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Police Aim to Price Shooters Out of Their Sport or Business

Sporting Shooters Association of New Zealand Inc. In a discussion document released yesterday entitled Arms regulations: Review of fees 2022 Police seek to recover the full cost of administering many of the laws and regulations covering the ownership and use of firearms, together with the partial cost in some instances,

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Stuff continues to butcher the English language. 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 click

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More Hugs and Koha

More Hugs and Koha

So, the NZ government says it’s finally taking strong action on youth crime, following a wave of ram-raids, assaults, and other serious crimes. What is it doing? Zero tolerance? Harsh punishment? Increased police presence? Oh, please. You already know the answer: more cuddles and koha. The Government says

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More Bullshit Advertising

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Below, a recent self-explanatory exchange of correspondence with an Auckland Bayleys commercial property agent. While Sunil’s efforts ain’t up to art critic standards, he could pick up a few bob on the side writing wine reviews. “Dear Sunil Bhana, I refer to

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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 photo? ** We need more photos please folks, so grab your camera or mobile phone and get snapping! Yesterday’s photo was the view from Charles Rennie

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What Is Science and Who Is an Expert?

What Is Science and Who Is an Expert?

Guy Hatchard PhD HatchardReport.com Dr Guy Hatchard 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 PhD in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. He was formerly a senior

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BFD Daily Opinion Poll

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Mahuta Too Powerful to Sack
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Mahuta Too Powerful to Sack

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 pressure on Jacinda Ardern to sack Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta is building. But Mahuta is too powerful within the Labour Party to get

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You Asked For It and Now It Is Possible

You Asked For It and Now It Is Possible

We have GREAT news. For many years readers have asked us for the ability to give a BFD membership as a present but we didn’t have the technology to do it. This Christmas we finally have what you have all been asking for. Gifting Our new system allows us

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‘Informed Consent Is Vital and Is the Cornerstone of the Code’

“Informed consent is vital and is the cornerstone of the Code”, said Morag McDowell, Health and Disability Commissioner in her report following her investigation into the GP who emailed patients about his concerns about the Covid-19 vaccine and on behalf of New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science. It

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Yesterday’s Five Most Popular Articles

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SPOIL Yourself with a BFD Membership this Christmas

SPOIL Yourself with a BFD Membership this Christmas

Spoil yourself with a present that will be the gift that keeps on giving all year. TREAT yourself a subscription to The BFD It will be a present to The BFD as well as your gift to yourself and it will help ensure that we will be around next year

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Labour Goes All in on Three Waters
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Labour Goes All in on Three Waters

Despite massive public opposition to Three Waters, Labour rammed the legislation through Parliament yesterday, even losing the Green Party and Maori Party support for the legislation. The Government has passed its major Three Waters reform bill into law, with Labour the only party supporting the controversial legislation. Labour voted the

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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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Judgement of the Day

Judgement of the Day

Steve Kirsch Executive Director, Vaccine Safety Research Foundation (vacsafety.org) The court has entrusted two doctors with the medical decisions regarding the care of Baby W. The 23-page court decision is available here for you to read. I’ve written about this case in earlier posts: The Baby W

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