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Draft Bill will Ensure Informed Referendum Debate on Cannabis Control & Regulation

Draft Bill will Ensure Informed Referendum Debate on Cannabis Control & Regulation

Press Release: Green Party The Green Party welcome draft legislation for the cannabis referendum which will provide the information required for a constructive debate on a controlled, health-based approach to cannabis in New Zealand. “Aotearoa New Zealand should have evidence-based, harm-reduction cannabis regulation that ensures healthier communities

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NZ’s Version of the ‘Amazon Tax’

NZ’s Version of the ‘Amazon Tax’

Smoke & Mirrors Sunday was the day we all started paying GST on internet shopping. It’s New Zealand’s version of the ‘Amazon Tax’ which, according to the Labour Government, is supposed to level the playing field for domestic retailers. So the place you buy stuff from in Armenia

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Are you a ‘Radical’ & a ‘Nutter’?
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Are you a ‘Radical’ & a ‘Nutter’?

Nicole McKee Spokesperson Fair and Reasonable Campaign Did you hear Stuart Nash on Mike Hosking’s show on Wednesday?  The one where he refuses to take any responsibility for the data breach. Instead of answering concerns about how the Government will ensure the privacy of the proposed firearms register, Mr

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You’re in the Crap, Bro!

You’re in the Crap, Bro!

Kris Faafoi appears to be in a spot of bother after one of his luvvie muso mates chucked him under the bus to Newshub: Unfulfilled  promises made by Kris Faafoi to longtime mate Jason Kerrison have put  not only their friendship on the line but the Broadcasting Minister’s  job

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Someone is Telling Porkies and it Doesn’t Look Like it is Winston

Someone is Telling Porkies and it Doesn’t Look Like it is Winston

Lester Gray really is doing himself no favours whatsoever by continuing his wonky jihad against NZ First. Little wonder that Winston Peters is starting to tell the truth about Lester Gray. A Newspaper reports: New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has accused his  former party president Lester Gray of having

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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

Today’s face of the day has revealed that the drug this government is hell-bent on legalising has damaged his lungs. Willie Nelson has given up smoking pot after breathing became “a little more difficult”. The 86-year-old country music legend says he stopped smoking joints for good.

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The BFD Comment of the Week

The BFD Comment of the Week

Today’s comment of the week is from Rod Defining hate speech as speech which is “insulting” or “offensive” means to me that the government’s current waffling about legalising drugs and defining licensed gun owners as somehow responsible for the Christchurch shooting is in itself hate speech because those

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MORE Data Breaches at Arts, Culture & Heritage Ministry
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MORE Data Breaches at Arts, Culture & Heritage Ministry

Press Release: National Party The Tuia250 data breach earlier in the year was just the beginning of cybersecurity issues at the Ministry for Arts, Culture and Heritage, National’s Data and Cybersecurity spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “Official documents show sensitive emails were incorrectly sent from the Ministry to a

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Boozy Does a Backdoor Job on Gullible New Zealand

Boozy Does a Backdoor Job on Gullible New Zealand

Damn, I hate being right, sometimes. Remember when I warned you that festering parasite Behrouz Boochani was about to fasten his leech-like jaws on New Zealand’s pale, quivering flesh after you unwisely bared your bums to the greedy leech? Well, guess what? It’s my understanding that the

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Government’s Year of Delivery Delivers Privacy Breaches
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Government’s Year of Delivery Delivers Privacy Breaches

Press Release: National Party This Government is overseeing data breach after data breach, and the latest breach involving the firearm buy-back programme is incredibly serious, National’s Police spokesperson Brett Hudson says. “Police Minister Stuart Nash needs to take responsibility. His Government put the buy-back scheme together. It

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Medivac Con Nixed, but Ominous Questions Remain for NZ

Medivac Con Nixed, but Ominous Questions Remain for NZ

A much-welcome breath of sanity wafted through the Australian parliament this week, with the repeal of the idiotic “medivac” legislation. Medivac was a deliberate white-anting of Australia’s border-protection laws foisted on us by multimillionaire green numpties from the Harbourside Mansion set, like Kerryn Phelps. It was

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Jacinda’s Reshuffle and the Vaping Legislation
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Jacinda’s Reshuffle and the Vaping Legislation

Jacinda is planning a reshuffle in the new year to help her with her narrative of being more competent than Simon Bridges. This means that there are some nervous Labour Ministers who have not exactly covered themselves in glory. It is not just Phil Twyford and Iain Lees-Galloway who

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