Unreal Films. Sutorius first made his mark as a filmmaker with Campaign, a 1999 documentary about an election campaign. Since then his company has won a reputation as the company to call for films about elections, from training videos for electoral staff, to films promoting voting and explaining how it works.
His latest project, Elements of Truth follows former National MP Jami-Lee Ross as he seeks to restore his political fortunes by joining forces with conspiracy theorist Billy Te Kahika Jr. ahead of the 2020 election.
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We're back baby for 2023 and this year we have pivoted slightly into focusing on political conversations.
Simon Wilson is a senior writer with the New Zealand Herald. He is a former editor of Metro, Cuisine and Consumer magazines, and has also been chief subeditor for the New Zealand Listener and a commissioning editor for book publisher AH & AW Reed. He is the winner of many journalism awards, both as a writer and an editor, including magazine of the year (for both Cuisine and Metro), feature writer of the year (twice), first-person essayist of the year, opinion writer of the year and reviewer of the year. He is a recipient of a President’s Award and the Auckland Cup from Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects.
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In the late 1960s David Fenton was a photojournalist, for Liberation News Service while also publishing in the NY Times, Life, Newsweek and others.
In 1978 David was the director of Public Relations at Rolling Stone magazine. He was co-producer of the "No Nukes" concerts with Jackson Browne, Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt, James Taylor and many others in New York City, 1979.
In 1982 David founded Fenton Communications to promote issue-oriented public relations campaigns focusing on the environment, public health and human rights. Since founding the company, he pioneered the use of professional P.R. and advertising techniques by not-for-profit public interest groups in the United States and around the world
David also co-founded three independent not-for-profit organizations including the Death Penalty Information Center, which helps journalists cover evidence of innocence and racial bias in the death penalty system.
David has just released his latest publication "The Activist’s Media Handbook, Lessons From Fifty Years as a Progressive Agitator" which discusses how to organize social media campaigns
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Mike Rinder is an Australian-American former senior executive of the Church of Scientology who has recently written about his experiences in the church publishing a memoir A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology.
Mike joins Pat to talk cricket, billion-year contracts, rugby league, Xenu, dogs, South Park and any question Pat has about Scientology which he has been obsessed with for more than a decade.
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Don McGlashan is a New Zealand composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist who Is best known for membership in the bands Blam Blam Blam, The Front Lawn, and The Mutton Birds, before going solo. He has also composed for cinema and television. Among other instruments, McGlashan has played guitar, drums, euphonium and French horn.
Don is about to embark on a nationwide tour and joins us to talk about life, the universe, music, his career and everything
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Last weekend Stuff Circuit released a special project that explores who's driving a violent, misinformed New Zealand - and why.
In the 'Fire and Fury' press release Stuff claims they "began with a day of violence but ended up somewhere much more frightening."
Since Fire and Fury was released more news this week has been released about how some of those groups featured in the documentary have made it clear they have a desire to get involved in local body politics nefariously to attempt to make New Zealand ungovernable.
In this episode investigative journalist, researcher and reporter for the documentary Paula Penfold joins us for the hour live to chat about Fire and Fury, the reception and fallout from it, why they did it and anything more she can add to the conversation in NZ today.
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Alex Holder is a British documentary filmmaker who filmed then-President Donald Trump and his family prior to the 2020 election loss to Joe Biden and on and in the lead up to Jan. 6, 2021 in his Discovery Channel, 3 part documentary series 'Unprecedented'.
Later Holder was subpoenaed to testify before the Jan 6 House Select Committee and he provided them with hundreds of hours of footage that was shot of Trump, his family and the events surrounding Jan 6th that they captured.
Alex spends an hour with us as we deep dive into Trump, his family and the documentary which can be seen in NZ on Three On Demand. -
Jason Kerrison has been in the public eye for two decades as the lead singer of iconic Kiwi band OpShop. In more recent times Kerrison has been seen in the public eye for his opposition to the vaccine mandate and opinions on the vaccine itself.
He has created waves with some media profiles accusing them of spreading disinformation and warning them of the potential consequences by what he now acknowledges as regrettable, and inaccurate, memes and tweets citing death penalties in the past for media people who mislead the public. -
Sharyn Casey is a multi-talented broadcaster, content creator, writer and mother who has just finished hosting Dancing with the Stars and is about to return to her job co-hosting The Edge's drive show "Sharyn and Jayden"
We talk women in media, parenting, dogs and more along with delving into tabloid intrusion into life ad what it means for public personalities sharing and/or over sharing their private lives. -
Tom Mutch is a New Zealand-born journalist with a special interest in crime and conflict. A former U.K. parliamentary researcher focusing on defence and security, he is currently reporting from numerous locations in Ukraine on the Russian invasion.
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Sean Plunket, a broadcaster and journalist with 30 years experience, recently started his own media group called The Platform. An online radio station and multimedia platform that makes the claim of being "free of political bias" space for "tolerance and openness and truth"
We spend an hour with Sean talking about "what is being woke?", "why is the Platform and different from other news agencies?", "where is the line between being cancelled and a commercial decision?" and more -
Zack Nelson, from the YouTube channel JerryRigEverything, has turned a love of repairing, into the most viewed cell phone repair channel on the internet. His simple explanations and brief tutorials have helped millions of people with repairs of their own. Outside of YouTube, his 'to-the-point' style of teaching has created instructional and informational videos for manufacturers and factories around the world. His entrepreneurial spirit has turned a hobby, into a lifestyle.
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Jason Gunn is a New Zealand television and radio personality. He has beenon NZ screens since the last 1980s and is known for After School, The Son of a Gunn Show, What Now, Dancing with the Stars, Wheel of Fortune, and The Rich List, and also afternoon shows on radio stations Classic Hits and More FM.
Jason joins us to talk life, the universe and everything and share his take on the importance of telling good stories -
Pax is one of the most exciting comedians in New Zealand. Pax has appeared on a number of local television shows Including TV One's panel show Word Up, TV 3s 7 Days, Maori TVs Crack Up, the critically acclaimed Brown Eye and the 2016 NZ International Comedy Gala and most recently has written and performed in the story of his childhood, the brilliant Raised by Refugees.
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Nomiki Konst is an American journalist, progressive activist, and political commentator who is known for her work on The Young Turks and Our Revolution and now her own show The Nomiki Show.
The Nomiki Show is a progressive left politics news podcast / livestream that shines light on the status quo. TNS is hosted by Nomiki Konst and airs Wednesday and Fridays evenings in the US. - Show more
