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View From Your Window
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View From Your Window

Can you fill in the gaps? Train Ride from L— to H——- in P— on the A—– Central Railroad. ( A train ride for train lovers ) Yesterday’s view was of Mt Ashlu. Garibaldi National Park. Vancouver. Editor Note: The BFD needs more views from your window. We particularly need challenging

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We Don’t Have to Succumb to the Politics of Division and Hate
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We Don’t Have to Succumb to the Politics of Division and Hate

OPINION: Just as I think my capacity for surprise has reached its limit, my friend Behrouz Boochani comes up with yet another astonishing story about his life. It’s been eight months of close friendship, with almost every day of it filled with intriguing tales of the past and the

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Woke Karma of the Day

Woke Karma of the Day

Wibble In a stunning display of Woke-Karma, the popular “Coco’s Cantina” restaurant in Auckland’s Karangahape Road is now considering changing its name after complaints were made by the owners of the “Kingi” restaurant in Britomart that the name “Coco’s Cantina” was appropriating Latin culture. This comes

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The BFD Puzzle Post: Codecracker, Crossword, Sudoku

The BFD Puzzle Post: Codecracker, Crossword, Sudoku

* Daily Codecracker * Daily Crossword * Daily Sudoku Welcome to our Daily puzzles. Readers requested daily puzzles so we have sourced three of them for your enjoyment. They are available for readers who have a bronze level subscription package and above with The BFD. Cancel your newspaper subscription as your final remaining

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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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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

The word is consultation or maybe she really needed consoling? If you enjoyed this BFD Stuff up of the day please consider sharing it with your friends.

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Laughter Is the Best Medicine

Laughter Is the Best Medicine

This regular daily post is the place to joke about the Kung Flu and banish negative thoughts. Let’s take it one day at a time dear readers and keep our spirits high. We will support each other through this.

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Oral Questions – 4 August 2020

Questions to Ministers Hon JUDITH COLLINS to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government’s policies and commitments? Dr DEBORAH RUSSELL to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he seen on the New Zealand economy in the context of the global COVID-19 pandemic? Hon

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View From Your Window
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View From Your Window

Can you fill in the gaps? Mt A—-. G——– National Park. V——–. The winner of yesterday’s competition VFYW was Chris M. Congratulations Chris you are this week’s winner. Please e-mail me your postal address details and let me know which book you would like as your prize.

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Crybaby of the Week
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Crybaby of the Week

A woman in managed isolation was left in tears for days when yoga group sessions in her hotel were canned without warning over sweat infection fears. The 56-year-old, who is spending her fortnight holed up at the Grand Millennium Hotel in downtown Auckland, said she was upset to

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An Examination of the Media Party

Wibble The exit of so many socially liberal women at the same time leaves a gaping hole in the so-called broad church of the National party that will cause it to list to the religious right. Audrey Young Dear Audrey, thanks for your comments on the National Party. In

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New BFD Dictionary term: “Fatima”
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New BFD Dictionary term: “Fatima”

Wibble Fatima: For example “She has a Fatima of the Imagination. Definition: something that never actually happened, but you wrote a whole book about it anyway and made it into a big fat fake deal”. “Fatima” derives from a composition of the words “Fat” (as in big Fat lie), and

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Oral Questions – 5 August 2020

Questions to Ministers 1. Dr DUNCAN WEBB to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he seen on the New Zealand economy in the context of the global COVID-19 pandemic? 2. Hon JUDITH COLLINS to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by her statement regarding the Provincial Growth

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