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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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Bill to Repeal ‘Ute Tax’ Passed
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Bill to Repeal ‘Ute Tax’ Passed

Hon Simeon Brown Minister of Transport The Government has passed legislation repealing the ‘Ute Tax’ and Clean Car Discount for all vehicles registered after 31 December 2023. “The National-ACT coalition agreement made scrapping the ‘Ute Tax’ a priority of our 100-day plan and we are making good on that promise,

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Labour Forget to Take Policy off Website
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Labour Forget to Take Policy off Website

ACT Infrastructure spokesman Cameron Luxton is advising the Labour Party’s website administrators to scrub any trace of 2020’s forgotten “Big New Zealand Upgrade” ad campaign: “Labour’s slickly-produced ad spot, presumably funded by hard-up working class donors, was pushed out to a mass audience online and on TV.

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Psst…want a Free Taste of an Article by Dieuwe de Boer?
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Psst…want a Free Taste of an Article by Dieuwe de Boer?

If you don’t have a Silver level membership yet you are missing out on our Insight Politics articles. Thinking about the Roman Empire Like many women, my wife Amie likes to watch Instagram reels. These are little clips, mostly from the lives of women, where the algorithm figures out

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Yesterday’s Five Most Popular Articles

If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads to make your reading experience more enjoyable click here to browse our Membership options.If you enjoyed this article please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.

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Replay Radio: The Crunch
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Replay Radio: The Crunch

Here is the replay of The Crunch from this week. Enjoy! DANIEL NEWMAN: Ward Councillor for Manurewa-Papakura: On His Commitment to the Role and the Challenges His Ward Faces Daniel Newman, Ward Councillor for Manurewa-Papakura joins Cam to talk about Auckland Council’s challenges, the challenges he faces in representing

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Te Papa Treaty Attack

Te Papa Treaty Attack

How could any honest person take a badly translated document in Maori from English and then retranslate that back to English, when the original and only official treaty document was produced in English? The Busby document known as the Littlewood Treaty could be the perfect replacement for the treaty text.

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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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An Xtra Headache for the BFD

* I am republishing this article because Xtra’s actions are costing us memberships Readers of the BFD who have signed up for our FREE newsletter with an Xtra e-mail address have been contacting us for months now because Xtra keeps blocking and bouncing our e-mails to them. We have tried

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The BFD Daily Proverb
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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 16 6 Unfailing love and faithfulness make atonement for sin.    By fearing the Lord, people avoid evil 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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What Can We Learn From The Past?

David Pomeroy Senior Lecturer in Teacher Education Jessica Shuker Initial Teacher Education Lecturer Kaitlin Riegel Postdoctoral Fellow University of Canterbury Nick Pratt Associate Professor of Education University of Plymouth Rafaan Daliri-Ngametua Lecturer in Education Australian Catholic University New Zealand primary and intermediate schools could soon be required to test children’

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

KiwiRail says the project will be “round down” as it cannot afford to proceed without more Government help. I think they mean wound down 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

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Sexual Orientation and Earnings May Be Linked

Alexander Plum Senior Research Fellow in Applied Labour Economics Kabir Dasgupta Research Associate Auckland University of Technology New Zealand has made substantial progress on promoting LGBTQ+ rights over the past 20 years, including legalising same-sex civil unions in 2004, legalising same-sex marriage in 2013, and banning conversion practices in 2022.

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