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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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The BFD Daily Proverb
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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 9 13 The woman named Folly is brash.    She is ignorant and doesn’t know it. 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

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

If you’re sooo concerned Stuff, then maybe you could have got Isaiah’s name right: 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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Govt to Axe Auckland Regional Fuel Tax

Hon Simeon Brown Minister of Transport Transport Minister Simeon Brown has confirmed that the Auckland Regional Fuel Tax will end on 30 June 2024. “Today, I can confirm that the Government has agreed to remove the Auckland Regional Fuel Tax in line with our coalition commitments, and legislation will be

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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 view was of Number 274 Jackson St, Petone. Mr Bean would approve of the security! ** We need more photos please

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One Year on From Cyclone Gabrielle
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One Year on From Cyclone Gabrielle

John Tookey Professor of Construction Management, Auckland University of Technology Auckland University of Technology Cyclone Gabrielle caused chaos one year ago. Repairs due to that storm and the Auckland floods have required substantial time and resources. Hawkes Bay, parts of Auckland and the Coromandel all still bear the scars of

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Is the MSM Refusing to Publish Your Opinion Pieces?
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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

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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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Did You Know that the Treaty of Waitangi Was Rewritten?

Mike Butler Mike Butler wrote ‘The Treaty: Basic Facts,’ which is available at trosspublishing.com Complaints that the Luxon coalition Government is about to re-write the Treaty of Waitangi are a bit rich considering that the treaty was quietly re-written under another administration nearly forty years ago. In 1986, with

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The Problem With Public Sector Job Ads
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The Problem With Public Sector Job Ads

Have any of you been looking for employment? How difficult is it to look at the public sector when you continue to see statements like this in public sector advertisements: Ideally you will also have a good understanding of tikanga (Maori customs and protocols), with the ability to weave te

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Do NZ Newbies Deserve the Same Rights as NZ Kiwis?
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Do NZ Newbies Deserve the Same Rights as NZ Kiwis?

Brian Tamaki It’s time that Kiwis come together…Maori and European.  Our enemy is not each other, it is those who are still trying to invade our shores and trying to take us over.  As the Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840 to stop other nations from invading

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Psst…want a Free Taste of an Article by Nathan Smith?

If you don’t have a Silver level membership yet you are missing out on our Insight Politics articles. Why I Hate Our Libraries And You Should, Too I’m the kind of person who visits a gorgeous place like Queenstown and pops into the library just to see what

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Yesterday’s Five Most Popular Articles

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