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The MCNZ Kept the Doctors of NZ in Line

New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com J.R. Bruning, The Brownstone J.R. Bruning is a consultant sociologist (B.Bus.Agribusiness; MA Sociology) based in New Zealand. Her work explores governance cultures, policy and the production of scientific and technical knowledge. Her Master’s thesis explored the

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Don’t Let the Treaty Debate Wear You Down
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Don’t Let the Treaty Debate Wear You Down

Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio, tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under

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How Do We Get Them Back to School?

How Do We Get Them Back to School?

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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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 historical view was of Waiouru Army camp and was taken 1940-41. ** We need more photos please folks, so grab

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The Woke West
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The Woke West

Caleb Anderson First published nzcpr.com It is not uncommon to hear musings that wokeism bears religious (even cultic) hallmarks. I have some sympathy for those holding this view. I am going to use some typically religious terms here.  I am not taking any specific position concerning these terms, or

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A Time of Uncertainty, but Also Hope

A Time of Uncertainty, but Also Hope

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 Ph.D. in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. He was formerly a senior

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A Response to the FIANZ Advisory Dated 2024

COMS – Coalition of Ministers Supporting Israel COMS-Israel is a group of 48 Church Ministers in New Zealand who support the right of Israel to protect its homeland. This group has evolved out of the latest conflict in Gaza and more ministers continue to join. We are very concerned with

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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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Tech Talk: To Pay or Not Pay?
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Tech Talk: To Pay or Not Pay?

This series is designed to help people to understand modern technology, and become more confident in using computing devices. It is not designed to educate experts. The author is involved in tutoring older students at SeniorNet, a New Zealand wide organisation. SeniorNet hopes that students will feel more confident in

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The Airport: Will They or Won’t They?
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The Airport: Will They or Won’t They?

Peter Allan Williams Writer and broadcaster for half a century. Now watching from the sidelines although verbalising thoughts on www.reality check.radio three days a week peterallanwilliams.substack.com We had a meeting about the airport just before Christmas. That’s Tarras airport, the mega-proposal that Christchurch International

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Don’t Let Jacinda Win

Last year, encouraged to speak out by the 2023 NZDSOS conference, we sent a unique type of Christmas letter far and wide to family and friends. It included the customary season’s greetings and messages but also incorporated a carefully written raw perspective on an unvaccinated couple handling the aftermath

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2024 – A Year of Reckoning

Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com It’s traditional to start a new year by reflecting on the past and contemplating the future. With that in mind, we can confidently say that New Zealand is in a far better position at the dawn of 2024, than we were a year ago

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Well, Did You Miss Us?
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Well, Did You Miss Us?

We’re baaaack… did you miss us? I ask because over the break I received more than a few emails from people complaining about the lack of content over the Christmas period. So I thought I’d tell you a few hard truths, so you can understand why it was

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State of the Nation Speech
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State of the Nation Speech

David Seymour ACT Party Leader Good morning, fellow New Zealanders. Today I’d like to talk about the state of our nation, as our new government establishes itself at the start of 2024. It’s a story about the challenges outside our borders, how we can prepare inside them, and

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