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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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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 18 11 The rich think of their wealth as a strong defense;    they imagine it to be a high wall of safety. 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

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Never allow your moe to be postponed. 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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Life-Changing Diabetes Technology Not Funded in NZ

Ben Wheeler Cherie Stayner Jim Mann University of Otago Associate Professor Ben Wheeler is a Paediatric Endocrinologist and Paediatrician working for the University of Otago and Te Whatu Ora Southern. Cherie facilitates the research activities and public events for the Edgar Diabetes and Obesity Research Centre, housed in the Dunedin

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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 a backyard near Mission

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The Times That Try Our Souls

Olivia Pierson oliviapierson.org It’s pretty daunting to be entering another beautiful New Zealand summer with star-jasmine richly perfuming the sultry air and Pohutukawa blooms beginning to rejoice in the approaching Christmas season knowing that within the corridors of national and global power our way of life is

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BFD Daily Opinion Poll

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High Court Kids’ Vaccine Ruling Reeks

The Hood thehoodnz.com Information Opinion In June this year, not-for-profit organisation The ‘Hood NZ (The Hood) facilitated a case brought by six families against the New Zealand Government. The case was intended to stop the roll-out of the Pfizer Covid-19 mRNA vaccine for 5–11

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Labour’s Free Universal Dental Care Policy Needs a Filling

Bryce Edwards Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Grant Robertson has once again ruled out implementing a popular Labour Party policy: free universal dental care. He

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New Zealand’s Path to Ethnocracy
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New Zealand’s Path to Ethnocracy

Come late 2023 when election time rolls round, the New Zealand voting public will have one of their most important decisions, maybe ever, to make. Hello, it’s All things Political with John Porter on Bay FM and today I’m trying to highlight how important your decision will be

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Dear Commissioner of NZ Police and the Chief Coroner

Guy Hatchard To:  NZ Police Commissioner Andrew Coster, Chief Coroner Judge Deborah Marshall I very much appreciate your role to protect the public and inform the bereaved in the context of our system of criminal and civil justice. Your role must have been especially taxing during the pandemic, since many

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Yesterday’s Five Most Popular Articles

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