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Time to Press Pause on Puberty Blockers

Time to Press Pause on Puberty Blockers

familyfirst.org.nz **This article was written by Family First staff writers. Data released by Pharmac shows exponential growth in the number of kiwi children being prescribed puberty blockers, despite concerns about safety. In fact, New Zealand is prescribing puberty blockers at higher rates than most other countries. This should

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Is the MSM Refusing to Publish Your Opinion Pieces?
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Is the MSM Refusing to Publish Your Opinion Pieces?

Today, RNZ and both TV news channels lean well to the left, NZME and Stuff have both been captured by a radical interpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi, and the Otago Daily Times won’t touch a cartoonist like Garrick Tremain. Don Brash Conservative views are less and less welcome

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Left's Night Mayor
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Wayne Brown Is the Left’s Night Mayor

Wayne Brown is fast becoming the left’s night mayor. He has set about taking heads and demanding accountability from Auckland Council’s numerous boards and statutory authorities. He got a scalp on the first day after the election with the chair of Auckland Transport. Now he’s after the

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Yesteryear

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Back in the 1990s when our once largest circulation newspaper Truth finally went belly-up. I bought the bound pre-war copies from the receivers for $15,000. These large volumes of broadsheet size papers make wonderful reading about an age when values were certainly

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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

Face of the Day

[…] “They’re civil orders that deprive you of your rights and liberties to engage freely, right? So we have to have a very high threshold when it comes to the application of these types of orders. “We come from a free and democratic country so therefore the discretion that has

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The BFD Daily Proverb
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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 20 20 If you insult your father or mother,    your light will be snuffed out in total darkness. 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

Watch the latest video at foxnews.com 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

What and where is When?  How does When enter the rising seas with the islands, when islands are already in the sea?  Who will let When know about its citizens? If you enjoyed this Stuff up please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the

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What Is Life like in Your Country?
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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 Template

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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Tuatara Are Returning to the Mainland

Sarah K. Lamar Diane Karen Ormsby Nicola Jane Nelson Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Sarah is a PhD candidate in Ecology and Biodiversity at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, where her research focuses on modeling the reproductive fitness of male tuatara. More broadly, Sarah’s interests

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We Shouldn’t Pardon or Decriminalise Cannabis Use in NZ

familyfirst.org.nz **This article was written by Family First staff writers. “Progressives” are forever trying to loosen our laws and ultimately make society more liberal. They want to dismantle the foundations upon which much of western civilisation has been built upon. Moves to normalise and legalise drug use have

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