Matt Long Fatherhood, Farming and Freedom One of the great things about writing on a platform like The BFD is that you are writing for people who are motivated, well informed and more intelligent than the average punter, so everyone here almost without exception will be aware of the vagaries
Barbara McKenzie stovouno.org Ohariu MP Greg O’Connor is an ex-policemen and long-time President of the New Zealand Police Association, best known in that role for his strong support of armed police. (In 2019-20 New Zealand trialled armed police patrols, and for a while it looked
Patrick van Esch Auckland University of Technology Michelle O’Shea Western Sydney University Sarah Duffy Western Sydney University The latest poll shows a drop in support by New Zealanders for the recreational use of cannabis ahead of next month’s referendum on the issue. The 1 NEWS Colmar Brunton Poll
Lee Seabrook-Suckling asiamediacentre.org.nz Lee Seabrook-Suckling comes to the Asia Media Centre as media adviser after a decade in journalism and public relations. Conducted in the last ten days, a new poll from Trace Research suggests National is losing ground in the Kiwi Chinese community. National Party
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com First and most important was Biden. Contrary to fears he had no trouble coping with Trump who was his usual oafish, ignorant, lying self. No surprise there but Biden holding his own put paid to doubters (such as me) whether he is up to the
theplumlist.com The highly anticipated Netflix Original movie about Sherlock Holmes’s teen sister was met with widespread praise from critics. NPR says, “The world of this film is a pleasure to disappear into, and in Enola, Brown has found a role to which she seems perfectly – even uncannily – matched.
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Eliora A jubilant Scott Morrison, “ScoMo” to his fellow Australians said, “I’ve always believed in miracles. I’m standing with the three biggest miracles in my life here tonight”, referring to Jenny, his wife and Lily and Abbey, his daughters – “and tonight we’ve been delivered another one.” The
Thornton Blackmore “Jump aboard this waka” is the party line among supporters for what has become New Zealand’s fastest growing political party. Advance New Zealand Co-Leader Billy Te Kahika, whose grassroots popularity has been likened to that of former US Congressman Ron Paul, has already been polled by
Morten Gjerde Victoria University of Wellington The proposed blueprint for how Wellington will develop over the next 30 years puts its finger straight on one of the key issues affecting urban growth and change: residential character. Specifically, the draft spatial plan, named Our City Tomorrow, recommends the architectural character of
Zero Alpha No doubt many will have seen, or at least heard about, “Doomsday Preppers”. For those unenlightened among us, it’s a National Geographic TV show about those crazy Americans who are digging bunkers in their back yards, hoarding guns and toilet paper, and just generally getting ready to
Mr Colourful A clickbait headline on Newshub got me watching Chloe Swarbrick talking about her cannabis referendum with the woke wombles on The Project. I suffered through it so you kind souls don’t have to ruin your days by being subjected to it. Chloe Swarbrick proves either A: politics’
Cully Stimson GianCarlo Canaparo papundits.wordpress.com Charles “Cully” Stimson is a leading expert in national security, homeland security, crime control, immigration and drug policy at The Center for Legal and Judicial Studies and the Center for National Defense at The Heritage Foundation. GianCarlo Canaparo is a legal fellow in
Jeffrey A. Tucker aier.org This year has been a shock. Here is an early sketch of what I think I’ve learned. 1. Governments are fully capable of doing the unthinkable, and doing so suddenly with no exit plan, little consideration of cost, and a callous disregard for individual
John Rofe Private Fraud Investigator THE CAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE Eminent meteorologists will all explain that the weather is a complex mixture of pattern and chaos. Pattern dominates daily, but chaos in the longer term. The climate is the 30 year average of weather conditions at a particular place and
