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Face of the Day

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The BFD Daily Proverb
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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 5 6 For she cares nothing about the path to life.    She staggers down a crooked trail and doesn’t realize it. 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

RNZ: should be incident, not indecent. 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 here

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Tipping Point: Part Two

Louise M Diack kiwi-chronicle.ghost.io Information Opinion In The Other Side of the Tipping Point, I talked about feeling that at long last we were coming out of a dark period in recent history. This is something of a follow-up. I read an encouraging article by The

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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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I’m Excited about Climate Change

I’m Excited about Climate Change

Dear Editor, Hi, my name is Benjamin and I am twelve years old. I am writing this letter to say that, unlike my peers, I’m excited about climate change. Why? Well, I’ve always wanted to live on a farm and I also want to visit Antarctica. So I’

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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 taken in Bardo, Poland, However,

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The Kris Faafoi Beat-up
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The Kris Faafoi Beat-up

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Cabinet minister Kris Faafoi surprised when he announced earlier this year that he was pulling stumps on politics after 12 years. Then 3 months later he announced he would form his own consultancy firm. The pompous reaction from journalists, editorial writers and opposition politicians was

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BFD Daily Opinion Poll

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Why There Won’t Be a Culture War over Free Speech

Why There Won’t Be a Culture War over Free Speech

Bryce Edwards Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Sunday’s announcement by Justice Minister Kiri Allan about forthcoming legislation on hate speech has sparked concerns that the country is headed for a second round of culture wars over free speech. As one journalist states today, Allan is

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The Grim Year Ahead

The Grim Year Ahead

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Late last century it became evident worldwide that whenever economists agreed on a future economic forecast, invariably the opposite occurred. To the best of my knowledge, I was the first to point this out in my newspaper columns at the time. In my comic novel

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Green Party on the Tax Warpath Again

Green Party on the Tax Warpath Again

Let us go back to the boring subject of tax… except that it is not boring if you have to pay it, and it is anything but boring if you have to pay too much of it. The Greens are out of their box again, determined to tax anyone that

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Where Hamilton West Goes, the Country Goes
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Where Hamilton West Goes, the Country Goes

Richard Prebble bassettbrashandhide.com The Honourable Richard Prebble CBE is a former member of the New Zealand Parliament. Initially a member of the Labour Party, he joined the newly formed ACT New Zealand party under Roger Douglas in 1996, becoming its leader from 1996 to 2004. National used to claim

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Yesterday’s Five Most Popular Articles

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