Bottles to Fiber: The Magic of Repreve
From recycled plastic botTles to high-performance fiber for yoga gear and car interiors- This is how the magic happens. If you have a great Youtube or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@thebfd.co.nz
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West Coast Hydro Dam Axed by David Parker
You really do have to wonder with this government if the left hand knows what the right hand is doing. They axed our lucrative oil and gas industries, citing the fact that they want to concentrate entirely on renewable energy sources. New Zealand is already a great place for this,
National Follows in Trump’s Deregulation Footsteps
The wets in the National party will hate me describing their policy as following in Trump’s deregulation footsteps, but that is exactly what they are doing with their announcement that “National will light a regulations bonfire.” President Donald Trump promised he’d get rid of bad rules. “Remove the
Obama Film Debut: New Doc from Michelle & Barack Shows Underbelly of Trump Prosperity
Barack and Michelle Obama debut their first Higher Ground Production for Netflix, a documentary about the underbelly of the alleged Trump prosperity — American Factory. The new doc looks at a former GM plant, taken over by a Chinese auto glass firm, where workers make less money, and struggle to adapt
Good Grief, Now We’re Doing H&S Plans In Case of Mass Shootings?
Anyone who works in pretty much any type of business knows just how silly the Health and Safety plan requirements are becoming. Temporary fencing around a building site so trespassers don’t fall in a hole, site safety boxes, fall-proof nets and of course copious amounts of scaffolding all
The Half-Baked Quarter Trillion Palaver Purgatory
Never mind carbon dioxide; the biggest threat to our children’s future is the cluster of economic arsonists creeping through our halls of power, their claws clutching shabby virtue like the awful Tricoteuses of Paris clutched knitting-needles in their crusted fingers while delightfully anticipating Madame Guillotine’s newest victim,
Faces of the Day
Some people make the world a better place and today’s faces of the day are two men who do exactly that. Two men are trying increase the employment rate for disabled people by baking cookies. The Cookie Project is the only baking company that employs only people with disabilities.
Aborted Baby Parts Sold for Science & Profit
Our government is busily decriminalising abortion while in California Planned Parenthood is busy harvesting and selling foetal body parts for profit. It is no surprise to find the Planned Parenthood website misleading. It describes itself as a non-profit organisation with the following mission statement. “Planned Parenthood is a trusted
PM Gives Up on Domestic Problems, Lectures Foreigners Instead
ACT Party: Last week, the prime minister was on the international stage and in the glare of global media where she normally excels. But she seriously stumbled by lecturing our friend and closest ally, Australia, about their climate change record. (This follows her earlier criticism of Australia’s immigration laws.
Chin Up, Businesses…
Duncan Garner has written one of the silliest and most patronising articles of all time. At a time when the OCR has reached an all-time low, and everyone knows it cannot mean happy times ahead, Garner has bought into the myth that, as business hates Labour governments, all that
Fake Meat the Future of Food?
Is Silicon Valley killing the American cowboy? And what does a $100 chicken nugget taste like? He crosses the US to find answers, meeting the cattlemen, lawmakers and Silicon Valley up-starts who are locked in a high stakes battle over the future of our food. Craig Reucassel reports on
Government Abandons Construction Industry
New Conservative party Government has demonstrated its contempt for developers and the construction industry in its handling of the Ihumatao protest. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has this morning tried to simplify this issue, suggesting it is about talks between Maori who are seeking a “for Maori by Maori solution.” She
Why Do We Keep Accepting Reduced Service?
Why is it, I wonder, that we as Kiwis keep letting businesses reduce their service, but we still stay with them? We are all familiar with our favourite chocolate bars being reduced in size without the price being reduced, but I have noticed an increasing trend when it comes to
The Beginning of the War on Cash
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Coming to a City Near You
Where Australia leads New Zealand often follows, so you can expect this latest story to impact us Kiwis in the not too distant future. Residents have been left outraged over a Perth council’s plans to launch a new policy aimed at reducing the amount of unhealthy food being sold
Our Favourite Cheeses Gone on the Summer Bries
Roman poet Virgil warned us to “beware of Greeks bearing gifts”, but Greeks today might well warn everyone else to be wary of the EU bearing gifts. The British can also tell us a thing or two about Brussels’s overbearing arrogance. Australian farmers are justifiably concerned that they’re