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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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Timaru Herald Ignores Rising Star’s Brilliant Debut

Timaru Herald Ignores Rising Star’s Brilliant Debut

It’s not every day a new MP makes such a splash in the House on debut that veteran journalist Audrey Young declares his offering to be the best maiden speech she has heard in her 30 years in the business, with mutterings around the press gallery and beyond of

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How to Gift Someone a BFD Membership This Christmas

We have GREAT news. For many years readers have asked us for the ability to give a BFD membership as a present but we didn’t have the technology to do it. This Christmas we finally have what you have all been asking for. Gifting Our new system allows us

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With Friends Like These…
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With Friends Like These…

Only two days into the new parliament, the next election had already been decided. The antics in parliament by Labour’s coalition partners have seen to that. This country is made up mainly of people who are tolerant of most things but they will not stand for the antics of

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Ditching Paul Hunt a Good Start, but Not Enough to Fix the HRC
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Ditching Paul Hunt a Good Start, but Not Enough to Fix the HRC

dailytelegraph.co.nz “THE JUSTICE MINISTER’S DECISION NOT TO REAPPOINT PAUL HUNT IS A GOOD START, BUT DOESN’T GO FAR ENOUGH TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION’S ROT,” SAYS ACT MP TODD STEPHENSON. “Just this week the Human Rights Commission hired an additional high-paid chief executive and

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Psst…want a Free Taste of an Article by Chris Trotter?
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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. Who Wants 20 Years of Woke? Eighteen years, nearly two decades, with just one change of government. A New Zealander born shortly before the 1999 general election would have been getting

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Spit in the Face of Protests
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Spit in the Face of Protests

Heather du Plessis-Allan has a column in yesterday’s paper about how nervous Government ministers are about protests and robust debate. It’s a whole lot of unnecessary hand wringing and tut-tutting if you ask me. Not everyone in the coalition Government is thrilled about its race relations policies. New

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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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How to Gift Someone a BFD Membership This Christmas

We have GREAT news. For many years readers have asked us for the ability to give a BFD membership as a present but we didn’t have the technology to do it. This Christmas we finally have what you have all been asking for. Gifting Our new system allows us

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A Joint Christian Statement

A Joint Christian Statement

A JOINT CHRISTIAN STATEMENT In response to the events of 7 October 2023 Lead Signatories: Hon Alfred Ngaro, Dr Stephen May, Dr Sheree Trotter, Dr Margaret Canter, Olivier Melnick, Dr Ate Moala, Bryce Turner, Ps Nigel Woodley, Rev Dr Mele’ana Puloka Scroll down to sign this statement • We acknowledge

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The BFD Daily Proverb
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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 11 24 Give freely and become more wealthy;    be stingy and lose everything. 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

Hey Stuff! Even a perfunctory proofread would have shown you that it’s only one word and not spelled like that. 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

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The New Government Is Right to Scrap it

Just one week after handing over the reins as health minister to the National Party, Ayesha Verrall accused her successor and his party of having the deaths of thousands of New Zealanders on their hands. This week on Stuff’s Tova podcast, an in-depth look into the National-led Government’s

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View from Your Window
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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 the view looking west over Colac Bay, Southland, towards Oraka Point. Kawakaputa Bay is in the distance. The

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