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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

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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 View from Your Window? Yesterday’s photo was a view from the front window of the cottage we were caretakers at in August last year. A

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Despite a Tenfold Increase in ADHD Prescriptions, Too Many New Zealanders Are Still Going Without

Despite a Tenfold Increase in ADHD Prescriptions, Too Many New Zealanders Are Still Going Without

Ben Beaglehole Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago The number of people accessing medication for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in New Zealand increased significantly between 2006 and 2022. But the disorder is still under-diagnosed and under-treated compared to global ADHD prevalence estimates. ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disorder

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The 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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Modern Insurance Law Will Protect Kiwi Households

Hon Andrew Bayly Minister for Commerce and Consumer Affairs The Government is modernising insurance law to better protect Kiwis and provide security in the event of a disaster, Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Andrew Bayly announced today. “These reforms are long overdue. New Zealand’s insurance law is complicated and

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It Is Not Words That Are ‘Unsafe’
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It Is Not Words That Are ‘Unsafe’

A lesson (for Ardern and Victoria University students): actions, not words, can be ‘dangerous’. The ‘inappropriate’ (quote unquote Gerry Brownlee) actions of Julie Anne Genter when she accosted mild-mannered National minister Matt Doocey in Parliament this week waving a booklet in his face, demonstrated it is actions not words that

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Country Update From Klaus

Country Update From Klaus

Owen Jennings Memo to:         Executive Council From:               Klaus Date:                May 2024 Subject:           Country Update – New Zealand Guten Morgen. Our operatives report that plans are in hand in New Zealand. Despite a seeming shift to the despised right, Prime Minister Luxon and his sidekick, Climate Change Minister Watts, are holding the

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Winston Calls Carr an ‘Irrelevant Ill-Informed Shill’

Winston Calls Carr an ‘Irrelevant Ill-Informed Shill’

The Media Party is all aquiver that Winston Peters seems to have more courage than them when it comes to calling things as they seem. He’s doubled down on Bob Carr, calling him an ‘irrelevant ill-informed shill’ which, given the ample information that abounds on the internet, seems entirely

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James Shaw the Ideologic Climatard

James Shaw the Ideologic Climatard

The Greens include the likes of James Shaw who for years told huge scientific porkies and misrepresented the truth about the dangers of CO2 and Methane. He would go into an angry place if anyone ever questioned his credentials, his research and even the reason why he could spend so

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Want More Traffic to Your Blog?

The BFD can help. We have done all the hard work and have already built a huge audience but what we are always looking for more of is quality NZ content. We want to help motivated,  professionally-minded writers who are already writing quality content for their own blog site’s

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The BFD Daily Proverb
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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 4 13 Take hold of my instructions; don’t let them go.    Guard them, for they are the key to life. If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.

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The BFD Nightcap

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

The Grocer’s Apostrophe is alive and well at Stuff, not once, but twice in the same article. 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

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The Art of Taking No Responsibility

Alwyn Poole Alwyn Poole founded and was the head of Mt Hobson Middle School in Auckland for 18 years. MH Academy is now an in person private school for Year 11 – 13. There is now a nationwide online provision called Mt Hobson Academy Connected for Years 1 – 13. alwynpoole.substack.

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The BFD Comment of the Week
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The BFD Comment of the Week

As part of our drive to keep our comment section the best in New Zealand we showcase each week an example of a top-notch comment that adds value to The BFD. Today’s comment was written by Sagacious Blonde Thank you Sagacious Blonde for taking the time to craft such

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