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The Dirty Secret about Masks

Clayton J. Baker, MD C.J. Baker, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a quarter century in clinical practice. He has held numerous academic medical appointments, and his work has appeared in many journals, including the Journal of the American Medical Association and the New England Journal of

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

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Peters Tells the Harsh Truth

Peters Tells the Harsh Truth

Winston Peters has truly thrown the cat among the pigeons by challenging the foundational myth of “Aotearoa-New Zealand”: magic Maoridom and “indigeneity”. New Zealand First leader Winston Peters told supporters at a public meeting in Nelson on Sunday that Maori are “not indigenous”. “Here’s the rub if you

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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 from the Siesta Hotel, Legian, Bali, looking towards Trans Studio Mall. ** We need more photos please folks,

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Property Owners Have Rights Too

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 Christopher Luxon was in Queenstown on Thursday (September 7) and made a few announcements about tourism, as you would expect

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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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Do You Believe In Coincidence?

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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BFD Daily Opinion Poll

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Collecting for a Good Cause

Collecting for a Good Cause

Mrs Korau Several months ago, I had finished my acupuncture session early, so having about ten minutes to fill in, while waiting for Korau to collect me, I wandered down the street to the Te Omanga Hospice Shop, as they often have some interesting things on display in their windows.

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Can Hearts Change Minds?

Can Hearts Change Minds?

Juan S. Morales Wilfrid Laurier University theconversation.com Social media use has been shown to decrease mental health and well-being, and to increase levels of political polarization. But social media also provides many benefits, including facilitating access to information, enabling connections with friends, serving as an outlet for expressing

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Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory

Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory

I was considering voting for ACT at the election. Maybe I still will, but I have to admit, David Seymour’s recent antics have made me think twice. The election is now only a few weeks away. If voting mirrors the current polling in any way, we should have a

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Youth Mental Health Issues on the Rise

Tim Baker kiwisforgood.co.nz The numbers reveal a dramatic increase in the prescription of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) to children aged 19 and under, with prescription rates soaring from 40,146 in 2010 to a staggering 160,299 in 2021. These statistics raise pressing questions about the safety

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Psst…want a Free Taste of an Article by Chris Trotter?

If you don’t have a Silver level membership yet you are missing out on our Insight Politics articles. The Disintegrating ‘Centre Ground’ Over the next six weeks, we are all going to hear an awful lot of nonsense about the ‘centre ground’. Most of this nonsense will come out

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Yesterday’s Five Most Popular Articles

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