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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day
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More Sub-Editing Blunders (Stuff Again)
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com “The Warehouse starts selling fresh fruit, veges” The above, a recent Stuff site heading, reflecting the financially pressed Stuff’s inability to afford competent sub-editors. There are two possible interpretations from that heading for it to be justified as news. One is that hitherto
An Open Letter to Mr Incredible
Good morning Christopher. I note your propensity to use the word ‘incredible’ at every opportunity that affords it, and many that don’t. You whip it out in describing even the very mundane, so much so that your words become hyperbole, and frankly: that’s not credible. I heard you
NZ Cities Urgently Need to Become ‘Spongier’
Alex Lo Senior Lecturer in Climate Change Victoria University of Wellington Faith Chan Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences University of Nottingham Two extreme and deadly weather events within the first two months of 2023 have brought the consequences of climate change into sharp focus. Auckland’s January 27 flood is
The BFD Comment of the Week
As part of our drive to keep our comment section the best in New Zealand we showcase each week an example of a top-notch comment that adds value to The BFD. Today’s comment was written by Phill Thank you Phill for taking the time to craft such an
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
Marsden Point Closure: Govt Set to Reap What They Have Sown
New Zealand First Media New Zealand is now in desperate need of bitumen for the lengthy and expensive roading rebuild – a quality product which Marsden Point was once producing for us locally until it was shut down. Now we are forced to import an expensive inferior alternative product from overseas.
NZ Must Change How It Grows Trees
Mark Bloomberg Adjunct Senior Fellow Te Kura Ngahere – New Zealand School of Forestry University of Canterbury The severe impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle on the North Island, and the five severe weather events experienced by the Thames–Coromandel region in just the first two months of 2023, are merely the latest
Commissioner Gaslight Has Got to Go
David Seymour ACT Party Leader Police Commissioner Andrew Coster, AKA Commissioner Gaslight, needs to stop undermining East Coast residents, mayors and business leaders and show them support. Residents on the East Coast have been through hell. Instead of listening and responding to their concerns, Coster just says they’re wrong.
More on Lockdowns
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com When I suggested recently that the media ask Chris Hipkins, why given our current record covid infection numbers and deaths, if it was a good idea to throw the country into a ludicrously punitive lockdown in 2020, 2021 and 2022, it’s not now? Some
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Lessons We Need to Learn
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. A former Chamber of Commerce President, her background is in business and education. Cyclone Gabrielle was a tragedy
Woke and ‘Bread and Butter’ Politics
John A.Z. Moore democracyproject.nz John A.Z. Moore is a writer for the Democracy Project and a precarious worker in the provinces. Jacinda Ardern’s government promised transformation in the economic and social spheres. But after failing to deliver on key material/economic concerns, such as with the
Therapeutic Products Bill an Extremely Important Issue
Mark Freeman A protest against the Therapeutic Products Bill in Wellington at the weekend drew a very positive response from passing motorists. Nearly 50 people from several freedom groups in the city came together on Saturday to raise public awareness of the legislation. The event was one of a number
They Are Us
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com In February-March 1988 when Cyclone Bola hit the eastern North Island I was Minister of Civil Defence. I remember flying crab-wise into a howling gale to a closed Gisborne airport in a small Air Force plane in order to get an immediate handle on