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Yesterday’s Five Most Popular Articles

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This Is the Issue That Costs Elections

This Is the Issue That Costs Elections

Yesterday morning the National Party announced that they were proposing to re-write the education syllabus if they win the election. I’ve provided you with a link because it is now hard to find, such is the interest in the policy. Bold or stupid? I pick stupid because education

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BFD Caption Competition

BFD Caption Competition

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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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Things That Make Me Go Hmm

Interesting messaging – Trans acceptance, reproductive rights and all women’s rights. That covers all bases. So they are going to protest against someone who advocates for women’s rights and the rights of unborn women? *Note: The claim that she is opposed to the existence of Trans people is a

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The BFD Daily Proverb
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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 23 29 Who has anguish? Who has sorrow?    Who is always fighting? Who is always complaining?    Who has unnecessary bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes? 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

Never knew sand could be so loud. The correct spelling is crescendo 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

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Pharmac Put Maori and Pacific Patients First

Pharmac Put Maori and Pacific Patients First

Lynne Chepulis Associate Professor Health Sciences University of Waikato The controversial 2021 decision by the government drug-buying agency Pharmac to prioritise Maori and Pacific patients in its funding of two game-changing new diabetes drugs appears to have paid off. At the time, Pharmac wanted to restrict funding to

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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 looking northeast

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Time to Stop Digging

Time to Stop Digging

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Nothing to See Here

Nothing to See Here

New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com Having shared some thoughts on the basis of a newspaper article, we are now privy to the written Coroner’s Decision in the case of Divya Simon.  A few pertinent details were missing from the newspaper reports. Coroner’s Report Detail

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BFD Daily Opinion Poll

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Lobbying in NZ Is the Wild West
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Lobbying in NZ Is the Wild West

Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Four out of the five people who have held the top role of Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff since 2017 have been lobbyists. That’

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How to Tweak Our Banking System

How to Tweak Our Banking System

Peter J. Morgan Peter J. Morgan  BE (Mech.), Dip. Teaching – professional forensic engineer, retired economics, mathematics and physics teacher PART 1 of 18 This is my attempt at a simplified, brief explanation of how the present debt-based money and banking system actually works, with some relevant history, and a

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