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Bill Trojan Horse for Maori
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Bill Trojan Horse for Maori

Privatisation of water into elite Maori iwi hands is the reason behind all the furore over the government’s shambolic unpopular Three Five Waters bill. Yes, they may care about water quality and improvements to infrastructure; however, their crucial goal of Maori ownership meant changes could not be made locally

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Half Baked Willie Spills the Beans

Half Baked Willie Spills the Beans

Willie Jackson managed what National Broadcasting Spokesperson Melissa Lee and Herald reporter Thomas Coughlan aptly described as a “train wreck of an interview”. ACT leader David Seymour went further and said if Helen Clark had been leader Jackson would have been sacked thirty seconds after the conclusion of the interview.

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Blue-Eyed Baby Will and the Right to an Informed Consent

Blue-Eyed Baby Will and the Right to an Informed Consent

As blue-eyed baby Will and his beleaguered parents and supporters continue to endeavour to advance their legitimate cause, they have been accused of refusing to help their son by not agreeing to the demands of the establishment. * The parents who refuse medical help for their sick children | Stuff.co.

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Who Is Actually Running the Country?
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Who Is Actually Running the Country?

Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com The escalating controversy over Three Waters – and an increasing realisation that the Prime Minister and senior members of Cabinet do not really know what’s going on – is leading New Zealanders to question who is actually running the country. Yesterday’s announcement by House Leader

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Yesterday’s Five Most Popular Articles

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Latest Poll Shows Labour’s Ship Sinking Slowly

The latest 1News/Kantar poll, and the last for the year has delivered nothing but bad news for the Ardern regime, inexorably sinking lower and lower with each month. They will start the political year next year well behind National and ACT. National has increased its lead over Labour in

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Insulting Maoris

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com In recent years Maoris have increasingly figured in television advertising. To the best of my knowledge, without exception, they’re always shown as obese Billy T James character types, specifically buffoons. The latest from the Transport Department has a fat Maori driver engaging in a

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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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Good News of the Day

Good News of the Day

A Kiwi living with cystic fibrosis can’t wait to “see what it feels like to breathe through clear lungs” after Pharmac announced it would fully fund what is touted as a miracle drug. Trikafta, supplied by Vertex Pharmaceuticals, will be funded for eligible cystic fibrosispatients aged six years old

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The BFD Daily Proverb
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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 6 11 then poverty will pounce on you like a bandit;    scarcity will attack you like an armed robber. 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

Stuff saving ink by omitting words again. 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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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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SPOIL Yourself with a BFD Membership this Christmas
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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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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 a view of Pohutu Geyser

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