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Is Ayesha Verrall Lying or Stupid?

Is Ayesha Verrall Lying or Stupid?

It seems to have escaped the notice of Ayesha Verrall that Labour has lost the election. She has been throwing a paddy, stamping her feet and huffing on about changes to smoking legislation. As a result of her hyperbolic ranting, she has made a very, very bold claim: that decisions

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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 30 no, four things that I don’t understand: 19 how an eagle glides through the sky,    how a snake slithers on a rock,    how a ship navigates the ocean,    how a man loves a woman. If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your

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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

The person who wrote this needs to retire. 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 ads to make your reading experience more enjoyable

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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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Dear Chloe Swarbrick

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.com Dear

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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 taken during a lazy Sunday dog day afternoon at the Astro Lounge garden bar in Christchurch. ** We need

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What Could Go Wrong?

What Could Go Wrong?

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The Tangled Web of ACC

The Tangled Web of ACC

New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com People Involved For ACC * ECA doctors: Dr T – pharmacovigilance, Dr W – neurologist * Medical Advisor: Dr G – GP * ACC review specialist * ACC Reviewers x2 For Jessica * Treating physician, infectious diseases expert * Consultant neurologist * GP * Immunology Specialist * Neuropsychologists x2 Glossary ACC                 Accident Compensation

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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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Labour Government on the Rubbish Heap
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Labour Government on the Rubbish Heap

Do you recall when The Beatles visited New Zealand? Perhaps you were a teenager or young adult? In the same period between then and now – sixty years – our doughty antecedents built a nation; it was that quick. They didn’t worry too much about childish matters like health and safety,

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A Safe Space for Terror

A Safe Space for Terror

For all their blatherskite about “the right side of history”, artists don’t have a very good track record on the matter. After all, unquestioning allegiance to communism was — and too often still is — de rigeur for the Arts luvvies, for decades. The Italian Futurists, like Marinetti, were early thought-leaders

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A Key Government Unlike the John One
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A Key Government Unlike the John One

First, let me explain the headline of the article. This is a key government in the sense that it is key, indeed holds the keys, to implementing policies that will unlock the country from the straitjacket the previous government has put it in. We elected a government to advance this

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What Happens if We Revise Treaty Principles?
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What Happens if We Revise Treaty Principles?

Dominic O’Sullivan Charles Sturt University theconversation.com All three parties in New Zealand’s new coalition government went into the election promising to diminish various Maori-based policies or programs. But it was the ACT Party that went furthest, calling for a referendum to redefine the “principles” of te Tiriti

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