Maori leader Dame Naida Glavish has waded into the push to change New Zealand’s name by claiming that “It was Aotearoa before we got a foreign sailor coming in here.” BFD writer Dieuwe de Boer however has blown that claim out of the water in his article It’s
The BFD is a RESPECTFUL forum for opinions. Everyone is offered the opportunity to comment BUT this is a privilege that can be taken away. You are welcome to comment on The BFD posts if you abide by our “Ten Commandments“. If you don’t abide by the commandments a
The entire transcript is 6210 words in length so I have abridged it for you, reducing it down to just over one thousand words, highlighting what I feel are the most interesting bits. Jobs are booming, incomes are soaring, poverty is plummeting, crime is falling, confidence is surging, and our
A French atheist teenager online called Islam a “Shit religion” and said that “the Koran is full of hate” and her comments went viral. Can you guess what happened next? A) French Muslims went out of their way to show her how peaceful, loving and tolerant Islam is. B) French
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is the Queen of the Captain’s Call. Her most famous Captain’s Call to date is her call on Oil and Gas. Without consulting anyone she made a decision that tanked Taranaki‘s economy, slashed employment and destroyed businesses. Simon Bridges is her brother from
Today’s Crybaby is having a sookfest about petrol pumps being sexist because they are designed by men and are therefore only suitable for men’s larger hands. Hasn’t anyone ever shown her the little clip they have on the handle that holds the lever open so you don’
In his Political Roundup, Bryce Edwards has discussed what he calls the “big implications of National ruling out NZ First” The National Party’s chance of taking power this year now hinges on Winston Peters’ downfall. Conversely, Peters’ options for staying in government mean sticking with a Labour coalition. This
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has followed President Trump’s lead and has made the decision to speak directly to the nation through Facebook and YouTube on the day that the UK officially leaves the European Union. He will pre-record his message at 10 Downing Street and will then publish
An analogy for the whole New Zealand versus Aotearoa debate can be found in my distant past, when a friend of the family at the ripe old age of forty-something, declared that she hated the name that we had always called her. It was the name that she had been
Lee Jussim is the author of The Orwelexicon, a blog post so funny that it was banned by Psychology Today. Within only 12 hours it had been viewed more than 1000 times (which is very popular for a Psychology article) but as it was a humourous post it is not
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How messed up is this dear readers? Our article about Tommy Robinson a man who won an International Free speech award is censored by Facebook because Facebook considers him ( and by extension Free speech) to be dangerous! Tommy Robinson is a good man who has been persecuted by the Legacy
A leader needs to be able to handle an interview and to speak off the cuff. Simon Bridges comes across as very rehearsed in the lines that he uses and gets in trouble when he gets asked a question that he doesn’t have a rehearsed answer for. Politicians need
When NZ First’s Shane Jones called Ihumatao protest leader Pania Newton a “young Putiputi” (a young flower) it was only to be expected that the legacy media would twist and turn like a really twisty turny thing to try to turn a very innocuous comment into “sexism”, “misogyny” and
Apparently it’s on, well at least that is what my e-mail from Jacinda said in the subject line. I didn’t know if she had left her iron on or if she was referring to her next long holiday in Australia. I guess our Prime Minister er I mean
