Allow me to introduce New Zealand’s young people to a couple of wise old sayings that will serve them well. First: If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. Second: If you’re going to talk the talk, walk the walk. Both of these sayings
Over the weekend urban cyclist, pannier bag and lamb chop recipe aficionado, Russell Brown, decided to enter into the debate about crime on his Twitter feed. He rather gloatingly declared victory over his detractors and published this tweet: A keen observer will note that Russell Brown is only publishing nine
How cruel is that? Two Mondays in one week. Thanks BoP Times. If you enjoyed this Stuff up please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads to make your
The Spinoff has a similar-sized audience to The BFD but the similarities end there. The BFD is funded 95% by our 1600+ members and 5% by our advertising revenue. The BFD serves a broad church of political views that includes libertarian, centre-right, and conservative readers of whom the majority are
The findings on trust in media organisations is out and the left-wing dominated media have taken a flogging. It seems that the public is well attuned to their lying ways and are voting with their feet. Newsroom reports: Less than half the New Zealand public now professes ‘overall trust’ in
Year 12 student and media contact for School Strike for Climate Wellington, Izzy Cook, spoke to RNZ’s “Morning Report” on Friday. Newstalk ZB’s Heather du Plessis-Allan rang Miss Cook for an interview on Friday evening. By Sunday evening Izzy’s mother, Rose Cook, had composed a reply and
I don’t see a crow, much less an Imperial State Crow. If you enjoyed this Stuff up please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads to make your
Can you imagine a New Zealand in which independent media is gone and all that remains is a small group of large media organisations muzzled by funding from the government? It’s not some faraway dystopia. It is already happening. With the rapid corporate consolidation of traditional news outlets and
The landscape for conservative media is getting darker and darker. The BFD is faced with competitors that are hock deep in Government funded troughs and social media giants that stifle freedom of expression. Last year The BFD copped a second 30-day ban on Facebook. Our first one was for posting
When is $1,050,000 not $1,050000? If you enjoyed this Stuff up please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads to make your reading experience more enjoyable
The landscape for conservative media is getting darker and darker. The BFD is faced with competitors that are hock deep in Government funded troughs and social media giants that stifle freedom of expression. Last year The BFD copped a second 30-day ban on Facebook. Our first one was for posting
Information Opinion As an individual, I am completely over this constant Maori bullying. The nonsense and the non-stop Maori cultural overload have created a wall of resistance now being displayed by the majority of New Zealanders. I will no longer be bullied. If you enjoyed this article please share it
Throne isn’t hard to spell, the BBC needs better proof readers. If you enjoyed this Stuff up please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads to make your
Now, I’m as sceptical of conspiracy theories as anyone. As I often say, reading the Illuminatus! trilogy in my early teens inoculated me against the undoubted attraction of conspiratorial thinking. But I might need a booster, after the last few years. Because, if the last few years have taught
If there’s any doubt why New Zealand desperately needs wholly independent media like The BFD, it’s the fact that much of what you’re about to read here, you won’t be able to read in the NZ mainstream media. As I wrote recently for Insight, hiding in
Susie Ferguson, in her regular weekly grilling of Chris Luxon, was determined to get her pound of flesh after Marie Dew’s independent investigation failed to uphold the accusation against Sam Uffindell, originally reported on Radio NZ. Although 14 people contributed to the investigation, the accuser, for whom the procedure
