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Aspiration Needs to Come from the Top

Alwyn Poole Alwyn Poole Founded and was the head of Mt Hobson Middle School in Auckland for 18 years. MH Academy is now an in person private school for year 11–13. There is now a nationwide online provision called Mt Hobson Academy Connected for Years 1–13. alwynpoole.substack.

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The BFD Daily Opinion Poll

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Caution over NZ’s Low Fertility Rates

familyfirst.org.nz Family First NZ warns that the declining fertility rate should be of significant concern to our Government. According to statistics just released, the total fertility rate for 2023 was 1.56 births per woman, down from 1.66 in 2022 – the lowest on record. New Zealand’s

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So Many Questions Have Not Been Answered

So Many Questions Have Not Been Answered

Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com New Zealand has experienced two pandemics in recent years. The first was the swine flu pandemic, caused by the H1N1 influenza virus which originated in Mexico in 2009. It is estimated to have affected as many as 1.4 billion people worldwide over a period

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Sunday Sermon

Logan Hagoort Minister at Covenant Presbyterian Church Editor of Founded in Grace

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The BFD Daily Proverb
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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 25 26 If the godly give in to the wicked,    it’s like polluting a fountain or muddying a spring. If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.

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The BFD Nightcap

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

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Sloppy Writing

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com I’m constantly bemused by sloppy writing from academics. Consider this sentence by a (deservedly) respected Oxford University history Professor, Tom Holland, writing last year in The Spectator. Straying off topic, Tom slipped in the following plug for his forthcoming book. “Early next month sees

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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 us about this View from Your Window? Yesterday’s photo was taken from the northern entry to the Rainbow road, just off SH63, Wairau Valley. ** We need more photos

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What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Kurt Mahlburg Kurt Mahlburg is a writer and author, and an emerging Australian voice on culture and the Christian faith. He has a passion for both the philosophical and the personal, drawing on his background as a graduate architect, a primary school teacher, a missionary, and a young adult pastor.

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Good Work, if You Can Get It

Good Work, if You Can Get It

I have an unhealthy interest in the doings and goings of the great disinformation debate. The disinformation bogeyman dangled about so readily and so often by our politicians and press, as proof, or disproof, of this or that. When in fact what it often boils down to is simple disagreement:

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World Class Bullshit
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World Class Bullshit

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com There’s a part Maori bloke in Wellington with that fine old Maori surname of McIntyre-Wilson, who is apparently a talented jewellery designer. Recently he was given the job of designing a new children’s playground in the capital’s waterfront Frank Kitt’s park.

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Should We Be Concerned About 5G?

Should We Be Concerned About 5G?

Steve R Should we be concerned about 5G? Most people don’t know much about 5G and EMF generally. Let’s learn a bit about it. 5G stands for the 5th generation of technology for transferring information electronically. The first was 1G created in 1979. A common denominator of all

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