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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? This photo is the view from the business class departure lounge in Dubai. ** We need more photos please folks, so grab your

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The Pro-drug Crowd’s Own Goal

Bob McCoskrie bobmccoskrie.com The pro drugs crowd are back. More than 150 ‘experts’ have signed an open letter to the Government calling for the legalisation of ALL drugs. But most of the “experts” who signed their letter aren’t the experts that you’re thinking of. Some of them

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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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Knock Knock Who’s There? Oranga Tamariki

Thanks to Centrist News Services putting in an OIA to the Children’s Minister we now know Oranga Tamariki can knock on your door and remove your child if their “emotional well-being” will suffer due to your opposition to them having puberty blockers. All this reminds me of Polish Jews

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Love, Culture, and the Waitangi Tribunal

Simon O’Connor Husband, step-father, and longtime student of philosophy and history. Also happen to be a former politician, including chairing New Zealand’s Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Committee. onpointnz.substack.com For reasons I can’t fully explain, there was very muted reporting of the Court of Appeal

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Rethink the Pink
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Rethink the Pink

Brian Tamaki “Rethink the pink this Friday! Pink Shirt Day is just a fundraising front for the shocking InsideOUT organisation,” states Brian Tamaki the leader of Destiny Church. “InsideOUT is one of the main organisations in our schools, trying to sexualise our kids.” “Groups like InsideOUT intentionally target our younger,

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Karen Chhour: Interviewed by Mike Hosking

bassettbrashandhide.com KAREN CHHOUR: Interviewed by Mike Hosking May 14, 2024 Listen here at NewstalkZB. Transcript: Mike Hosking: So, the weird old business of the Children’s [Minister] appearing before the Waitangi Tribunal came to an end yesterday with a loss for the government. The High Court said the Tribunal

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Good, the Unions Are Worried
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Good, the Unions Are Worried

One of the reasons I support charter schools, but not the only reason, is that they put the fear of God in to the teachers’ unions. And so, it is with some pleasure that I see that, right on cue, the teachers’ unions are saying they are afraid of the

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The BFD Daily Proverb
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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 17 5 Those who mock the poor insult their Maker;    those who rejoice at the misfortune of others will be punished. If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.

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The BFD Nightcap

If you have a great Youtube, Rumble or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@thebfd.co.nz

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

This at the tail-end of a Stuffed article about Kiwi golfers. Apparently, Steven Alker did something. I guess we’ll never know what it is, but if we pay some money to “support Stuff journalists” we might eventually learn. If you enjoyed this Stuff up please share it using the

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Hamas Based in Rafah UN Compound

As was obvious all along, the Albanese government and Helen Clark are wrong: Winston Peters is right. There should be no funding the UNRWA. Even if the organisation hadn’t already been thoroughly discredited, there’s no denying now that it’s little more than a Hamas front. Israeli fighter

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The Govt’s Fast-Track Being Demolished by Submissions to Parliament
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The Govt’s Fast-Track Being Demolished by Submissions to Parliament

Bryce Edwards Political Analyst in Residence, Director of the Democracy Project, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.substack.com The number of voices raising concerns about the Government’s Fast-Track Approvals Bill is rapidly growing. This is especially apparent now that Parliament’s select committee is listening 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? This photo was taken from the window of my trailer yacht. Sailing on Tauranga Harbour. ** We need more photos please folks, so

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