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Silverdale Police Over-Reach Video: Another Viewpoint

Silverdale Police Over-Reach Video: Another Viewpoint

Earlier in the week, we had an article about a video sent to us here at The BFD that showed an interaction with a police officer and a young couple who had just returned to a vehicle after shopping at the Silverdale Pak-n-Save. The original post is here, and a

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Rarotongan Vaxhole Bans Unclean Unvaxxed from Resorts

In a bizarre move, The Rarotongan Resort General Manager Tata Crocombe has deemed all unvaccinated persons to be unclean and banned them from his various premises! You might think that, for a small island nation that relies almost exclusively on tourism for their livelihood, banning a large chunk of your

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Thoughts on the Christchurch Countdown Arrest Fiasco

Thoughts on the Christchurch Countdown Arrest Fiasco

We have seen a bit written about the arrest outside a Christchurch Countdown supermarket over the last week or so. Just for the record, I had no input to the first article by Cam, only a tiny input to the second article and basically nothing in the follow-up article yesterday.

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Powerful Address to Nats Conference by Cool Change Founder

Powerful Address to Nats Conference by Cool Change Founder

It’s not that often we feature a video during the day but this is one that we think deserves a wider airing than our usual evening video slots. What we have here is a very powerful address that was given by Cool Change NZ co-founder Grace Curtis. Cool Change

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A Connected Cop’s Thoughts on the Mongrel Mob’s Self Funding Scheme

A Connected Cop’s Thoughts on the Mongrel Mob’s Self Funding Scheme

This article is from a Police-oriented Facebook page and is the observations of a Police officer relating to the recent, Jacinda Ardern approved, government funding to the Mongrel Mob. It is posted below un-redacted but with the addition of links for the Stuff article mentioned and Operation Dusk. The views

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Groundswell NZ Protests. Here’s What You Need to Know.

Groundswell NZ Protests. Here’s What You Need to Know.

The BFD is very supportive of the fledgling Groundswell NZ protest movement and we encourage everyone who supports our Farmers, Growers and Tradies to put in an appearance if possible. As an amateur movement in its infancy, info has been a little slow in coming out but there is now

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Why Is the Immigration Minister Avoiding Queenstown?

Why Is the Immigration Minister Avoiding Queenstown?

When Labour won the last election all by themselves, some people thought they might actually get some stuff done, and I guess if you count banning and taxing, they have. But if you have been expecting them to actually fix problems, then you have been waiting a long time. Over

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Pink Haired Harpy (and Friends) Want Climate Lockdowns

Pink Haired Harpy (and Friends) Want Climate Lockdowns

The below video seems to have been missed when it came out back in April this year. Probably because it was of John Campbell slavishly fawning over our three ‘award winning scientists’ and nobody with half a brain or any shred of dignity watches Campbell anymore, or indeed, could even

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Psst, You Want to Be Exempt from Wearing a Mask?

Psst, You Want to Be Exempt from Wearing a Mask?

Logic, it seems, has never been a strong point of this government. Examples pop up every day to remind us that ‘joined up thinking’ is a completely foreign concept amongst our current ruling elite. Whether it be killing off any chance we had for surety of energy supply, boldly claiming

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Aotearoa? Draw the Line, Our Name Is Fine

Aotearoa? Draw the Line, Our Name Is Fine

Back in the pre-European times, the local inhabitants of our fair land were fond of telling stories about, among other things, where and whence they came from. This of course is nothing new as all countries have oral traditions. Most of course had written traditions as well but in the

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New Police Pursuit Policy an Utter Failure

New Police Pursuit Policy an Utter Failure

Last week I had occasion to chat with a couple of detectives whom I had had the pleasure of working with back in the day. They were executing a warrant to search a vehicle that had been impounded following a short pursuit after it had managed to get away from

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Will You Be Happy with the Government Tracking Your Every Kilometre?
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Will You Be Happy with the Government Tracking Your Every Kilometre?

National started looking at it a few years ago, Phil Twyford worked on it in 2019 and Michael Wood has been continuing the work to date. It seems that everyone is trying to figure out how to keep the cash flowing from the long-suffering cash-cow, the motorist. Stuff advises that

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Dixon and Mclaughin. Today’s Indycar Race in Alabama.
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Dixon and Mclaughin. Today’s Indycar Race in Alabama.

A great day for racing presented itself this morning at Barber Motorsport Park in Alabama with just enough cloud cover to provide a little respite from the sun. Alabama has been a happy hunting ground for Dixon who, although he has never won there, has placed second six times and

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Scotty Mac and Dixie, Racing for NZ in This Morning’s Indycar Race
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Scotty Mac and Dixie, Racing for NZ in This Morning’s Indycar Race

It’s been a big weekend for Kiwi racer Scott McLaughlin at the start of his first full season in the prestigious Indycar Series in the USA. Scott has been trying to break into the big American scene for some time and was recently given the chance to shine by

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Westpac Economist Says You Should Consider Selling Your Rental to Your Tenants

Westpac Economist Says You Should Consider Selling Your Rental to Your Tenants

Westpac economists expect house prices to level out over the rest of this year and expect “moderate” falls in the coming years as longer-term interest rates eventually rise. They also say renters can stop worrying about the prospect of rents rising significantly, despite threats from disgruntled landlords. Acting chief economist

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Ocasio-Cortez Named ‘Least Effective Lawmaker’ in All of Congress.
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Ocasio-Cortez Named ‘Least Effective Lawmaker’ in All of Congress.

Lawmaker effectiveness is something that never seems to be measured in New Zealand although I’m not sure why. It certainly is something that is measured regularly in the USA. The Center for Effective Lawmaking, based at the University of Virginia and Vanderbilt University, is a non-partisan group tasked with

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