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An Open Letter to Our MPs

An Open Letter to Our MPs

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

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NZ Wants More Seasonal Workers, Do Pacific Nations Agree?

NZ Wants More Seasonal Workers, Do Pacific Nations Agree?

Apisalome Movono Regina Scheyvens Sophie Auckram Massey University The three party leaders currently negotiating to form New Zealand’s next government might have their differences, but they seem to agree on one thing: the Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme needs to expand. New Zealand, like Australia, faces critical labour shortages

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The BFD Daily Opinion Poll

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Luxon Is Not Helping the Negotiations

Bryce Edwards Dr Bryce Edwards is the Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Incoming Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is now being openly mocked and ridiculed by political commentators for his

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SPOIL Yourself with a BFD Membership this Christmas

SPOIL Yourself with a BFD Membership this Christmas

Spoil yourself with a present that will be the gift that keeps on giving all year. TREAT yourself to a BFD membership It will be a present to the BFD as well as your gift to yourself and it will help ensure that we will be around next year and

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Media Have Their Ta-Tas in a Tangle

Media Have Their Ta-Tas in a Tangle

It’s Friday afternoon and I have just watched a video of Winston Peters leaving the Cordis Hotel following another day of negotiations. One could be excused for thinking there was a kindergarten or early childhood centre nearby as there were some people standing around holding microphones who, when they

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Sunday Sermon

Logan Hagoort Minister at Covenant Presbyterian Church Editor of Founded in Grace

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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 19 16 Keep the commandments and keep your life;    despising them leads to death. 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 Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Celebrities love it when you can’t even be arsed to spell their first name correctly, though it somewhat takes the shine off the puff-piece you’re writing for them. If you enjoyed this Stuff up please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the

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They Want ‘Em Dumb and Loud

They Want ‘Em Dumb and Loud

In 1983, Julie Brown released her sadly underrated pop classic, I Like ‘Em Big and Stupid. The song’s uber-Valley Girl protagonist yearns for a “Superman with a lobotomy”. Authoritarian governments would concur, especially if one translates Superman to its German original Ubermensch. Authoritarians like their bootboys to follow orders,

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Why So Many Countries Followed China’s Lockdown Example

Ron Brown brownstone.org A novel coronavirus that was 10 times deadlier than the flu had gripped the world in 2019. Without a compass to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, all lessons learned from previous viral pandemics were thrown out the window. The World Health Organization was adamant, “This is not

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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 is the view leaving New Plymouth, heading north to Auckland. ** We need more photos please folks, so grab your

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The BFD Daily Opinion Poll

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The Ministry of Truth Has Struck Again!

The Ministry of Truth Has Struck Again!

Lindsay Perigo Perigo’s Perspective Paul Brennan Breakfast, Reality Check Radio The Ministry of Truth has struck again! Jacinda Jackboot’s “single source of truth” goes on telling lies without her. The Ministry of Truth in George Orwell’s 1984 rewrites history and makes stuff up. Its job is to

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