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How to Gift Someone a BFD Membership This Christmas

We have GREAT news. For many years readers have asked us for the ability to give a BFD membership as a present but we didn’t have the technology to do it. This Christmas we finally have what you have all been asking for. Gifting Our new system allows us

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Shame of the Day

Stuff Circuit, presented by Paula Penfold and with four team members, has won multiple awards for Stuff.co.nz, which has regularly lauded the unit’s achievements. But in the list of current affairs programmes to be funded for 2024 through NZ on Air, Stuff Circuit was a glaring omission.

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Must’ve been an intern putting the quiz together that day – it’s spelt Bermuda. 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

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How to Gift Someone a BFD Membership This Christmas

We have GREAT news. For many years readers have asked us for the ability to give a BFD membership as a present but we didn’t have the technology to do it. This Christmas we finally have what you have all been asking for. Gifting Our new system allows us

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A Lot Has Changed in NZ Since 1985

A Lot Has Changed in NZ Since 1985

Many things have changed. Everyone smoked. Everyone went to the pub. It was cheap. Attending University was not the financial hurdle it is today. Join the students’ union, buy your textbooks and get a seasonal job during the Christmas New Year break with maybe some part-time weekend employment. If you

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Again the Quiz gives a wrong question and answer – Lagos ceased being the capital thirty-two years ago when it changed to Abuja. 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

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Media Party All Sound and Fury

Media Party All Sound and Fury

As I wrote recently, the NZ media greedily snatched the PIJF funding like the cheap whores they are, even though they would have happily put out for Labor for free. “Like the political nymphomaniac hookers they are, they just love doing it anyway: getting paid was a bonus.” And the

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Putting the Men in Dresses Back in Their Lane

Putting the Men in Dresses Back in Their Lane

It was Paul Keating who said, “When you change the government, you change the country”. For once, he was right. And uncharacteristically honest, for a politician, in contrast to the obvious lies of the likes of Kevin Rudd and Anthony Albanese, who promised “safe, minimal change” — and immediately proceeded to

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How to Gift Someone a BFD Membership This Christmas

We have GREAT news. For many years readers have asked us for the ability to give a BFD membership as a present but we didn’t have the technology to do it. This Christmas we finally have what you have all been asking for. Gifting Our new system allows us

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Great options from the Stuff quiz. Everyone knows Switzerland is landlocked, but there is no way to tell which is the right option. 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

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Who Needs Chippy When We Have the Herald?

Who Needs Chippy When We Have the Herald?

Michael Bassett Political historian Michael Bassett CNZM is the author of 15 books, was a regular columnist for the Fairfax newspapers and a former Minister in the 1984-1990 governments bassettbrashandhide.com In case you are in any doubt, the New Zealand Herald, with TV1 in hot pursuit, has taken over

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How to Gift Someone a BFD Membership This Christmas

We have GREAT news. For many years readers have asked us for the ability to give a BFD membership as a present but we didn’t have the technology to do it. This Christmas we finally have what you have all been asking for. Gifting Our new system allows us

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

They don’t give a damn about spelling the word dam. 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

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CBS Whine About Israel

CBS Whine About Israel

Nicholas Fondacaro Nick grew up in East Stroudsburg Pennsylvania. He graduated from Binghamton University in 2013 with a degree in Political Science. While at Binghamton he served as the Speaker of the Student Assembly and wrote for the Binghamton Review, where his love for journalism started. After graduating, he interned

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‘A Damning Epitaph for the Labour Govt’

‘A Damning Epitaph for the Labour Govt’

Bryce Edwards Dr Bryce Edwards is the Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.nz Political commentators and journalists are dismayed by what has happened to the Kiwirail Interislander ferry upgrade project. Ever since the

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From the Desk of a Male Pale and Stale

Writing serves as a vital form of communication, enabling the transmission of ideas, information, emotions, and knowledge across distances and time. Its purpose extends beyond mere transmission; it allows for the preservation of thoughts, cultures, and histories. Through writing, individuals can articulate complex concepts, express creativity, educate, persuade, document events,

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