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Show Me the Money

Show Me the Money

I have been working with a few local business people, helping them to put together an application for funds from the government from their stimulus package, announced last Tuesday. While I spent some time preparing figures to demonstrate the 30% downturn in income from last year, it seems it was

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Random Impertinent Questions for the Government

Random Impertinent Questions for the Government

Cruise Ships as Floating Isolation Wards? Right now there are four cruise ships in Auckland. They are all empty – no passengers. They are the La Laperouse, Silver Muse, Bremen and Noordam. Noordam has been moored off Whangaparaoa since Wednesday last week. La Laperouse also; until Saturday night when it moored

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The BFD Face of the Day

The BFD Face of the Day

UPDATED/URGENT Request of Doctors: This petition has clearly grown beyond just medical professionals now, with many other people signing the petition. If you are a doctor, please urgently sign this doctors-only petition instead: https://bit.ly/nzmedicalspecialistspetition as it is being delivered very soon. This alternative petition was created

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Community Transmission in NZ since 20/3/2020?

Community Transmission in NZ since 20/3/2020?

Editors Note: The following chart and PDF that appears to be from the World Health Organisation was sent to The BFD today anonymously so I cannot confirm their accuracy. The person who sent it to us claims that New Zealand has had confirmation of community transmission since 20/3/2020.

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Panic Buying: Blame Lack of Connection Not Individualism

Panic Buying: Blame Lack of Connection Not Individualism

British author Oliver Murphy talks about stockpiling and the reasons behind panic buying. It was last week when Isabel had come out of major surgery to remove a brain tumour. Now convalescing at home, Isabel (not her real name) is only able to take paracetamol to manage what she describes

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COVID-19 Update: 22 March 2020

COVID-19 Update: 22 March 2020

Ministry of Health briefing: * 14 new cases confirmed. * Total is now 66. * Five  cases were in Auckland, 1 case in Northland, 1 in Canterbury, 2 in New  Plymouth, 2 in Waikato, 1 in Tauranga, 1 in Coromandel, and 1 in  Dunedin. * 11 have history of international travel. 2 cases have

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A Real Emergency, Not a Fake One, Forces Change

A Real Emergency, Not a Fake One, Forces Change

What do you know? Pollution levels are down, the sky can be seen over China and the canals in Venice are cleaner than ever in living memory. And what brought this about? The coronavirus pandemic. A real emergency, where thousands have already lost their lives, forced us to change our

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The BFD Vigilante of the Day

The BFD Vigilante of the Day

Today’s Vigilante of the day, Rawiri Waititi has reacted to our PM’s weak as dishwater COVID-19 response by taking the law into his own hands and illegally enforcing what he describes as border controls in an attempt to protect his community. He and his community will be enforcing

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