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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Apart from mangling the titles, it should be Wessex, not Essex. 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

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No Filters. No Spin.

One of the things that The BFD offers you that the MSM does not is unfiltered, unspun Political news straight from the horse’s mouth. 1. Political Party Press releases: The MSM re-write them and only publish the bits they want their audience to read. They filter the content

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Upgrade Your BFD Membership Today

Do you want more than just ad-free viewing? Upgrade your Basic Membership to Bronze to access: * Our puzzles * Our cartoons * Our private platform MyBFD Do you want access to the above content as well as Insight articles? Upgrade your Bronze membership to Silver. UPGRADE or change your membership You

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Express Yourself

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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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 Craig M Thank you Craig M for taking the time to craft

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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? Yesterday’s photo was of a beautiful almost-spring day overlooking the Oamaru marina from the Gallery Café. Holmes Wharf forms the northern mole of

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National Launches Campaign to Stop Jobs Tax
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National Launches Campaign to Stop Jobs Tax

National has launched a campaign to stop Labour’s planned Jobs Tax, National’s Finance spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “New Zealanders struggling with the cost of living crisis need to speak up now to stop Labour’s tax grab on their hard-earned wages. “Many people will be surprised to

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Imitation Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery
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Imitation Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery

STEPHEN BERRY’S GUIDE TO THE 2022 AUCKLAND LOCAL ELECTION VOTING GUIDES “They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and, following the Absolutely Biased Guide to the Auckland Local Elections 2019, there are plenty of imitations popping up on the internet in 2022,” says political commentator and 2013

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Buy Your Cat a BFD Membership

I was looking at the BFD memberships the other day when I noticed that one customer name for a membership was My Cat James. Cat’s political views matter and I am taking this opportunity to ask you all to consider purchasing a BFD membership for that special cat in

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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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Divide and Conquer Tactics in Christchurch
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Divide and Conquer Tactics in Christchurch

In the lead up to the local body elections a Christchurch City Council  “meet the candidates” meeting divided the candidates into vaxxed and unvaxxed by telling the vaccinated candidates to identify themselves by standing up. Their tactic divided the room. No doubt their completely unacceptable and discriminatory goal was to

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Save Our Doctors, Save Ourselves

Save Our Doctors, Save Ourselves

New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out With Science nzdsos.com Doctors or citizens, we are all being steadily marched into a world where big corporations dictate what we are allowed or not allowed to do – for our own health. The mandates may have been partially dropped (Te Whatu Ora Health NZ

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Petals Dish It Out, Can’t Take It

Allow me to introduce New Zealand’s young people to a couple of wise old sayings that will serve them well. First: If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. Second: If you’re going to talk the talk, walk the walk. Both of these sayings

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Freedom on Tokelau Thanks to Legal Action

New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out With Science nzdsos.com Liz Gunn and her team at FreeNZ Media first alerted us to the plight of Mahelino Patelesio and his family on Tokelau’s Nukunonu Atoll on 3 July 2022. The family had been on house arrest (“tunoa”) under instruction of the

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Don’t Vote without the Absolutely Biased Guide

Stephen Berry Voting papers have started to be issued in Auckland and across the country for the 2022 local body elections. Former Auckland Mayoral candidate and political commentator Stephen Berry is encouraging people to have as much information available as possible before casting their vote and recommends they use the

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