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Yesterday’s Five Most Popular Articles

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Act Down, Nats Need NZ First
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Act Down, Nats Need NZ First

The latest 1News/Verian poll was released yesterday and National and Act’s plans are slipping as Act voters slowly disappear. Although National remained stable, Act has slipped 2%, meaning that National is going to need NZ First in order to govern. It’s desperate times for Labour as New

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Stuff Hypocrisy

Stuff Hypocrisy

Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Readers will have noticed Stuff’s ludicrous practice whenever mentioning any actual or pretend Maori, of listing the subject’s tribal ancestry in brackets after their name. Two questions arise, both about consistency. First, why does Stuff confine this nonsense to Maoris? For example, if they

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How Can This Be, Prime Minister?

How Can This Be, Prime Minister?

Dear Editor my letter to Chris Hipkins is below: Prime Minister It was alarming to learn that you have been infected with the novel b-coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We trust you are feeling much better now. When this novel b-coronavirus emerged in Wuhan and then spread

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The BFD Daily Proverb
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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 5 22 An evil man is held captive by his own sins;    they are ropes that catch and hold him. 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

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What the Media Keep From You Pt. 2

What the Media Keep From You Pt. 2

Thomas Jefferson once wrote that, The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them. Even in his day, Jefferson knew the mainstream media were liars: Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. 150 years later, Dearborn mayor Orville Hubbard

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Two attempts to spell ski-field, two fails. One from the NZ Herald the other from KiwiBlog. 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

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They Paid No Price for Being Wrong

They Paid No Price for Being Wrong

nzcovidresponse.substack.com Many countries saw a deferral to a very small group of un-elected, often academic, experts dominating, advising and lobbying politicians on the Covid response in the early days of 2020. The danger of this is summed up in President Eisenhower’s 1961 farewell address, where he famously

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The BFD Comment of the Week
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The BFD Comment of the Week

As part of our drive to keep our comment section the best in New Zealand we showcase each week an example of a top-notch comment that adds value to The BFD. Today’s comment was written by idbkiwi  Thank you idbkiwi for taking the time to craft such an interesting

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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 from Hotel Rove, Downtown Dubai. 312 Al Mustaqbal Street, Zabeel 2 Dubai. ** We need more photos

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Satirical Image of the Day

Satirical Image of the Day

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The Coward’s Bunker

The Coward’s Bunker

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Promises to Get Tough on Youth Crime Might Win Votes

Linda Mussell Jessica Niurangi Maclean University of Canterbury theconversation.com The promise to “get tough on youth crime” is a New Zealand election perennial. This year, parties on both the left and right have pledged to crack down on young offenders – despite a lot of evidence that such approaches do

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Volunteer Writers Wanted
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Volunteer Writers Wanted

The BFD is seeking motivated, concise, reliable, and professionally-minded writers. Ideally, we prefer articles of 400-600 words in length. If you feel that the subject requires a longer post please keep it under 1000 words, (ideally under 800). Local news stories are as welcome as anything to do with sport

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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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