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Yesterday’s Five Most Popular Articles

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Why We Need You
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Why We Need You

It’s that time of year again. The sun is shining – when it’s not raining – and you are on holiday. And your favourite independent journalistic outlet is hassling you to donate money or become a member. Hey, it’s tradition. But as we at The BFD ask you, our

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Breaking a Few Eggs

Isn’t it ironic, this whole egg debacle? It’s ironic in two ways: the first in respect of unintended consequences. There are limits to the effectiveness of forcing behaviours. Intimidated by shouty people with slogans our politicians caved to the lefty social-medials and determined that battery hens were

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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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The BFD Daily Proverb
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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 10 2 Tainted wealth has no lasting value,    but right living can save your life. 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

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

Half a hectare?  Queenstown must use short rulers. 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 to make your reading experience more enjoyable

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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! Our final view through your window

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Your Opportunity to Get Your Voice Heard

If you’re like the rest of us, you are sick and tired of reading the same load of self-congratulatory drivel every day that you open social media. If you are a professionally-minded writer this could be your opportunity to get your voice heard. With audience numbers soaring

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The Scraps on the Editor’s Floor

The Scraps on the Editor’s Floor

Voices for Freedom voicesforfreedom.co.nz Hot on the heels of a wee video featuring VFF’s Tane Webster encouraging people to – shock horror! – get involved in their local communities, a couple of Stuff reporters got in touch with their long lists of questions. They wanted to know the reasons

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The BFD Daily Opinion Poll

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The Price of Reducing Poverty

The Price of Reducing Poverty

Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio, TV and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under

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She Is Hyped on Hubris
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She Is Hyped on Hubris

Christmas brought more than presents from Santa again this year. The gift that keeps on giving is Jacinda Ardern. Wrapped in the Christmas paper of so-called kindness and without a hint of the sticky tape of humility, the opening proved interesting. Our guests from across the political spectrum were

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Can the Greens Keep It Together This Year?
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Can the Greens Keep It Together This Year?

Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. The Green Party has a habit of sabotaging their election-year campaigns, risking electoral oblivion. Could the same thing happen in 2023? The last two

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – Reprise

I originally wrote this article more than a year ago. Over the break, while reviewing the site performance, it stood out as one of the most popular articles I’ve ever written. So, I thought I’d review it and see if there was anything that I needed to add.

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