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Wellington Public Servant Messages Co-workers to See If They Have Work Tomorrow
Rosemary Abbott whakatakitimes.nz DAY OF RECKONING A cloud of uncertainty hangs over Wellington’s public sector workers tonight. It comes as the result of the election saw National and Act form what is likely to be NZ’s next Government based on the votes counted so far, but leaves
It’s Business as Usual
bobmccoskrie.com With special votes yet to be counted, we can confidently say that we have a new Government. As we await the final count and watch the make-up of the National-led Government under Christopher Luxon’s leadership and the new ministerial portfolios, not a lot will change for us.
The BFD Comment of the Week
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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 looking down at Mariacka Street, also known as the Street of the Amber Sellers, from our apartment in
Winston Is Back From the Dead…Again
John Denton Oh, the irony. Post-election, Winston Peters, in his usual “I’ll do the talking sunshine” mode, railed against being “marginalised and shut out” by the “corrupt media”, despite it being they who were totally responsible for his comeback this time around. We know our mainstream media are heavily
Tell Us What Is Happening in Your Country
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Environ-MENTAL
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A Fantastic Feeling
One of the curious things about the last couple of days is the high I am on. Unlike previous elections, this is the first New Zealand one (I also felt the same after voting for Donald Trump in 2016) I am ‘feeling’. It is the first one where I am
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In the Distance Clouds Were Forming…
Of all the silly, preposterous nonsense in the Godfather movie – which is nothing more than a slur on people (ahem) of Sicilian descent – no scene is more silly and preposterous than when Kay asks Michael if he really is a mob boss and has just had Carlo, his brother in
Where Is Good Journalism to Be Found? (Apart From the BFD)
Memo to Jenna Lynch, Amelia Wade, Jessica Mutch McKay, Tova O’Brien, Maiki Sherman, Simon Wilson, Luke Malpass et al: If the election result told us one thing it is that you are irrelevant. The vast majority of the country took no notice of what you had to say. Your
The Public’s Declining Trust in Mainstream Media
Mark Freeman The head of Radio New Zealand has expressed concern about the general public’s declining trust in mainstream media (MSM) news. He’s also acknowledged there was a negative public response to government funding of private MSM outlets over the COVID period. In a talk at the recent
The Left Look at What Went Wrong
Bryce Edwards Dr Bryce Edwards is the Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. The Labour Party has crashed from 50 per cent of the vote in 2020 to around 27 per cent in 2023. The election loss has been