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Cometh the Hour, Cometh the Man
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Cometh the Hour, Cometh the Man

John Porter “Cometh the hour, cometh the man.” Generally meaning that leadership, even of one’s self, is absent and desperately needed in a time of greatest necessity, so someone is forced to step up whether they seem capable or not. Prime Minister Luxon I think your hour has cometh!

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Get Rid of Maori Wards and Electorates

Don Brash Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 bassettbrashandhide.com The Coalition Agreements which the National Party reached with the ACT and New Zealand First parties oblige the new Government to “restore the right to local referendum on

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Treat Yourself to a Silver Membership
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Treat Yourself to a Silver Membership

You don’t know what you are missing out on. Below is what a Silver level membership will give you. * Access to Insight Politics articles as well as ad-free viewing of the entire site. * Access to SonovaMin and BoomSlang’s fantastic cartoons: Access to our puzzles, Codecracker, Sudoku, Trivia and

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If TVNZ Was a Dog We’d Put It Down
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If TVNZ Was a Dog We’d Put It Down

TVNZ is a financial cot case and is expected to lose $33 million this financial year. If it was a dog we’d take a shovel and a gun and put it out of its misery. TVNZ is expecting a financial loss of up to $33 million this financial year

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The BFD Daily Proverb
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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 5 22 An evil man is held captive by his own sins;    they are ropes that catch and hold him. 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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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Basic mistakes, Stuff, very basic. 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 here to

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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 new stadium under construction in Christchurch, as seen from Rydges Latimer. ** We need more photos please

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Is Kiri Tamihere-Waititi’s Expletive-Laden Video a National Security Threat?
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Is Kiri Tamihere-Waititi’s Expletive-Laden Video a National Security Threat?

Chris Lynch Chris Lynch is a journalist, videographer and content producer, broadcasting from his independent news and production company in Christchurch, New Zealand. chrislynchmedia.com OPINION: It is possible that security agencies will be closely monitoring Kiri Tamihere-Waititi, the wife of Maori Party Co-Leader Rawiri Waititi. Her expletive-laden social media

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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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Te Pati Maori’s Integrity Under the Microscope

Bryce Edwards democracyproject.substack.com Illegal and corrupt practices are alleged to have occurred in the way that Te Pati Maori has been running election campaigns, abusing their use of state-funded processes. Allegations revealed Saturday about the way the party colluded with a South Auckland marae and John Tamihere’s

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Breaking All the Rules
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Breaking All the Rules

It’s an unfortunate sign of the times that public broadcaster RNZ ‘News’ gave significant editorial space for the acting head of a governmental organisation to openly criticise the Government with a politically skewed and misconstrued rant the day after the budget announcements. This was made worse when the individual,

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How Social Engineers Put Auckland City on Life Support

Michael Bassett Political historian Michael Bassett CNZM is the author of 15 books, was a regular columnist for the Fairfax newspapers and a former Minister in the 1984-1990 governments bassettbrashandhide.com Beware of ministers and mayors with simple solutions to any city’s problems! A series of snake-oil salesmen have

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Chloe, Sweetie, Your Pants Are on Fire
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Chloe, Sweetie, Your Pants Are on Fire

Chloe Swarbrick is getting the soft-soap treatment from legacy media again. It seems that the media aren’t interested in the ongoing scandals involving the Green Party and instead are enabling them with hagiographic interviews. When Chlöe Swarbrick first won a seat in Parliament at 23 years old, she was

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