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Yesterday, the Green Party launched a policy on making dental treatment more readily available and free for all, not just those under the age of 18. The party wants to see dental vans and mobile clinics increase to 398. Health spokesperson Ricardo Menéndez March said an estimated 40 per cent
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Proverbs 7 25 Don’t let your hearts stray away toward her. Don’t wander down her wayward path. If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.
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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 is the view west over Loch Fyne (Scotland) from the upstairs lounge at The Creggans Inn. ** We need more
The Nebraska Itasca: Living on the Road
Monica Hughes PhD themariachiyears.substack.com A few months after moving back to the USA from New Zealand in 2021, I flew from Nebraska to Idaho to slap down a few thousand dollars cash for a 1978 Winnebago Itasca. Below are some photos taken upon purchase. It had barely changed
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Good News for Emissions in NZ
Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura The news that New Zealand might be a net absorber of CO2 is exciting and challenges our approach to emissions management. The Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) requires an emission certificate for each tonne of CO2 equivalent emitted, encouraging consumption choices towards lower emissions. The benefits
NZ’s First Security Strategy Suite Is Released
Alexander Gillespie University of Waikato theconversation.com When Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022, German Chancellor Olaf Scholtz proclaimed a “Zeitenwende”, or historical turning point. It resulted in Germany’s first ever official national security strategy. The equivalent wake-up call in New Zealand was the 2019 Christchurch terror attack.
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On Being Shot in the Head
Opening the online news sites each morning is a routine reveal of yet another crime: another murder, another gun-related incident, another case of domestic violence, another ram raid, another ‘youth’ crime, another case of child abuse, of gang warfare, etc. As it was this week when two people were
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ACT leader David Seymour was grilled on his party’s tax policy yesterday. ACT proposes a two-rate income tax system, with a 17.5 per cent tax rate on income up to $70,000, and 28 per cent above that. “You tell me what the gap should be,” he
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Proverbs 6 27 Can a man scoop a flame into his lap and not have his clothes catch on fire? If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.