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View from Your Window
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View from Your Window

**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell us about this View from Your Window? Yesterday’s photo was of an Auckland Transport illuminated road sign. The photo was taken on Ostend Rd, Ostend, Waiheke Island, heading

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Yesterday’s Five Most Popular Articles

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General Debate

The BFD General Debate

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Face of the Day
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Face of the Day

Luxon’s struck a nerve, hasn’t he? He’s been telling Kiwis to have more babies. He was at an infrastructure conference, talking about our shortage of workers to build the infrastructure we need. And he said: “We need people. Here is the deal – New Zealand stopped replacing itself

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The BFD Backchat

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Same colour, same page, and two ways to spell it. Well done, NZ Herald. If you enjoyed this Stuff up please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads to

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View from Your Window
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View from Your Window

**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell us about this View from Your Window? Yesterday’s photo was of Claudelands, GLOBOX Arena where they seem to be advertising babies as a career choice. ** We need more

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Yesterday’s Five Most Popular Articles

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The BFD General Debate

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State Intervention of the Day

Where will this end? If they force the entire population to take a supplement a pregnant woman needs then what else will they add to our food supply to help other groups? New Zealand has a voluntary system that aims to fortify up to half of packaged bread, but that

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The BFD Backchat

The BFD Backchat

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

As usual, Stuff knows 4/5 of 5/8 of Stuff-all when it comes to fractions vs frictions. And this is the same outfit that gleefully pointed out at least twice in an article, that ACT had misspelt the name of Parmjeet Parmar – not the easiest name to spell

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The BFD Comment of the Week
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The BFD Comment of the Week

As part of our drive to keep our comment section the best in New Zealand we showcase each week an example of a top-notch comment that adds value to The BFD. Today’s comment was written by George. Thank you George for taking the time to craft such an

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View from Your Window
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View from Your Window

**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell us about this View from Your Window? Yesterday’s photo was of a stunning autumn day in Kaikoura. I had a quick bite to eat in the King Tide

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Yesterday’s Five Most Popular Articles

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General Debate

The BFD General Debate

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