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National Is Ready
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National Is Ready

Christopher Luxon National Party leader Good morning, The political year began with a bang yesterday when Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced her resignation. All attention will now be on Labour as it selects a new leader but, here in National, our job is to contest the election regardless of which

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How Labour Could Get a Third Term
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How Labour Could Get a Third Term

Richard Prebble bassettbrashandhide.com The Honourable Richard Prebble CBE is a former member of the New Zealand Parliament. Initially a member of the Labour Party, he joined the newly formed ACT New Zealand party under Roger Douglas in 1996, becoming its leader from 1996 to 2004. Under MMP a party

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Yesterday’s Five Most Popular Articles

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She’s Gone, What Next?
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She’s Gone, What Next?

We all know that Jacinda Ardern has gone. She’s contrived to leave in April and set an election date that suits her: October 14. The news may have boosted champagne sales at the Auckland Viaduct yesterday, but what happens next? Will Labour really make it to October 14 or

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In Memorium Absurdities

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com I might be wrong but I’m fairly sure our newspapers In Memorium classified advertisements are peculiar to New Zealand. These puzzle me. Their standard form is typically a letter addressed to a family member who died on the date of publication some years earlier.

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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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BFD Caption Competition

BFD Caption Competition

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The BFD Daily Proverb
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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 20 3 Avoiding a fight is a mark of honor;    only fools insist on quarreling. 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

Stuff can’t be any more disrespectful than delivering poor spelling in a written eulogy. 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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What Came First?

What Came First?

Dr. Guy David Hatchard hatchardreport.com Guy is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his Ph.D. in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. He was formerly a senior

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Why You Should Write for Us
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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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Christopher Luxon Sets Out Team to Contest the 2023 Election
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Christopher Luxon Sets Out Team to Contest the 2023 Election

National will work hard this year to show New Zealanders that it has the skills, policy, team, and commitment to form a Government that delivers for all Kiwis, National Party Leader Christopher Luxon says. Announcing today a limited reshuffle of the National Caucus, Mr Luxon said New Zealand is the

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What to Do on the Scrapheap?

Back in 2019 my “dearly beloved” completed their BSc in Mathematics (I have no idea, either) having endured three years of sickeningly patronising behaviour from woke students, lecturers and professors at the silly University in Wellington for being Maori. It really had to be witnessed to be believed, especially how

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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 taken while

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