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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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NIWA Ducks, Deflects and Dives

NIWA Ducks, Deflects and Dives

Ian Wishart Investigate Magazine issuu.com NIWA statement about Historic Weather Events website The website Ian Wishart has based his opinions on is not New Zealand’s national climate database. Wishart has conflated the Historic Weather Events website with the New Zealand National Climate Database that is used by NIWA

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Tax Rebates Are Not The Answer

Aisling Gallagher Senior Lecturer in Social Geography Massey University Some eight months out from this year’s election, the National Party has launched a new tax rebate policy to help reduce childcare costs. At the same time, Australia and Canada are abandoning their own rebate policies for failing to really

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Racists Are Right (Unless You Look Left)

Racists Are Right (Unless You Look Left)

Laughable and ridiculous, but powerfully backed, the assault on all things conservative continues with new demonisations and ridiculous vignettes drawing associations between nut-cases and the right almost weekly it seems. The full-on free publicity for anti-right conspiracy theorists saw red-radio and Dom-Pravda this week endorsing

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Sunday Sermon

Logan Hagoort Minister at Covenant Presbyterian Church Editor of Founded in Grace

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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

In 2020, the Ministry of Health (MoH) asked the the University of Auckland’s Immunisation Advisory Centre (IMAC) to subcontract the Covid-19 education of both  healthcare workers and thousands of untrained vaccinators. This was required to roll out the mass vaccination campaign across New Zealand. One of the concerning

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The BFD Daily Proverb
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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 12 16 A fool is quick-tempered,    but a wise person stays calm when insulted. 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 Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

It would appear that the Anglican Church represents three different geographical areas. Punctuation does matter. 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

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Why You Should Write for Us

If you are a professionally-minded writer this could be your opportunity to get your voice heard. With audience numbers soaring there has never been a better time to become a volunteer writer for The BFD. It doesn’t matter whether you are young or old if you love 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? ** 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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Did NIWA Fail to Join the Dots?

Ian Wishart Investigate Magazine issuu.com NIWA2Download If you enjoyed this article 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

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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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The Govt’s Backdoor Attempt to Lower the Voting Age
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The Govt’s Backdoor Attempt to Lower the Voting Age

Barbara McKenzie stovouno.org Barbara McKenzie has a PhD in German Literature. Changing the electoral act to allow 16 and 17-year-olds to vote is the policy of both the Labour and Green parties.  They could follow the normal procedure for changes to electoral rights, with a referendum followed

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