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The Phone Is off the Hook

The Phone Is off the Hook

The good(?) ship Labour is heading for the rocks. There’s a tidal wave approaching and it is expected to hit on October 14. This is currently the big story for journalists and they are painfully aware of it. No matter how much bias they cook up, no matter how

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A Path from Co-government to Democracy

A Path from Co-government to Democracy

David Seymour ACT Party Leader New Zealand is at a constitutional crossroad. In one direction is liberal democracy. In the other is co-government; power-sharing between one ethnic group and all others. ACT will end co-government and restore universal human rights in New Zealand. The current government is

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Act Party Launch Is a Big Pink Fizzer!

Freedoms NZ Team The ACT Party’s launch was shaping up to be rather uneventful, but it took an exciting turn when Freedoms NZ joined the party! Over the past week, the ACT team had been brimming with confidence, expecting their latest event to be their most significant to date.

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The Cullen Fund Is Doing Well…

Peter Allan Williams Writer and broadcaster for half a century. Now watching from the sidelines although verbalising thoughts on www.reality check.radio three days a week peterallanwilliams.substack.com On the surface the New Zealand Superannuation Fund, the so-called Cullen Fund, which is now 20 years old, has

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Sticking Their Heads in the Sand

Sticking Their Heads in the Sand

Arthur We here at The BFD now have it confirmed by PREFU that Labour has been spending  money we don’t have like a spoiled teenager from a rich family with a limitless credit card. This has ruined the country’s finances and brought us to Third World status, one

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Our Media Still Don’t Get It

Michael Bassett Political historian Michael Bassett CNZM is the author of 15 books, was a regular columnist for the Fairfax newspapers and a former minister in the 1984-1990 governments. bassettbrashandhide.com If Labour ministers and our left-leaning media knew more about New Zealand’s political history they would

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Just Shut Up, No One Cares What You Have to Say Anymore

Just Shut Up, No One Cares What You Have to Say Anymore

The Labour Party are finding out a terrible truth right now: that no one cares what they or their lickspittles in the media have to say anymore. Voters simply do not believe a word they say and have literally switched off. The media are making fools of themselves too, constantly

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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

The ACT Party launched its election campaign yesterday. One of ACT’s main policies is for a referendum on the Treaty of Waitangi. But National’s said it doesn’t support it, potentially setting up some difficult negotiations between David Seymour and Christopher Luxon if the two are in positions

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The BFD Daily Proverb
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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 18 13 Spouting off before listening to the facts    is both shameful and foolish. 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

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

Really Stuff?  Two-and-a-half months until the next AB’s RWC match? 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

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Men Will Have to Watch Out

Newshub can reveal Labour will campaign on a promise to overhaul sexual consent laws so it would be up to alleged offenders to prove their victim said “yes”.   […] Layba Zubir, 17, is challenging adults to do better for sexual violence survivors. But it shouldn’t be her fight. And this

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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 looking at King George Square, Brisbane, from the Sixteen Antlers rooftop bar at the Mercure Brisbane King George

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How Should NZ Deal With the Protests?
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How Should NZ Deal With the Protests?

Alexander Gillespie University of Waikato theconversation.com The most recent protest by the Restore Passenger Rail climate protest group, in which a Wellington car dealership was defaced with red paint, is not just the latest in a local movement – it’s part of a global trend. Airline bosses have been

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The BFD Daily Opinion Poll

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