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Five Things You Are NOT Paying For

When you support The BFD your money is going towards the crucial basics such as internet service providers, content and Editorial services. It is not being spent on: Flash offices. The BFD has an online office where our staff from within NZ and Australia meet up every day to share

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A Pox on All Their Houses

A Pox on All Their Houses

Dr Duncan Du Bois duncandubois.co.za Duncan Du Bois spent 34 years as a high school teacher of History and English. He completed a MA dissertation in 1989 at the University of Natal and completed a PhD dissertation in 2013. Information Opinion Since the announcement by the US Centers

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Our Readers Get Champagne on a Beer Budget

Our Readers Get Champagne on a Beer Budget

Last year Stuff 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

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‘Critical to a Free Society’

‘Critical to a Free Society’

Like him or loathe him, Winston Peters has hit precisely the right note when discussing the failure of the mainstream media with Sean Plunket on The Platform.  He rightly says, “I’m sorry to say that because in the end whether you like journalists or not, a free media, an

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

How much credibility does a quiz like this have? 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

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Media Witch Hunt

Media Witch Hunt

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Public Still Faced with an Information Blackout

Public Still Faced with an Information Blackout

Guy Hatchard and Narayani Hatchard hatchardreport.com Dr Guy Hatchard is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his PhD in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. Information Opinion The

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Raise Your Glasses to the BFD

Last year Stuff 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

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Stuff doesn’t appear to have the “bightest” proofreaders. 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

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The Merger of TVNZ and RNZ
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The Merger of TVNZ and RNZ

Alexander Gillespie Claire Breen University of Waikato Alexander Gillespie works primarily in international law, with specialties in international environmental; and the laws of war/international humanitarian law. Dr Claire Breen holds a BCL from the National University of Ireland (University College Cork). She also holds an LLM (International Law) and

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Propping up The  Propaganda Press

Propping up The Propaganda Press

Public Interest Journalism Propaganda has received an $18m boost with the announcement of funding for an additional 110 journalists across New Zealand with “a specific mandate to produce stories that keep New Zealanders informed and engaged, and support a healthy democracy”. Don’t you just love the Newspeak? War is

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The Plank in Stuff’s Eye

The Plank in Stuff’s Eye

New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out With Science nzdsos.com Information Opinion NZDSOS stands behind Dr Ate Moala and Barrister, Lisa Hansen who were recently accused of being involved in conspiracy by yet a further hit piece in Stuff. Our Rebuttal To Stuff’s Conspiracy Accusations Erin Gourley on Dr Ate

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Smeared by Govt and Media

Smeared by Govt and Media

Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. A former Chamber of Commerce President, her background is in business and education. In her post Cabinet press

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Hipkins Squirms and Makes like He Is Sgt. Shultz

Yesterday it was the turn of the Police Minister, Chris Hipkins, to face scrutiny over the overreach of Police reaching out to Interpol to dig dirt on Avi Yemeni. He made out like a slimmer version of Sgt. Schultz professing to not know anything. Given this story is now reaching

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A NZ Herald Beat-up

A NZ Herald Beat-up

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Last Sunday’s NZ Herald ran a lengthy article ripping into the Korean Christian outfit Shincheonji which has opened in New Zealand. I read the article twice and frankly it sounded fairly benign compared with say the Catholics. Precisely why The Herald called it a

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The Fight to Protect Youth From Social Media

Carolyn Moynihan mercatornet.com Carolyn Moynihan is the former deputy editor of MercatorNet. Is social media harmful to kids? Some people are still sceptical about this: a few experts, the American Civil Liberties Union and Big Tech itself, of course. Put a smart little device in the hands of teenagers,

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