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Yesterday’s Five Most Popular Articles

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Wayne Brown Needs to Stop Whinging
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Wayne Brown Needs to Stop Whinging

Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown is starting to sound like a cry-bully socialist upset that other people’s money has been taken away from ‘his city’. Instead of crying a river of tears why doesn’t Mayor Brown start doing that for which he was elected: cutting waste from council spending?

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Tax and Tainui. Free Ride by the Kingitanga
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Tax and Tainui. Free Ride by the Kingitanga

Dear Editor Good job we don’t have a capital gains tax or Waikato-Tainui, the iwi in which the Kingitanga movement is based, would be looking at a tax of close to NZ$80 million on their NZ$227 million increase in capital asset value for the year 2022/23.

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Want to Save Big on Fuel?

Want to Save Big on Fuel?

We are very pleased to announce a new service for ALL members of The BFD.  The BFD in partnership with GCo Fuels has created a discounted fuel option. In these tough financial times anything that can save you precious dollars is something to be celebrated. We’ve worked hard to

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For Less Than the Cost of a Cup of Coffee

Introducing the BFD BASIC subscription. No frills just Ad-free viewing 16c a day $1.15 a week $5 a month ( less than the cost of a cup of coffee) $60 a year Grab a Basic membership today.

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The BFD Daily Proverb
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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 13 20 Walk with the wise and become wise;    associate with fools and get in trouble. 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

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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 “Pepi Toot” Express at Mount Maunganui. ** We need more photos please folks, so grab your camera or

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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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Warriors Once Upon a Time

Warriors Once Upon a Time

Harry Palmer Maybe it’s because I was born in an overseas country that I find the Maori ‘warriors’ at Waitangi both amusing and, as the years go by, increasingly threatening in their behavior towards the elected representatives of the general population of New Zealand – the Prime Minister and MPs

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They Are Playing Foolish Games

They Are Playing Foolish Games

The world is in the throes of two major international conflicts. I do not need to name them. I am writing about a third one: it is domestic. It is between the mainstream media and the Government. The fundamental question is this: are the mainstream media going to destroy the

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More Funding to Hawke’s Bay and Tairawhiti
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More Funding to Hawke’s Bay and Tairawhiti

Hon Mark Mitchell Minister for Emergency Management and Recovery Urgent work to clean-up cyclone-affected regions will continue, thanks to a $63 million boost from the Government for sediment and debris removal in Hawke’s Bay and Tairawhiti. The funding will help local councils continue urgent work removing and disposing of

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ACT Surges in Latest Poll
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ACT Surges in Latest Poll

The latest Taxpayers’ Union Curia Poll was released over the weekend and shows ACT surging. National also gained some, while Labour, Greens and NZ First saw slumps in support. Contrary to the claims of the woke media, it seems that ACT’s Treaty Principles Bill is gaining support. PartySupportChange compared

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