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The Dark Side of Poor Infrastructure
I was chatting to a client the other day. He has been in the construction industry for the last three decades. Now in his 50s, his personal situation is quite comfortable; he has only a small mortgage and a nice house in a coastal area, and he has decided to
Buy Your Dog a Subscription to the BFD
I was looking at the BFD subscriptions today when I noticed that one customer name for a subscription was My Cat James. We here at The BFD are all for diversity of thought of course but I also think that it is very important that our customers are also as
NZ Herald Busted for Sneaky Government Cash for Content Deal
The NZ Herald and NZME now stand accused of actually doing what they falsely accused me of doing…taking cash from the Government for content and not declaring it: The Government’s housing developer Kainga Ora has been paying $25,000 a month to sponsor media stories on NZME’s
Police Must Warn Gangs, Not the Public
What is Minister of Police Poto Williams going to do about the dangerous and anti-social behaviour of gang funeral processions, given this now appears to be a recurring issue? National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown asks. Police in Auckland have sent out a notification that they are expecting a funeral
Weasel of the Day
Today’s weasel of the day is an anonymous TV3 spokeswoman. Before I explain why she is our weasel of the day let me first run a couple of analogies past you all. 1. Yes, I asked her to marry me BUT there was “no guarantee” that I would have
Why We Need a Sensible Shooters Association
Recently I received an email from the Antique Arms National President, Andrew Edgecombe. In the email, he has a crack at me (Note to Andrew: I don’t use minions) and my messages about the failures of COLFO. I will address his email in this article on the points that
With Your Help We Can Win a Lopsided Battle
Stuff has reported on the extent of media bludging from government troughs. It is eye-watering just how much taxpayer coin some media organisations have availed themselves of. Media companies large and small claimed funding from the Government’s media package last year. In April 2020, Broadcasting, Communications and Media Minister
Join the BFD Army
We are essentially a lone voice in a sea of left-wing voices. Do you really want us to disappear or would you rather we powered up our voice? Cancel culture makes people and organisations vulnerable. Activists go after organisations’ ad revenue by complaining to their advertisers. They go after individual’
Can You Write One Article a Week?
Today, RNZ and both TV news channels lean well to the left, NZME and Stuff have both been captured by a radical interpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi, and the Otago Daily Times won’t touch a cartoonist like Garrick Tremain. Don Brash Conservative views are less and less welcome
Healthy NZ Baby Took Two Hours to Die after Late Term Abortion While Hospital Withheld Medical Assistance
Deanna Kloosterboer voiceforlife.org.nz The incident reported here recently took place in New Zealand – the exact date and some names have been withheld to protect privacy. Voice for Life has been made aware of a recent case involving a healthy New Zealand infant who was born alive after an
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Labour’s Housing Crisis Solutions See Average Prices Rise 32%
When in Opposition, Labour banged on about a housing crisis and promised that their policies were the only possible solution to fix it. Housing certainly hurt National. Since then however Labour’s policies have had the opposite effect on housing, and the crisis just deepens: New figures released by the
‘Legitimate Use’ of a Ute?
Look at this gob smacking and astonishing statement from Jacinda Ardern about who she thinks should or shouldn’t be using utes: But Ardern confirmed she’s ruling out exemptions for utes. “We did discuss that because we recognised that there is a lag in the technology right now. But