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What Will Happen if Independent Media Dies?

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

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The BFD World News Quiz

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Why We Need Your Support

Why We Need Your Support

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

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The BFD News Quiz

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Yesterday’s Five Most Popular Articles

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Why We Need Your Support

Why We Need Your Support

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

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Before Her Death the Queen’s Family Gathered at Balmoral

September 8th, 2022. A life of service. Whilst the House of Commons were debating the cost-of-living crisis and proposals regarding limiting energy prices for the next two years, the Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle interrupted the proceedings to make an announcement.   “Her Majesty the Queen has been announced to be receiving

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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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Should We Appropriate Maori Taonga or Not?

Should We Appropriate Maori Taonga or Not?

The RNZ article “Growing anger over use of moko, mataora in image filters: ‘That’s a mockery’ had me wondering, “When is cultural appropriation not cultural appropriation?” To some, easy access to Maori culture has been touted as a positive, a helping lens to the revitalisation of matauranga Maori. But

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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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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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Top Ten Most Popular Articles from the past Week

Top Ten Most Popular Articles from the past Week

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