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Today’s Protest

Today’s Protest

The Crowd has peaked now. Strong police presence on surrounding streets too, patrolling about. As of 12.30 crowd was well behaved physically, just standing about. Vocally they were pretty quiet, with the occasional yelling of their concerns and generally calling out Jacinda and police in a non-violent way.

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ICU Spend up Is One Christmas Too Late

ICU Spend up Is One Christmas Too Late

The Government’s announced ICU spend up is one Christmas too late, National’s spokesperson for Health Dr Shane Reti says. “By his own admission, Andrew Little didn’t build a single new resourced adult ICU bed in Auckland in the 18 months before Delta arrived and the number of

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Did the Vaccine Cause Adverse Events?

Guy David Hatchard Research by Nadine Connock facebook.com/guy.d.hatchard Hill’s criteria of medical causality list nine ways to determine whether a medical event is caused by a particular exposure. Among these, the first and most important is strength of association—the more times an illness occurs

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BFD Daily Opinion Poll

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This Is Not Who We Are, New Zealand

This Is Not Who We Are, New Zealand

Gabby Baker I wonder what has happened to our people. Where is the kindness? Where is the acceptance of people’s personal choices? It seems to me that it has been replaced by hysteria about vaccination status, and fear. It has reached the point where we are prepared to exclude

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Jacinda Ardern’s Respect Continues to Nosedive in the UK

December 14th, 2021. The fawning, even grovelling respect previously shown to Jacinda Ardern in the UK is continuing to dissipate and she is now a mixture of the butt of jokes and a sense of horror as the UK realises what her policies mean for democracy. Alex Belfield has got

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Take Back Your Freedom

Take Back Your Freedom

I do not want to punish local businesses like bars and restaurants who are doing it tough under this government. They are mandated to check COVID passes, so it is not their fault. I have to admit, I can’t always be bothered though. Struggling on Sunday at a café

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Did Govt & MOH Keep the Public in the Dark?

Did Govt & MOH Keep the Public in the Dark?

Guy David Hatchard Research by Nadine Connock facebook.com/guy.d.hatchard Sometime during October last year, Grant Robertson allegedly signed a negotiated contract with Pfizer for vaccine supply. The content of this contract remains secret and the government has refused to release its terms after OIA requests. However, some

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ALL are Welcome at The BFD

If you are like me you will be saving a small fortune now that business after business is discriminating against you. Every week the value of a brunch for two is no longer being spent in my favourite local cafes. Every month the value of our date night entrees, main

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Over the years I have met, had lunch, dinner, drinks or meetings with a vast number of politicians. Some were great, most were average, but none, with one exception, were evil. I grew up in a political family. We had cabinet ministers and prime ministers over for dinner. My mother

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Disqus Hints and Tips

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No Christmas Miracle for Stretched Police

No Christmas Miracle for Stretched Police

Police Minister Poto Williams and Justice Minister Kris Faafoi have failed to live up to the commitment that they made in May to introduce critical legislation to take guns off gang members by the end of 2021, National’s Police spokesperson Mark Mitchell says. “Firearms Prohibition Orders were recommended to

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We Did the Mahi, Where’s the Treat?

We Did the Mahi, Where’s the Treat?

David Seymour ACT Leader New Zealanders will be asking themselves why the Government is maintaining the current COVID-19 restrictions now that 9 in 10 adults are fully-vaccinated. Jacinda Ardern promised New Zealanders fewer restrictions once we got to 90 per cent double dose. Now we’re here, but

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