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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

Face of the Day

Elon Musk has suspended several journalists’ accounts for doxxing which is against Twitter’s rules. They are not happy about it. State of play: The notice that appears on the now-suspended accounts reads: “Twitter suspends accounts that violate the Twitter Rules.” […] In response to a tweet about the suspensions,

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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

“Waikato Time”? In the world of the NZ Herald, the times, they are a changing… 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

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View from Your Window
NZ

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 photo? ** We need more photos please folks, so grab your camera or mobile phone and get snapping! The view through the window is north over the

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Yesterday’s Five Most Popular Articles

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You Asked For It and Now It Is Possible

You Asked For It and Now It Is Possible

We have GREAT news. For many years readers have asked us for the ability to give a BFD membership as a present but we didn’t have the technology to do it. This Christmas we finally have what you have all been asking for. Gifting Our new system allows us

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General Debate

The BFD General Debate

Good morning, welcome to our daily General Debate. Our evening General debate is called Backchat and will start at 6 pm. On General debate, you are encouraged as a commenter to share your own stories, discuss other news, bring NEW news, catch up with friends or make new friends with

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Dick of the Day
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Dick of the Day

After having a laugh about it, Jacinda Ardern and I are going to auction a signed copy of the Hansard (official record) of her calling me an “arrogant prick” to raise money for pricks everywhere, a great cause, the Prostate Cancer Foundation. https://t.co/6QJ0bV73Zc pic.twitter.com/5FzIzqUiQf

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The BFD Backchat

The BFD Backchat

Good evening, welcome to Backchat. On Backchat, you are free to share your own stories, discuss other news or catch up with friends. To participate you’ll need to sign up for a Disqus account which is free, quick, and easy. On posts that are not articles like this one,

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Now, this is just so dumb, it’s funny. 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 make your reading experience more

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How to Gift Someone a BFD Membership This Christmas

We have GREAT news. For many years readers have asked us for the ability to give a BFD membership as a present but we didn’t have the technology to do it. This Christmas we finally have what you have all been asking for. Gifting Our new system allows us

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View from Your Window
NZ

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 photo? ** We need more photos please folks, so grab your camera or mobile phone and get snapping! Yesterday’s photo was the view from the back

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Yesterday’s Five Most Popular Articles

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General Debate

The BFD General Debate

Good morning, welcome to our daily General Debate. Our evening General debate is called Backchat and will start at 6 pm. On General debate, you are encouraged as a commenter to share your own stories, discuss other news, bring NEW news, catch up with friends or make new friends with

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