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Both Courts Should Protect Victims

Both Courts Should Protect Victims

Carrie Leonetti Associate Professor of Law, University of Auckland Victims who experience family violence in New Zealand are treated differently, depending on which part of the justice system they turn to for help. But a new member’s bill before parliament could change all that. Currently, our law guarantees special

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More Vile Behaviour from David Seymour

More Vile Behaviour from David Seymour

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Below, a typical Stuff story re David Seymour. Last week ACT leader David Seymour brutally shocked Stuff journalists at a press conference when he boldly declared, “one and one make two”. A female reporter promptly fainted while another vomited. Many male reporters present emerged ashen

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View from Your Window

**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell us about this View from Your Window? Yesterday’s photo was taken from the Comfort Hotel. The view is of the Japan Post building and heritage tram on Hondori

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Democracy Dies in Darkness

Democracy Dies in Darkness

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Satirical Image of the Day

Satirical Image of the Day

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Is the MSM Refusing to Publish Your Opinion Pieces?
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Is the MSM Refusing to Publish Your Opinion Pieces?

Today, RNZ and both TV news channels lean well to the left, NZME and Stuff have both been captured by a radical interpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi, and the Otago Daily Times won’t touch a cartoonist like Garrick Tremain. Don Brash Conservative views are less and less welcome

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The BFD Daily Opinion Poll

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A PR Offensive Won’t Save Their Jobs

A PR Offensive Won’t Save Their Jobs

According to Herald Media Insider, Shayne Currie, a number of well-known TVNZ faces, including Miriama Kamo, Jack Tame, Indira Stewart and Anna Burns-Francis feature in an E tu union publicity campaign – all lending support to the importance of news and current affairs. This, to my mind, is a pretty pointless

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Like Teasing a Kitten With a Laser

Mr Peters used hyperbole: the N-word. He plays the media using rhetoric exactly as someone teases a kitten with a laser. My, oh my. They are so stupid. The kitten loses interest after five minutes, and the NZ press still can’t get a grip on themselves forty-eight hours later:

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Too Many Fingers in Too Many Pies?
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Too Many Fingers in Too Many Pies?

Bryce Edwards Political Analyst in Residence, Director of the Democracy Project, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.substack.com NOTE: Since this column was first published, Simon Bridges has clarified that he resigned immediately from the National Road Carriers and the Northern Infrastructure Forum when he was appointed

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Yesterday’s Five Most Popular Articles

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When the Media Lies, the Truth Dies
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When the Media Lies, the Truth Dies

The legacy media, echoing the false attack against Donald Trump with their “bloodbath” lies have done exactly the same thing to Winston Peters with their false and deceptive reporting of his State of the Union speech. Every single legacy media outlet ran deceptive headlines claiming that Winston Peters compared co-governance

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The BFD Daily Proverb
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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 20 11 Even children are known by the way they act,    whether their conduct is pure, and whether it is right If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.

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The BFD Nightcap
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The BFD Nightcap

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Transcript of an Excerpt From a Censored Video of 2022

Transcript of an Excerpt From a Censored Video of 2022

TRANSCRIBER B transcriberb.dreamwidth.org Transcribing missed information for the historical record since 2021. Transcriber B’s Substack provides updates to and spotlights on the List of Transcriptions (2021-2023) by Transcriber B. I make no apologies for bias. This is part of the historical record. You can view the List

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