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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 photo? Yesterday’s photo was taken from Rotorua airport, looking out to Mokoia Island. Please put View From My Window in the subject line. window@thebfd.

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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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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

Today’s face of the day Chris Hipkins forgot to wear his clown suit when he made the following announcement. With the shift to the orange traffic light, masks will be mandatory in shops and libraries but not schools or nightclubs – rules dubbed “nonsensical” by the retail sector. COVID-19

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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

One News apparently managed to interview the Ukrainian President when he secretly visited recently in disguise. No wonder he was able to speak knowledgeably about Building ventilation. If you enjoyed this Stuff up please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you

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Things That Make Me Go Hmm

Do you think that NZ Herald’s David Fisher voted in our poll while looking for remarks that cause “social disharmony“? If you enjoyed this article please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like to access exclusive Member content

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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 photo? Yesterday’s photo was taken from Little & Long Cafe, Spring/Grey Sts; Tauranga. Please put View From My Window in the subject line. window@

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General Debate

The BFD General Debate

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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

He wants to kill our dairy cows but he doesn’t want us to eat meat. Today’s face of the day Green co-leader James Shaw won’t rest until we are all eating mung beans and chowing down on insects while living in caves. The Climate Change Minister

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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

An NZ Herald opinion writer with fat-finger syndrome perhaps? Missing the “r” and hitting the “t” is bad enough, but where is the proofreading? 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

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Things That Make Me Go Hmm

With Andrew Little’s drive to create a separate health system for Maori, I thought it would be interesting to see how ethnicity is defined. Its clear in section 2.1 that one’s ethnicity is self-determined, and also your ethnicity can change over time! People will be able

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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 photo? Yesterday’s photo is of not quite a window but a pleasant view nonetheless over the bars of the old school Trek MTB of the

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