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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

While I’m sure like the rest of us, Winston Peters has cussed Labour, but maybe, Stuff, this time he “accused”? 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

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Why the Alliance between Stalin and Hitler Must Never Be Forgotten

Why the Alliance between Stalin and Hitler Must Never Be Forgotten

Benjamin Williams Benjamin Williams is a fellow with FEE’s Henry Hazlitt Project for Educational Journalism. He has produced videos and written content for many libertarian organizations such as the Mises Institute and Students For Liberty. Under the alias PraxBen on TikTok, he has amassed over 200,000 followers and

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A Referendum Victory against All Odds

Aaron Ironside Say Nope To Dope Spokesperson commonroomnz.com This article was first published by The Common Room I will never forget the day I was announced as the Say Nope to Dope spokesperson. Within hours of the press release being sent to media, I received an anonymous call from

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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 description was: New to the far north. ** We need more photos please folks, so grab your camera or mobile

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Football Ferns’ Score Another Goal for Women’s Sport in NZ

Holly Thorpe University of Waikato Julie E. Brice California State University, Fullerton theconversation.com The opening match of the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Auckland was a historic moment for women’s sport in New Zealand – and not just because the Football Ferns upset highly-ranked Norway to win

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Volunteer Writers Wanted
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Volunteer Writers Wanted

The BFD is seeking motivated, concise, reliable, and professionally-minded writers. Ideally, we prefer articles of 400-600 words in length. If you feel that the subject requires a longer post please keep it under 1000 words, (ideally under 800). Local news stories are as welcome as anything to do

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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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Spot the Scam If You Can

Does scamming apply in politics? The Covid scam is a prime example. We were required to believe what we were being told, and obliged to act in a way that benefitted the government (the scammers). Many of us have been left with empty wallets, our employment stolen awaybecause we did

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Justice

Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Talk of the devil, the day my Blog appeared a week back denouncing online scam victims for blaming their banks for making payments they’d authorised them to do, a British Supreme Court verdict was announced on this very issue. A British woman lost NZ$1.

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Why Wealth Taxes Won’t Work

Why Wealth Taxes Won’t Work

At the 2020 election the Greens proposed a wealth tax. I remember being horrified that, if Labour needed the Greens to govern, they might make the introduction of a wealth tax one of their bottom lines. While we had often discussed a capital gains tax, this was the first time

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The Final Nail in the Coffin?

The Final Nail in the Coffin?

Patrick Fahy Chairman Natural Health Alliance naturalhealthalliance.co.nz * Government legislates in favour of Big Pharma and the industrial medical complex. * Therapeutic Products Act is a barrier to consumers’ health interests. * New law illustrative of Labour-Green ideology to increase government bureaucracy. The Therapeutic Products Act, passed this week by

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How You Can Dodge the Fuel Tax Rise

How You Can Dodge the Fuel Tax Rise

We are very pleased to announce a new service for ALL readers of The BFD.  The BFD in partnership with GCo Fuels has created a discounted fuel option. With the government removing the 25c per litre fuel subsidy , and the resulting significant increase in fuel prices from 1 July 2023,

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Yesterday’s Five Most Popular Articles

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Car Crash Is a Perfect Metaphor for This Government
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Car Crash Is a Perfect Metaphor for This Government

And so the Ardern/Hipkins regime loses yet another minister, this time in a drunken road-side car crash, ending the political career of Justice Minister Kiritapu Allan. It seems a rather too perfect metaphor for a government that promised so much and delivered so little. A dent in the

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BFD Caption Competition

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