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Ch-Ch-Changes — And Not for the Better
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Ch-Ch-Changes — And Not for the Better

Nobody tell Immigration New Zealand or the NZ Herald, but yours truly is returning to your shores some time next year. After all, we don’t want them digging up those old parking fines. Anyway, it’s been a few years since I visited your fair land — years in which

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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 of windows on the Church

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Book Review: Yes Minister by Chris Finlayson

Book Review: Yes Minister by Chris Finlayson

On the day I started high school I was plonked in a desk beside a person who has turned out to be my closest lifelong friend. We hit it off immediately: email twice a day, speak on the telephone several times per week, and they pop down here once a

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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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NZ Children Don’t Belong to Their Parents

NZ Children Don’t Belong to Their Parents

Back when I was a kid, a boy at a school near me was knocked off his bike by a car and badly injured. Surgery was necessary to save his life. But, as it happened, the surgery involved blood transfusions – which his Jehovah’s Witness parents refused. The boy died.

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A Response to Dr Nikki Turner

A Response to Dr Nikki Turner

New Zealand Doctors Speaking out with Science nzdsos.com Professor Nikki Turner on the facts around vaccinated blood – The Platform Health NZ head to court over baby guardianship after parents request unvaccinated blood used in heart surgery – NZ Herald Immunisation expert on facts of vaccination and blood donation – Radio NZ

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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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Who Is Leading Whom?
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Who Is Leading Whom?

We all know the extent to which Jacinda Ardern spins everything. She spins so much that I’m surprised she doesn’t get dizzy. For someone who once famously claimed that she had never told a lie in politics… well, let’s just say that she has certainly made up

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Clawing Back $7BN of Corporate Welfare

Bryce Edwards The Democracy Project Disclosure: Bryce Edwards is the director of the Democracy Project, which is the recipient of Victoria University of Wellington research funding, which comes from Grant and Marilyn Nelson’s Gama Foundation. The taxpayer is short of billions of dollars that were overpaid to businesses during

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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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Yesterday’s Five Most Popular Articles

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Tell Me Lies, Tell Me Sweet Little Lies
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Tell Me Lies, Tell Me Sweet Little Lies

Jacinda Ardern has been caught, yet again, telling lies. She’s now constantly telling us lies, sweet little lies. There is no other way to describe it other than lying. How else can this not be lies? Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern attended a Labour Party caucus meeting where a last-

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Nats Gone Purple

Nats Gone Purple

I do not believe the Nats have a clue where they sit in the political scene. They are not worth considering in my view even as opposition.  The Labour lite label still describes the National Party, as they seem hell-bent on becoming a second Labour government embracing Labour’s

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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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Face of the Day
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Face of the Day

The Law Society has labelled the entrenchment clause in the Three Waters legislation “constitutionally objectionable” and introduced in a way that is “undemocratic”. Newshub has obtained a letter sent to Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta from the President of the Law Society on Thursday raising “serious concerns” about the provision

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The BFD Daily Proverb
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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 3 11 My child, don’t reject the Lord’s discipline,    and don’t be upset when he corrects you. If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.

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