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View from Your Window

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The BFD Daily Opinion Poll

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The Diversions Are in Place

Just as the departure of Ardern was weeks in the planning, so too was the socialist party’s attempt at re-election by dividing and (they hope) conquering. Proof of this pudding is the oft-repeated claim ‘We won’t divide people on the basis of race’: a clear case

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Lots of Lovely Words but Were Any of Them True?

Martin Hanson On February 8, a convoy of protesters began to set up camp in Parliament’s grounds. The camp grew into a mini-village, with portaloos and child care with on-the-hoof schooling. The protesters demanded that Prime Minister Ardern meet them to discuss concerns, but were met

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Fed Farmers Says RMA Will Be Worse under Govt Reform
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Fed Farmers Says RMA Will Be Worse under Govt Reform

Simon Edwards simonedwards.nz dailytelegraph.co.nz Simon Edwards is a communications advisor for Federated Farmers, a current Hutt City councillor and former editor of the Hutt News. “Farmers agree the costly, slow and unpredictable processes under the RMA need fixing, but in getting rid of the old dog the

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Media Prove They Are Drongos

Media Prove They Are Drongos

Mayor Wayne Brown calling the media “drongos” was simply echoing what the majority of us have been thinking for some considerable time. It is very clear to all, except the precious little luvvies in the country’s newsrooms, that the mayor doesn’t suffer fools gladly. The likes of Simon

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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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Korero of the Day
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Korero of the Day

Over the last few years, there’s been an uptick in people wanting to learn Maori. But… Alison Jones, a Pakeha scholar in indigenous education, notices how the demand by non-Maori to have te reo echoes the colonising demand to have Maori land. And: Catherine Delahunty, a Pakeha activist

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The BFD Daily Proverb
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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 5 15 Drink water from your own well—    share your love only with your wife. 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

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‘Media Party’ Play ‘Gotcha Games’ with Brown

The Media Party seem to have their hooks into Auckland’s Mayor Wayne Brown over the Noah-type deluge that hit Auckland recently when three months of rain fell in one day. Captain Hook was the pirate character who menaced Peter Pan and the Lost Boys on the Island of

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View from Your Window
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View from Your Window

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Tech Talk: New User Android Phone Annoyances
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Tech Talk: New User Android Phone Annoyances

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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Why the Storm Caused So Many Landslides in Auckland

Why the Storm Caused So Many Landslides in Auckland

Martin Brook Associate Professor of Applied Geology University of Auckland The January 27 storm that hit Auckland broke all previous rainfall records and has caused widespread damage, mostly from flooding and landslides. But while climate change helps explain the intensity of the rainfall, the way land has been used and

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