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‘Instead We Can Dismiss’

‘Instead We Can Dismiss’

Chris Penk First published by The BFD 7th July 2020 The BFD has serialised National MP Chris Penk’s book Flattening the Country by publishing an extract every day. Today is the final extract. “Instead we can dismiss” Let us finish as we began, observing that it was only supposed

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Face of the Day
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Face of the Day

There’s been no contrition, no certainty and no end game. To summarise the Prime Minister’s “road map” Auckland will go to Level 2 gradually at an unspecified timeframe. And there will be picnics. Jacinda Arden should admit she was wrong, give us a proper plan and let Aucklanders

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The BFD Daily Proverb
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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 5 6 She gives no thought to the way of life;    her paths wander aimlessly, but she does not know it. If you enjoyed this BFD daily proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

This article doesn’t have the usual byline of whose opinion it is. Did Grant Robertson write it or was it dictated to a journalist? Please share this BFD Stuff up so others can discover The BFD.

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Elimination Is over, So What’s Next?

Elimination Is over, So What’s Next?

David Seymour ACT Leader ACT has been saying for weeks that the Government has given up on elimination, this morning on the AM Show Jacinda Ardern finally admitted that is the case. The Prime Minister admitted the Government’s latest plan has only just gone before Cabinet. We wonder if

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Government Cancels Spring

John Black stuffednz.net Information Satire The Prime Minister has announced she is cancelling spring. ‘Warmer, sunnier weather may encourage people to get outside and enjoy life. There is also a very slim chance that this will spread covid. So I hereby declare spring to be cancelled.’ Asked how she

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The BFD  Comment of the Week
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The BFD Comment of the Week

As part of our drive to keep our comment section the best in New Zealand we showcase each week an example of a top-notch comment that adds value to The BFD. Today’s comment was written by LabTested Thank you LabTested for taking the time to craft such an

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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 photo was taken from our room at Teschemakers Resort, just out of Oamaru. It was formerly a Catholic girls boarding school, then a

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Labour Creating Second Class Citizens

Labour Creating Second Class Citizens

Ted Johnson New Conservative Justice Spokesman New Conservative states that the NZ Labour government’s plans to require vaccinations for employment and access to public and private facilities and amenities is an injust and unnecessary attack on our freedoms. It robs us of our freedom of choice. We have a

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Burj Al Arab
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Expo 2020 Dubai – Will New Zealand’s Investment Pay Off?

Geoffrey Miller democracyproject.nz Geoffrey Miller is the Democracy Project’s international analyst and writes on current New Zealand foreign policy and related geopolitical issues. He has lived in Germany and the Middle East and is a fluent speaker of German and Arabic. Expo 2020 is a chance to reconsider

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Psst Want a Free Taste of Silver Membership?

If you don’t have a Silver level membership yet you are missing out on our Insight Politics articles and politicasts. Today is a FREE taste of an Insight Politics article by writer Chris Trotter. Reasons to Riot One Good Riot Is Worth a Million Earnestly Argued Pamphlets THIS WEEK’

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Another Academic Joins the Treaty-Twisting Chorus

Another Academic Joins the Treaty-Twisting Chorus

Bruce Moon hobsonspledge.nz Bruce Moon is a former member of the staff of the University of Canterbury.  He was a member of the Professorial Board with the same status (reader) as an associate professor. Information Opinion “No historian, however detached, works without an ideological framework.” Charles Freeman,  “Egypt. Greece

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