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Rules of the New Playbook

Rules of the New Playbook

New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com This Australian story demonstrates what appears to be the same, possibly deliberate, failings that our monitoring systems in New Zealand have.  There seems to be an international playbook in action.  In times gone by, when medicine and science were to be

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They Are Not Teaching Them How to Count and Read

They Are Not Teaching Them How to Count and Read

Barbara McKenzie stovouno.org Barbara McKenzie has a PhD in German Literature. With the school curriculum dominated by radical gender ideology and critical race theory, and every class a Maori language lesson, small wonder there’s no time to teach numeracy and literacy. Achievement in NZ education is plummeting, with

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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 a view

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Govt Distracting from OIA Sins
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Govt Distracting from OIA Sins

David Seymour ACT Party Leader The Prime Minister’s ‘lobbying crackdown’ is purely symbolic and a distraction from the real issue – the Official Information Act. There can be no accountability if there are no penalties for suppressing and covering up information. Labour is throwing Stuart Nash under the bus and

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Tech Talk: Thought Bubbles
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Tech Talk: Thought Bubbles

This series is designed to help people to understand modern technology, and become more confident in using computing devices. It is not designed to educate experts. The author is involved in tutoring older students at SeniorNet, a New Zealand wide organisation. SeniorNet hopes that students will feel more confident in

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Patterns Cannot Be Detected If Reports to CARM Are Not Made

New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com If you or someone you know has experienced an adverse event following immunisation (AEFI), it is important to report it to CARM. Determining whether an adverse event has been caused by a pharmaceutical product is the role of CARM, who are

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BFD Daily Opinion Poll

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Yet More Magic Maori Creationism from Stuff
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Yet More Magic Maori Creationism from Stuff

These are not good times for science. As perhaps no other time since the Enlightenment, science is under attack from the dark forces of ignorance and superstition. What makes it so much worse is that the attack is being led by ideological zealots from within. The only analogous situation was

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Do You Remember?
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Do You Remember?

Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com Remember after the 2017 election when Winston Peters, for no good reason, threw his support behind the smaller of the two main parties and brought Labour to office? That party had only slogans they called policy, and proceeded to establish more than 200 taxpayer-funded working

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Teaching Things That Aren’t True

Teaching Things That Aren’t True

Peter J Morgan Peter J Morgan  BE (Mech.), Dip. Teaching – professional forensic engineer, retired economics, mathematics and physics teacher PART 8 of 18 New Zealand’s universities are responsible for much worse than screwing up the education of a few bank CEOs. As an illustration of just how poorly our

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What NZ Medsafe Said about the Pfizer Vax for Pregnant Women

What NZ Medsafe Said about the Pfizer Vax for Pregnant Women

Cranmer cranmer.substack.com Lawyer with over 25 years experience in some of the world’s biggest law firms. I divide my time between the UK and NZ. This Substack explores issues facing NZ at present under my nom du plume, Cranmer. As part of New Zealand’s provisional approval

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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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Stuart Nash Calls It a Day
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Stuart Nash Calls It a Day

Stuart Nash has decided that his political career is over. He’s calling it quits at the election. This should surprise no one; this week promises to be even more dire for him as more details of his deliberate obfuscation in OIA requests and to the Ombudsman get aired. Labour

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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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