Skip to content

NZ

View from Your Window
NZ

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 taking off from Arthurs Point in Queenstown, just at the start of the Moonlight track. NOTE: We prefer photos to be

Members Public
white ceramic mug on table
NZ

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

Members Public
Boy Looking On A Tidied Desk

Education Outcomes Are Not Determined by Decile

Alwyn Poole innovativeeducation.co.nz mthobson.school.nz alwynpoole.substack.com/ I have just finished a data process on the leavers of every high school in NZ from 2021. The NZ psyche is that if you are from a poor home you are screwed. Not even close. For upper-level

Members Public
New Zealand and the Covid Reality

New Zealand and the Covid Reality

Ramesh Thakur brownstone.org Ramesh Thakur, a former United Nations Assistant Secretary-General, is emeritus professor in the Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University. In the first year of the pandemic, a team from Otago University in New Zealand (my former university) published an interesting study that

Members Public
A Free Taste: An Article by Chris Trotter
NZ

A Free Taste: An Article by Chris Trotter

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 Chris Trotter Throwing the Fight How determined is the Labour Government led by Jacinda Ardern to win the 2023

Members Public
Media Fails to Read the Room
NZ

Media Fails to Read the Room

There is nothing like a good laugh. Stuff tends to have it in spades these days. I don’t go there much now – it used to be my go-to news site – but if I do now, it is purely for entertainment value. Here is what had me cracking my

Members Public
The NZ High Court Passes the Buck

The NZ High Court Passes the Buck

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. Information Opinion A Conspiracy of Silence

Members Public
kicking butt
NZ

Kicking Butt and Taking Names

Last week little-known Labour MP Gaurav Sharma, the Member of Parliament for Hamilton West, wrote an op-ed in the NZ Herald outlining a campaign of bullying that he had been subjected to. He didn’t name anyone but obliquely referred to the party hierarchy, the whip’s office,

Members Public
person using laptop computer holding card
NZ

Member Account Access

If you want to update your credit card details click here. **To select Stripe as your payment platform select credit/debit card To upgrade or change your membership click here. You can easily upgrade between membership levels at any time by visiting your account page. When upgrading your membership, it

Members Public
Take Our Daily Trivia Quiz
NZ

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

Members Public
Face of the Day

Face of the Day

Energy and Resources Minister Dr Megan Woods expects Lake Onslow will contribute to NZ’s 100 per cent renewable energy system. MBIE has spent over $8m on the feasibility study of pumped hydro at Lake Onslow. If the scheme proceeds, it will be NZ’s largest hydro project ever and

Members Public
The BFD Daily Proverb
NZ

The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 15 17 A bowl of vegetables with someone you love    is better than steak with someone you hate. If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.

Members Public
The BFD Nightcap
NZ

The BFD Nightcap

If you have a great Youtube, Rumble or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@thebfd.co.nz

Members Public
The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

One is a noun and the other a verb, aren’t they? I get confused. Was she practising witch doctor’s practice? 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

Members Public
Jaguar Emblem on Black Car
NZ

Treat Yourself to a Silver Membership

You don’t know what you are missing out on. Below is what a Silver level membership will give you. * Access to Insight Politics articles as well as ad-free viewing of the entire site. * Access to SonovaMin and BoomSlang’s fantastic cartoons: Access to our puzzles, Codecracker, Sudoku and

Members Public