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The Height of Hypocrisy from Stuff

The Height of Hypocrisy from Stuff

To recycle an old joke, how do you know when a Stuff editor is lying…? You know the answer to that one. How about this one, then: how do you know when a Stuff editor is guilty? They’re accusing someone else. We saw that one proven in spades, recently,

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Don’t Let the Door Hit You on the Way Out
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Don’t Let the Door Hit You on the Way Out

Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com In last week’s valedictory statement, Jacinda Ardern described herself as a “conviction politician”, a “control freak”, and someone who wears their “heart on their sleeve”. On being Prime Minister, she said it was “A role, I never thought I was meant to have.” In

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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 exclusively for our members.  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 secure this

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Yesterday’s Five Most Popular Articles

If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads to make your reading experience more enjoyable click here to browse our Membership options.If you enjoyed this article please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.

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New Three Waters: Same Same but Different
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New Three Waters: Same Same but Different

The Government has announced its new Three Waters plan, and called it Affordable Waters. They clearly think we are all stupid and don’t realise that, despite the ‘new’ name, it is still the same stupid plan but with added complexity, and still has the offensive and racist co-governance

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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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Grandma of the Day

Instinct took over when a grandmother on an early morning coffee run in Cambridge noticed a ramraid in progress on the main street. She wasn’t having it, not at 5.30am on Easter Monday. “I just thought, right, this is not happening,”   […] she noticed a white car rammed into

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The BFD Daily Proverb
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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 14:7 Stay away from a fool,    for you will not find knowledge on their lips. 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

Oh come on, Stuff, stop embarrassing yourselves! 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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‘Disinformation’: It’s What They Do Best

‘Disinformation’: It’s What They Do Best

Veteran journalist Glenn Greenwald recently wrote that: “Anyone who claims to be: a ‘disinformation expert’; an ‘anti-extremist expert’; an ‘online safety expert’ is a fraud. These are fake expertises that do not exist, that are inherently politicized and subjective, and that are designed to disguise ideology as science.” Greenwald

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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? ** We need more photos please folks, so grab your camera or mobile phone and get snapping! Yesterday’s photo was the view

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This Might Make Sam Neil Cry

This Might Make Sam Neil Cry

I really wish actors would learn to just do their little song and dance and then shut the hell up when the organ grinder stops. It’s one thing to know, in the abstract, that actors are mostly pretty stupid (as Sir Anthony Hopkins admits), quite another when another of

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What Is Life like in Your Country?
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What Is Life like in Your Country?

Here at The BFD we currently have writers based in New Zealand, Australia, Israel, Hong Kong and the UK but we have readers from many other countries. This article is a shout out to our readers in other countries encouraging them to send us an article telling us what life

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