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by-election in Hamilton West
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Woohoo, a By-Election in Hamilton West!

In a Facebook post Dr Gaurav Sharma has announced his resignation from Parliament, thereby triggering a by-election in Hamilton West. The Government needs this like a hole in the head. There is a very high chance that Labour will lose the by-election. Independent MP Dr Gaurav Sharma says

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Contact Tracing Still Costing Millions

Contact Tracing Still Costing Millions

David Seymour ACT Party Leader ACT can reveal that the Government has spent $58 million on contact tracing since May, despite the fact nobody is being traced. Fifty eight million dollars would fund 191 cystic fibrosis patients with Trikafta for a year, 412,000 mental health counselling sessions, and is

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Life Is Not Back to Normal
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Life Is Not Back to Normal

Deborah Cunliffe nursesforfreedomnz@gmail.com Nurses for Freedom NZ (NFFNZ) Alternative Health Solutions and The Nurses Collective It’s not often I’m speechless and reduced to tears but these past few weeks have found me weeping and at a loss for words on three occasions. The first was following

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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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Keystone Cops of the Day

Keystone Cops of the Day

To be fair the theft wasn’t the fault of the police but of the freight company they entrusted with the transportation of Police ammunition. Police are investigating after more than 300 rounds of police ammunition went missing while in transit between Auckland and Wellington. Newshub Read more here. Discuss

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Covid Powers of the Day

Covid Powers of the Day

Public health measures that are still in the Government’s back pocket: * Self-isolation (for cases, household contacts, close contacts) * Mask use They are keeping the ability to impose the below measures on people travelling into New Zealand. * Mask use on inbound flights to New Zealand * Pre-departure and/or

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The BFD Daily Proverb
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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 19 19 Hot-tempered people must pay the penalty.    If you rescue them once, you will have to do it again. 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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Dr Gaurav Sharma MP for Hamilton West Has Resigned
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Dr Gaurav Sharma MP for Hamilton West Has Resigned

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

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What Will Happen if Independent Media Dies?

Can you imagine a New Zealand in which independent media is gone and all that remains is a small group of large media organisations muzzled by funding from the government? It’s not some faraway dystopia. It is already happening. With the rapid corporate consolidation of traditional news outlets and

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Labour Backs the Truck Up, ACT Says Keep On Reversing

Labour Backs the Truck Up, ACT Says Keep On Reversing

David Seymour ACT Party Leader ACT welcomes the Government’s backdowns on COVID-19 powers, the Traveller Declaration Form and defunding of Shakespeare, while they’re backing down on policy they should keep going. Labour has held on to COVID powers for far too long, while the rest of the

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It’s Not Too Much Pain but Too Little Love

It’s Not Too Much Pain but Too Little Love

Stephanie Sugiaman mercatornet.com Stephanie Sugiaman is an intensive care nurse in Sydney. I am a nurse in intensive care in Sydney. We look after a wide range of cases, but mostly respiratory, spinal trauma and burns. I have looked after my fair share of tragic cases, including caring for

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