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All Smoke, But No Fire

All Smoke, But No Fire

The Labour Party is desperate to light a fire under the Government’s tobacco excise increases. Unfortunately they have a very weak person on the job. It’s the former Health Minister Ayesha Verrall, who, going by her performances in the House, would be hard pushed to light a cigarette,

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Open Letter to the Hon Dr Shane Reti

Dr Guy David Hatchard hatchardreport.com Guy is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his PhD in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. He was formerly a senior manager

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Psst…want a Free Taste of an Article by Chris Trotter?

If you don’t have a Silver level membership yet you are missing out on our Insight Politics articles. It Is the Pakeha Way Do Maori activists ever wonder why their actions do not provoke equal and opposite reactions from Pakeha? And, if they do, how do they explain the

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Socialism Is Like Undead Zombies
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Socialism Is Like Undead Zombies

Christopher Luxon wants more dams. It’s an admirable goal, but belies the fact that it usually requires other people’s money to do it and so, like the zombie apocalypse, the undead of socialism rise again to stalk the land. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon wants to remove “red tape”

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The State of the Nation
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The State of the Nation

Hon Christopher Luxon Prime Minister Thank you for coming to my first State of the Nation as Prime Minister. Thank you for coming to a speech where I don’t just get to talk about what we want to do. But a speech about what we will do, and what

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The BFD Daily Proverb
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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 19 9 A false witness will not go unpunished,    and a liar will be destroyed. 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 Nightcap

If you have a great Youtube, Rumble or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@thebfd.co.nz

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

I must have missed WWI finishing within the last five years… hell of a long war! If you enjoyed this Stuff up please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the

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No Company for White Men

One thing I like doing is visiting business websites, particularly those that claim to be inclusive, rainbow-ticked, etc. For example, one particular company that boasts about being inclusive is, according to its website, “Australasia’s largest homegrown tech company”. The first thing I see is a photo of a bunch

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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 of SH2 near Kotemaori, Northern Hawke’s Bay. ** We need more photos please folks, so grab your camera

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The 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 using the share

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Crown–Maori Partnership?
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Crown–Maori Partnership?

Geoff Parker First published on NZCPR Breaking Views Some in New Zealand’s society today believe there is a Crown/Maori Partnership. Let’s go back to the time Te Tiriti was signed by the chiefs and Governor Hobson who was acting for the Queen of England. It is agreed

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The Amazing Achievements of Waka Konetahi

The Amazing Achievements of Waka Konetahi

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 Years 11–13. There is now a nationwide online provision called Mt Hobson Academy Connected for Years 1–13. alwynpoole.substack.

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If You Scratch Our Back We Will Scratch Yours

The BFD can help. we have done all the hard work and have already built a huge audience but what we are always looking for more of is quality NZ content. We want to help motivated,  professionally-minded writers who are already writing quality content for their own blog site’s

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Labels, Categories and the Fall of Rome

Labels, Categories and the Fall of Rome

Matt Judd Normally when I attempt to write one of these essays, I try to remember what my English teacher taught me last century and have an introduction, a body and a conclusion. I also try to give articles some sort of legitimacy by attaching a link or two to

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