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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

Eligible today, booked online in less than 2 minutes, jabbed in 3 days time. For our community. pic.twitter.com/4DrSb2jJTI — Clarke Gayford (@NZClarke) August 18, 2021 Read the article in full here. Comment on it on The BFD.

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The BFD Daily Proverb
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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 22 12 The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge,    but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful. If you enjoyed this BFD daily proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.

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The Stark and Sombre Vision of Harry Potter

The Stark and Sombre Vision of Harry Potter

John Carroll mercatornet.com John Carroll is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia; and a Senior Fellow at the Center for Cultural Sociology, Yale University. He has degrees in mathematics, economics and sociology from the universities of Melbourne and Cambridge. Twenty years on since the

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More Questions Than Answers from 1pm Presser

More Questions Than Answers from 1pm Presser

David Seymour ACT Leader The Prime Minister’s 1 pm announcement brought good news about the situation but also questions about the Government’s response. For the most part tests are negative, and genomic sequencing points to only one cluster, while contacts traced so far are mainly in Auckland. We

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Can Enemies Be Our Friends?

Joakim Book aier.org Joakim Book is a writer, researcher and editor on all things money, finance and financial history. He holds a masters degree from the University of Oxford and has been a visiting scholar at the American Institute for Economic Research in 2018 and 2019. When I came

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Personalised Caricatures

Personalised Caricatures

How often do you get the opportunity to get your caricature drawn by a professional cartoonist? The BEST thing about ordering a caricature online is that it can also be delivered online. Treat yourself and your loved one to a caricature today. cartoonyoo.com If you enjoyed this BFD ad

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Labour Must Stop Flooding Rural NZ with Pointless and Onerous Regulation
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Labour Must Stop Flooding Rural NZ with Pointless and Onerous Regulation

Labour’s latest regulatory hurdle for rural water schemes shows it is deeply out of touch with provincial New Zealand, National’s Rural Communities spokesperson Barbara Kuriger and Local Government spokesperson Christopher Luxon say. “As it stands, the Water Services Bill would expose tens of thousands of rural water schemes

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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 a view of Auckland CBD from the approach to the Auckland Harbour Bridge. Editor Note: The BFD needs more views from

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What Kiwis Need to Know about the Vaccine Roll-Out

We are in lockdown for two reasons; because the border has failed and because nearly 80 per cent of the country has still not been fully vaccinated, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “The Labour Government claimed last year we were ‘at the front of the queue’. Given what

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Why Not Trust the Team of Five Million?

Why Not Trust the Team of Five Million?

Kevin Stitt Chair New Conservative New Conservative recognises the need for caution and the focus on containing this virus in the fastest and best possible way, but we are concerned that the people of New Zealand are not being trusted by this government to join them in treating this seriously.

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BFD Daily Opinion Poll

Take our Daily Opinion Poll and see how your views compare to other readers and then share the poll on social media. By sharing the poll you will help even more readers to discover The BFD. Share this BFD Opinion poll so others can discover The BFD.

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Sheriff Ardern Has Lost the Rings

Sheriff Ardern Has Lost the Rings

Information Satire Sheriff Ardern left her horse ‘Marx’ outside and stumbled into the Saloon on Karangahape Rd gasping to the bar person “I’ll have a shot of RED-EYE (whisky). We’ve lost “The Lord of the Rings”. “I’ve been bagged by Bilbo Baggins. The Amazon gang have

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