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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
Chaos Created by 90 Percent Target
David Seymour ACT Leader New Zealanders deserve to have clarity on what the vaccination target is and when we can get back to living our lives. When Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield said the target should be 90 per cent, he directly contradicted the COVID-19 Minister and the
Extension of Operation Tauwhiro an Admission of Growing Gang Problem
The extension of Operation Tauwhiro today is a clear sign that gang violence and the dangers of firearms violence caused by gangs is a far bigger problem than the Government will admit, says National’s spokesperson for Police Simeon Brown. “Operation Tauwhiro was initially supposed to by a six-month
The Latest Media Bias Results
Last year a website was set up to measure media bias in New Zealand. Both Kiwiblog and The BFD were mentioned and rated, as were left-wing blogs and all mainstream media. Back then Newshub was rated as the most biased (towards the left) of all the mainstream media. The
Minister Must Ditch Clean Vehicle Bill
The Motor Industry Association’s withdrawal of support for Labour’s Clean Vehicle Bill is yet more reason for Transport Minister Michael Wood to ditch his car tax plan, National’s Transport spokesperson David Bennett says. “Today, the Motor Industry Association has withdrawn support for Labour’s car standard, stating
Clearer Expectations of Home Learning Required
Confirmation today that Auckland students will spend another two weeks trying to learn from home underscores the need for better guidelines to make sure kids are actually engaged in education, National’s Education spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “Rather than shift the school holidays forward, the Government has preferred to carry
Editorial: Towards an ‘Abraham Alliance’
Colin Rubenstein aijac.org.au The past year has proven completely wrong those naysayers who dismissed the Abraham Accords reached 12 months ago between Israel and four Arabs states as hollow theatrics orchestrated by naïve Trump Administration advisors amidst a re-election campaign. US-brokered normalisation agreements between Israel and
Govt Must Extend Loss Carry-Back Scheme to Save Businesses
National is calling on the Government to extend the Covid-19 temporary loss carry-back scheme to support businesses who are continuing to struggle under lockdown, National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly and Associate Revenue spokesperson Simon Watts say. “The loss carry-back scheme allowed businesses that anticipated to run
NZDF Decision Defenseless
New Conservative Recently, the NZDF (New Zealand Defence Force) mandated that all personnel take the COVID-19 vaccine as a part of the baseline medical requirements for deployment in NZ and overseas. This decision has a far-reaching impact on servicemen and women who may have legitimate and genuine personal
Petition to Eradicate ‘Aotearoa’ from Official Use
Don Brash Casey Costello Hobson’s Pledge Trust hobsonspledge.nz Lobby group Hobson’s Pledge is pushing for the name “Aotearoa” to be removed from official use until a binding referendum is held to decide whether or not to proceed with changing the name of New Zealand. Hobson’s Pledge
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More Maori Wonderfulness Even Re Gangsters
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The home invasion was “easily the most carefully planned and professionally executed aggravated robbery of its type I’m aware of in New Zealand”, so said Judge Thomas Ingram when jailing four Maori gang members for a house invasion in which they took $40. “Carefully
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 at the Memorial to Cooks Landing in the Hauraki in 1769, on Hauraki Rd, Netherton. Editor Note: The BFD needs
How Bad Can It Possibly Be?
Chris Penk First published by The BFD 18th June 2020 The BFD is serialising National MP Chris Penk’s book Flattening the Country by publishing an extract every day. How bad can it possibly be? Having indulged in that favourite New Zealand pastime of measuring ourselves against other countries, it’