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The Perfect Hobby

The Perfect Hobby

The BFD is seeking citizen journalists to write news articles for us in a voluntary capacity. Writing for us as a citizen journalist is not only a perfect hobby to keep your mind active and your wits sharp but you also get bragging rights when sharing links to your published

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Special Police Membership Deal

Special Police Membership Deal

Information Satire Now that we know that The BFD is under Police surveillance by the “Scanning and Targeting Team”, we here at The BFD  thought that we should spread some of that kindness that Jacinda is always droning on about. Our team have put their heads together and helped me

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What Will Happen if Independent Media Dies?

Can you imagine a New Zealand in which independent media is gone and all that remains is a small group of large media organisations muzzled by funding from the government? It’s not some faraway dystopia. It is already happening. With the rapid corporate consolidation of traditional news outlets and

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What Is Life like in Your Country?

Here at The BFD we currently have writers based in New Zealand, Australia, Israel, Hong Kong and the UK but we have readers from many other countries. The top ten countries that have readers that regularly visit our site are: This article is a shout out to our readers in

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Buy this Premium Polo

Want to show everyone you love The BFD as your ‘one source of truth’? Well, now you can. This year we launched The BFD Merch store. Show your support of The BFD with this premium polo shirt. You can buy it here. Show your support of The BFD with this

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We Produce Champagne on a Beer Budget

Last year Stuff reported on the extent of media bludging from government troughs. It is eye-watering just how much taxpayer coin some media organisations have availed themselves of. Media companies large and small claimed funding from the Government’s media package last year. In April 2020, Broadcasting, Communications and Media

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Come Back We Miss You

If you used to be a member of The BFD and miss having access to BFD content and services we would LOVE to have you back. It is EASY to reactivate your expired subscription. If your subscription has not automatically renewed it may be… * because you hadn’t ticked for

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Access NZ’s Best Political Cartoons

Access NZ’s Best Political Cartoons

If you don’t already have a Bronze level subscription to The BFD you are missing out. You are missing out on SonovaMin and BoomSlang’s fantastic twice-weekly political cartoons: Freedom fighters. Cartoon credit BoomSlang. The BFD. You are missing out on our Daily Crossword puzzle. You are missing out

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Volunteer Writers Wanted

The BFD is seeking motivated, concise, reliable, and professionally-minded writers. Ideally, we prefer articles of 400-600 words in length. If you feel that the subject requires a longer post please keep it under 1000 words, (ideally under 800). Local news stories are as welcome as anything to do with sport

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Free Taste of Silver Level Content by Stephen Berry

If you don’t have a Silver level membership yet you are missing out on our Insight Politics articles. Today is a FREE taste of an Insight Politics article by writer Stephen Berry. They Can’t Even Splash the Cash Properly There are plenty of policies and spending increases this

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Buy this Tote Bag

Want to show everyone you love The BFD as your ‘one source of truth’? Well, now you can. This year we launched The BFD Merch store. Show your support of The BFD with this Tote Bag. You can buy it here. Show your support of The BFD with this cap.

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Get Rid of the Ads

Get Rid of the Ads

Introducing the BFD BASIC subscription. No frills just Ad-free viewing and faster loading times 16c a day $1.15 a week $5 a month $60 a year Grab a Basic membership today.

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Buy this T-shirt

Buy this T-shirt

Want to show everyone you love The BFD as your ‘one source of truth’? Well, now you can. This year we launched The BFD Merch store. This T-shirt is one of our most popular products. You can get this design on a Sweatshirt as well. We do not hold stock,

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