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It Takes True Courage to Live a Life of Virtue

It Takes True Courage to Live a Life of Virtue

Ann Farmer mercatornet.com Ann Farmer, mother of three, grandmother of five and permanently disabled, is based in Woodford Green, Essex. She is a poet, illustrator, writer and pro-life feminist devoted to defending the natural family and the weakest in society from abortion and euthanasia. She has published a

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Adults Don’t Believe in Santa

Mark Oshinskie brownstone.org Mark Oshinskie is an attorney, athlete, artist, agricultor, and advocate. When I was 10, I had a 12-year-old sister, Denise, and two brothers. Lenny was 14 and Danny was 5. We boys slept in the same room in a small, single-story house in

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NZ House Price Crunch

NZ House Price Crunch

Simon Angelo www.WealthMorning.com Simon is the Chief Executive Officer and Publisher at Wealth Morning. He has been investing in the markets since he was 17. He recently spent a couple of years working in the hedge-fund industry in Europe. Information Opinion It’s the leading source of

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Your Vote Is Important
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Your Vote Is Important

Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura Below is Stuart Smith’s response. Being a public servant, such as a councillor in your local area, is an incredibly difficult job and is often underappreciated. But it gives you the ability to serve your people and possibly improve lives. If we didn’t

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Why We Need Your Support

Why We Need Your Support

The landscape for conservative media is getting darker and darker. The BFD is faced with competitors that are hock deep in Government funded troughs and social media giants that stifle freedom of expression. Last year The BFD copped a second 30-day ban on Facebook. Our first one was for

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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 David George in response to an Insight Politics article by Chris Trotter.

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Public Holiday Shouldn’t Cost Kiwis

David Seymour ACT Party Leader Creating a new public holiday on a whim is causing chaos amongst businesses, our health system and schools, what’s worse, we’re behind the world again after waiting two weeks for Jacinda Ardern to get home from New York. This public holiday is estimated

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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: The Motueka River meanders through fertile paddocks of hops, grapes and apples as we fly south up the valley to the Kohatu

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It Is Harder to Get off a Benefit than Ever Before
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It Is Harder to Get off a Benefit than Ever Before

Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio, tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under

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BFD Caption Competition

BFD Caption Competition

Here is one I prepared earlier… If you enjoyed this article 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 to

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These Mayoral Candidates Are a Big Yawn

Bryce Edwards Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Wellingtonians are desperately unhappy with the politicians running their city, and a new poll out yesterday shows they’

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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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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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Letter to Radio New Zealand

freenz.substack.com We wanted to highlight this speech given on the weekend at the protest against mainstream media in Wellington, NZ. Huge respect to the speaker here (we would love to know his name please) – Credit to @haztruth and @wheresclarke on Instagram for capturing this. Dear RNZ. To many

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Oh, So Now We Care about Leaks
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Oh, So Now We Care about Leaks

Growing up I was often fascinated by the role of whistleblowers and journalists holding institutions to account. What was fascinating was the idea of protection for those who leak private information. This focus on the privacy of the individual rather than the privacy of the information they are releasing to

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