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You don’t know what you are missing out on. Below is what a Bronze level membership will give you. 1. Ad-Free Viewing 2. Access to Sonovamin and Boomslang’s  Fantastic Cartoons: 3. Access to Our Puzzles. BRONZE level membership. As a regular reader of The BFD you are

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View from Your Window
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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 me about this photo? Yesterday’s view was of Millbrook, Arrowtown. Taken on the 7th of November 2021. Editor Note: The BFD needs more views from your window. We

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A Bit of Common Sense Would Go a Long Way

A Bit of Common Sense Would Go a Long Way

A new Ministry for Disabled People was announced on 29 October 2021. “Minister for Disability Issues Carmel Sepuloni and Health Minister Andrew Little announced the plans this afternoon, saying the government was delivering on its promise to reform disability systems. The planned reforms include: * Establishing a Ministry for Disabled People

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Shifting Sands No Way to Enjoy Summer

News that the Government is considering restricting travel into some regions over the summer holiday period is just the latest of many signs Jacinda Ardern’s Government failed to plan for Delta and is working out its response as it goes along. Aucklanders who have now spent 90 days in

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Make Up Your Mind Jacinda

Make Up Your Mind Jacinda

David Seymour ACT Leader Today’s a great opportunity for Jacinda Ardern to show some leadership, by giving clear commitments on borders, boosters, and Freedom Day. The Prime Minister should set out what will happen and when, then state clearly if there are any scenarios that could get in the

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Lobbying Revolving Door Just Keeps on Turning

Bryce Edwards Victoria University Of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. On Thursday it was announced that the recently departed Green Party Chief of Staff in Parliament, Tory Whanau,

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BFD Daily Opinion Poll

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Reality of Mandate Monday Sets In, Testing Alternative Needed

Reality of Mandate Monday Sets In, Testing Alternative Needed

David Seymour ACT Leader As the reality of teachers and nurses walking away from their jobs sets in today, ACT is again calling for the mandate to allow regular testing as an alternative to vaccination. ACT is pro-vaccination; we are frustrated by those who are refusing the vaccine. But

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The Beating of Butterfly Wings
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The Beating of Butterfly Wings

Look back to April 20, 2020, when Uri Friedman, in The Atlantic, reported that “Jacinda Ardern’s leadership style, focused on empathy, isn’t just resonating with her people, it’s putting the country on track for success against the corona virus.” Well, not now. Jacinda Ardern’s leadership style

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Why NZ Cricket Should Never ‘Take the Knee’
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Why NZ Cricket Should Never ‘Take the Knee’

Andrew Davis It is sad to see that out-of-touch, virtue-signalling athletes, including our very own Black Caps, are still ‘taking the knee’ before they play a bit of sportsball. Not only that but if an athlete refuses to take part, they are often bullied and threatened until

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This Is Why You Need the BFD

This Is Why You Need the BFD

The BFD provided its daily audience of 25,000+ readers with three slide shows of photos from the November 9th Freedom protest in Wellington, access to a live Facebook video of the march and the speeches and an Op-Ed from the group that organised the march. It was clear

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Letter to the Editor: It’s not about COVID

Letter to the Editor: It’s not about COVID

Dear Editor I think that the first Red Flag for me, or possibly the first disconnect in logic regarding the Government’s whole “One Source of Truth” and that it’s all about “Keeping NZ Safe” is this. Having done a fair bit of reading and having discovered Dr Peter

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Why Robertson Needs to Knife Ardern

Why Robertson Needs to Knife Ardern

Today I am going to do the opposite of what the media are doing and NOT focus on the National party leadership. It makes no sense to me that, in a time of the worst protests this country has seen since 1981, the government’s propaganda arm is more focused

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