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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 of a bit of ‘global boiling’ on the hills in Marlborough, taken from Northbank Road looking south to

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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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Out of the Shadows

Alexander Gillespie University of Waikato theconversation.com [The] release of the threat assessment by the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (SIS) is the final piece in a defence and security puzzle that marks a genuine shift towards more open and public discussion of these crucial policy areas. Together with July’

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One Step at a Time

One Step at a Time

Harry Palmer CO2 is a bonus product extracted with natural gas in the Taranaki gas field. It’s used in fire extinguishers, soft drinks, beer propellant in pubs and dry ice in the entertainment industry, for example. However, when I was a production engineer at a NZ company producing a

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The Effects Are Starting to Hit

The Effects Are Starting to Hit

Lindsay Mitchell Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio, TV and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under commission and exhibits

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Want to Save Big on Fuel?

Want to Save Big on Fuel?

We are very pleased to announce a new service for ALL members of The BFD.  The BFD in partnership with GCo Fuels has created a discounted fuel option. In these tough financial times anything that can save you precious dollars is something to be celebrated. We’ve worked hard to

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How Not to Cross a River

How Not to Cross a River

Harry Palmer If you’re out walking in the bush and you come across a river, you look for stepping stones to help you get across. Being a careful person, and if you’re accompanied by children, it is, of course, important for you and them to try to avoid

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Sunday Sermon

Logan Hagoort Minister at Covenant Presbyterian Church Editor of Founded in Grace

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Take Our Daily Trivia Quiz
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Take Our Daily Trivia Quiz

Test your trivia knowledge – Select from seven subject categories. General knowledge, Dictionary, Entertainment, History, Food & Drink, Geography, Science & Nature. To Enjoy Our Other Puzzles Become a Bronze Member

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Thought of the Day

On social media yesterday, Alia Bee posted this thoughtful and well-written comment regarding the young man before the court for assaulting an older woman, and those responsible for inciting the chaos and violence at Albert Park. Read more here. Discuss it on The BFD. If you would like to

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The BFD Daily Proverb
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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 13 23 A poor person’s farm may produce much food,    but injustice sweeps it all away. 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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A Defence for Mothers Who Kill

Heather Montgomery Professor of Anthropology and Childhood The Open University Paris Mayo gave birth to her son Stanley alone – at home, in silence, while her parents and brother were upstairs. Mayo claimed not to have known she was pregnant, and no one at her school or within her family had

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

She proposed some key restrictions Stuff (facepalm). 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

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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 of the War memorial located in the Garden of Memories on the Kaikoura waterfront. Note the whale bone

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The ‘Number 8 Wire’ Days for NZ’s Defence Force Are Over

The ‘Number 8 Wire’ Days for NZ’s Defence Force Are Over

John Moremon Senior Lecturer in Defence Studies Massey University New Zealanders have been put on notice that defence and security are among the bigger challenges the country faces this century. The assessment earlier this year by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Navigating a Shifting World-Te whakatere i tetahi ao

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