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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

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What Is Life like in Your Country?

Here at The BFD we currently have writers based in New Zealand, Australia, Israel, Hong Kong and the UK but we have readers from many other countries. The top ten countries that have readers that regularly visit our site are: This article is a shout out to our readers in

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Express Yourself

The BFD is seeking motivated, concise, reliable, and professionally-minded volunteer writers. Ideally, we prefer articles of 400-600 words in length. If you feel that the subject requires a longer post please keep it under 1000 words, (ideally under 800). Local news stories are as welcome as anything to

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Nonsense from the Real Estate Agencies

Nonsense from the Real Estate Agencies

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com I had a poke at Wellington commercial property agent Chris Gollins recently for ludicrously advertising a strata office floor for sale, “as is, where is.” The “where is” plainly inferred a potential purchaser could shift the floor somewhere else. Points (5 out of 10) to

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Don't Panic

Don’t Panic, It’ll All Be Fine

Corporal Jones always used to say “Don’t panic, don’t panic!”, usually when things were about to turn to custard. That was certainly how I’ve been feeling this past week, when what should have been a routine plugin upgrade for our membership system all of a sudden caused

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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 the Mural on the

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ACT Will Repeal Hate Speech Laws

ACT Will Repeal Hate Speech Laws

Justice Minister Kiri Allan has watered down Labour’s Hate Speech laws because Kiwis rejected Labour’s attempt to strip away their freedom of speech, but even in their current state they are not compatible with a free and open society and ACT will repeal them. Preventing freedom of expression

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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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The Problem with the Bollards

The Problem with the Bollards

Darroch Ball Sensible Sentencing Trust. If bollards were the solution to ram raids and youth crime, then the National Party’s solution of fog cannons would have solved it eight years ago – because it’s the same thing. The reason why they both won’t work is that they aren’

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Yesterday’s Five Most Popular Articles

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He’s Running for Sure
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He’s Running for Sure

There have been constant rumours of Jacinda Ardern resigning and disappearing off to some sinecure position at the UN, or more likely with her World Economic Forum pals with whom she has been hobnobbing at various conferences. When politicians start doing soft, fluffy PR interviews then you know something is

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James Shaw King Tut Tut of COP27

James Shaw King Tut Tut of COP27

James Shaw, King Tut-tut of the nanny state, has returned Mummy-like from his dead career as leader of the Insidious Toxic Greens of New Zealand to plunder the hidden treasures of endless government renewable subsidies in order to save the planet. The poor old humble Kiwi taxpayer will

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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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Denial of the Day
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Denial of the Day

Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied. During an interview with Attitude, a British gay lifestyle magazine, the current deputy Prime Minister was asked if he had any response to the statement, “You could be the first out gay Prime Minister of New Zealand”. Robertson […] responded

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