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ACT Wins First Leaders Debate

ACT Wins First Leaders Debate

David Seymour ACT Party Leader The Chrises squabbled about who gets how much of the pie, without articulating a vision for growing it. The Chrises went back and forth over issues which are very real to hardworking New Zealanders, without spelling out what real change would look like. That is

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The New Zealand Health Debate

The New Zealand Health Debate

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

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My Thoughts about Wasted Votes

Istvan The “wasted vote” is a concept that keeps popping up as we approach election day. I have had my own struggles with it and have come up with three conclusive thoughts: One. In my mind – even if I bring it down to the purely strategic (tactical?) level – it presents

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Labour’s Prison U-Turn Comes Six Years Too Late

Labour’s Prison U-Turn Comes Six Years Too Late

The Prime Minister’s admission yesterday that Labour will finally ditch its disastrous target to reduce the prison population by 30 per cent is too late for Kiwis who feel unsafe in their homes, businesses and communities, National Corrections spokesperson Mark Mitchell says. “For the last six years, Labour have

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Labour’s Put NZ in the Red

Labour’s Put NZ in the Red

Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Back in 2017, when New Zealand’s economy was being described as a “rock star”, the opposition Labour Party railed against the role being played by immigration. Figures at the time showed that under National, annual net migration had grown from just 5,000 in

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Yesterday’s Five Most Popular Articles

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They Can Hardly Stand on Their Record

They Can Hardly Stand on Their Record

Desperation is a stinky cologne, but now it’s all that Labour has got. They certainly can’t stand on their record, as they’ve achieved precious little other than a sea of red ink on the country’s balance sheet. All they’ve got is relentless negativity; the Nasty

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Another Hitherto Unknown Human Right

Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Stuff reports MP Rachel Boyack saying “Fundamentally, everyone has the right to live in a safe, warm and dry home”. As always the prefix “Fundamentally”, gives away that Boyack is talking nonsense. This reality, going back to 1929 when it was first noted is always used

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The BFD Daily Proverb
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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 20 18 Plans succeed through good counsel;    don’t go to war without wise advice. 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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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Too many E’s for Swedish. 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 click here

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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 on 7/6/23, looking down on the main square in Arras, France. ** We need more photos

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Tell Us What Is Happening in Your Country

Here at The BFD we currently have writers based in New Zealand, Australia, Israel, Hong Kong and the UK but we have readers from many other countries. This article is a shout out to our readers in other countries encouraging them to send us an article telling us what life

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Shambles Eaqub

Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Shambles is a self-employed economist, frequently quoted in the press stating what we already know. With his latest utterance headed “food prices up”, Shambles then astutely pointed out “…the same basket of food might take a bigger share of your weekly budget”. By God, who’

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