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The Real Apology That Should Come

The Real Apology That Should Come

Alwyn Poole Alwyn Poole f ounded and was the head of Mt Hobson Middle School in Auckland for 18 years. MH Academy is now an in person private school for Year 11-13. There is now a nationwide online provision called Mt Hobson Academy Connected for Years 1-13. alwynpoole.

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Yesterday’s Five Most Popular Articles

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Losing the narrative

Everything Is Going along Sweet as Bro… Oh Wait!

The Government and Grant Robertson would have you believe that everything is going swimmingly in the economy. This is despite them tipping us into recession, borrowing and spending like a drunken sailor, with poorly targeted government spending, like the multi-billion dollar Covid fund, all fuelling rampant inflation. Everything is

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Projected Deficit Out by $2 Billion

Projected Deficit Out by $2 Billion

David Seymour ACT Party Leader Fresh from the news that Labour wasted $531 million on expiring Rapid Antigen Tests, the interim financial statements for May show a Government in serious fiscal trouble. Previously damning forecasts can’t keep up with Grant Robertson’s fiscal incompetence. Looking at today’s interim

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An Important New Policy from National
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An Important New Policy from National

Christopher Luxon National Party Leader The health sector is going through a workforce crisis. That means more sick and injured Kiwis are waiting too long for the treatment they desperately need, whether it’s in the ED, to see their GP, or on a growing wait list for necessary surgery.

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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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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

The dumbing down of education continues unabated. Secondary Chemistry Educators New Zealand co-chairperson Murray Thompson was so shocked after he read the draft school science curriculum that he was left asking where the science was. Science teachers are shocked that an advance version of the draft school science curriculum

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The BFD Daily Proverb
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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 6 23 For their command is a lamp    and their instruction a light; their corrective discipline    is the way to life. 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

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

NewstalkZB making a typo that fits so well.  “Woof” indeed – just like throwing a match at a petrol-soaked bonfire. 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

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The BFD Comment of the Week
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The BFD Comment of the Week

As part of our drive to keep our comment section the best in New Zealand we showcase each week an example of a top-notch comment that adds value to The BFD. Today’s comment was written by Angus Aardvark Thank you Angus Aardvark for taking the time to craft

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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 Loch Linnhe taken from the window of an Airbnb on the main street in Fort William, Lochaber,

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Is the MSM Refusing to Publish Your Opinion Pieces?
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Is the MSM Refusing to Publish Your Opinion Pieces?

Today, RNZ and both TV news channels lean well to the left, NZME and Stuff have both been captured by a radical interpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi, and the Otago Daily Times won’t touch a cartoonist like Garrick Tremain. Don Brash Conservative views are less and less welcome

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Cutting Out the Rotten Wood

Cutting Out the Rotten Wood

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Out on the Turps with the Whanau

Out on the Turps with the Whanau

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‘Fair Go’ Finally Returns to Trans-Tasman Relations

‘Fair Go’ Finally Returns to Trans-Tasman Relations

Jennifer Curtin University of Auckland theconversation.com In 1865, my Irish-born great great grandparents travelled from Dunedin to Sydney to marry in St Mary’s Cathedral. Some 63 years later, my grandmother Mary also travelled to Australia to marry my grandfather Ted. He was a clerk with the Bank

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