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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’

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It’s Double-Plus Barf for You, Young Comrades

It’s Double-Plus Barf for You, Young Comrades

Tell me this isn’t a socialist government operation: parents are finger-wagged that they can’t be trusted to provide healthy lunches for their own kids. So, in the true spirit of socialism, kids’ lunches are collectivised. Double-plus good, eh, comrade? Well, no: double-plus barf. The collectivised

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Come Back We Miss You

If you used to be a member of The BFD and miss having access to BFD content and services we would LOVE to have you back. It is EASY to reactivate your expired subscription. If your subscription has not automatically renewed it may be… * because you hadn’t ticked for

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Gee, Who Would Have Thought…

Tobacco is our most deadly legal recreational substance, with alcohol coming second. So what does the government do about it? Tax it to high heaven, of course, so that it becomes a virtually prohibited substance. And what happens when you do that? You create a black market. A Newshub investigation

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So You Want to Submit an Article?

I will always acknowledge that I have received a submission but I do not have the time to tell writers if it has been selected or why it has not been selected. This is due to the volume of submissions received. However, if you become a regular guest writer and

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The Stats: Retail Spending Increases in August

stats.govt.nz Retail card spending rose $55 million (0.9 per cent) in August 2022 compared with July, when adjusted for seasonal effects, Stats NZ said today. chartDownload The increase largely came from spending on consumables, up $18 million (0.7 per cent). Consumables include items such as groceries

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Help Us to Keep the Lights on at the BFD

Unicorn farts cannot power our platform and our unique content cannot be paid for with fairy dust. We 100% rely on YOU our dear readers to fund our content and platform that you all enjoy so much. We know that you are a fan of The BFD and that you

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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 a view of Zurich Airport from the departure lounge. NOTE: We prefer photos to be from a window with preferably part

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Psst…want a Free Taste of an Article by John Black?
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Psst…want a Free Taste of an Article by John Black?

If you don’t have a Silver level membership yet you are missing out on our Insight Politics articles. Today is a FREE taste of an Insight Politics article by writer John Black. NZ Herald on a Crusade against Christians Why does the NZ Herald hate Christians? Our country’s

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The PMC Has Taken Over NZ Politics

The PMC Has Taken Over NZ Politics

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. One of the world’s leading progressive political thinkers and journalists died last week. Barbara Ehrenreich was 81

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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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BFD Daily Opinion Poll

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Fire and Fury: Stuff Formal Complaint

voicesforfreedom.co.nz ABOUT VOICES FOR FREEDOM Voices for Freedom (VFF) is a grassroots, not-for-profit, community advocacy organisation. It is focused on raising awareness of the human issues associated with the government’s response to Covid-19 and other matters impacting the rights and freedoms of New Zealanders.

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Racial Profiling: Yes It Is a Thing

Information Opinion A couple of days ago the Independent Police Complaints Authority released a report that criticised Police for taking a large number of photographs “with no clear and lawful purpose”. There is also a claim of racial bias, as 53 per cent of those photographed were Maori. The response

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To Hope for Truth in the Media

To Hope for Truth in the Media

Guy Hatchard hatchardreport.com Dr Guy Hatchard is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his PhD in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. This week I was briefly distracted

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