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Adios Aotearoa; Hola Mexico (Part Two)
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Adios Aotearoa; Hola Mexico (Part Two)

Numerous Kiwis were already concerned about the way Jacinda Ardern was ruining the country when shockingly, on Monday 15 November 2021 (a particular date forever etched in people’s minds), Ardern went to a level of callousness never before known in this country. New Zealanders who did not want a

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Does Your Local Councillor Want To ‘Build Back Better’?
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Does Your Local Councillor Want To ‘Build Back Better’?

In the Queenstown Lakes area we have a dearth of applicants for the upcoming council elections. As at Friday 5 August, only three applicants had put their names forward for the Queenstown and Arrowtown wards. There are always a few who put their name in on the last day of

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Luxon’s Speech at the National Party Conference
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Luxon’s Speech at the National Party Conference

Kia ora! What a brilliant conference! The energy wave from this weekend will carry us right through to election year and I say: bring it on. We’ve had a fantastic weekend. So many great sessions. So many good ideas. So much ambition. I want to thank my fantastic deputy

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Would You like to Win a Silver Annual Membership?

Thanks to a generous BFD member, whitenoise, we have a Silver Annual membership to give away. All readers have a chance to win it including those currently on a Basic or Bronze membership. This is your chance to finally gain access to our superb Insight Politics articles. To make it

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$137.5m to Get 36 Million Page Views!

$137.5m to Get 36 Million Page Views!

NZ On Air announced with great fanfare how well they think they are doing with the Public Interest Journalism Fund, claiming they’ve paid $137.5 million to get 36 million page views. That’s $3.82 per page view! New Zealanders have embraced public interest journalism, with 36 million

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How to Bring True Equality to Taxation

How to Bring True Equality to Taxation

Joe Spencer Warning Satire Does anyone know the cost of taxation? Not the social cost of normalising institutionalised theft, but the actual dollar cost of collection and accounting for every dollar taken, the cost to the economy as a whole? This isn’t rhetorical: I’d be really interested to

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Take Our Daily Trivia Quiz
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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

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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

Actor and playwright Oscar Kightley has announced he is running for Henderson-Massey in Auckland’s local elections. He also argues the Government hasn’t gone far enough to redress the dawn raids of the 1970s. “They were such extraordinary times that I think an apology requires extraordinary compensation.” A

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The BFD Daily Proverb
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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 8 36 But those who miss me injure themselves.    All who hate me love death. If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.

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The BFD Nightcap
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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

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Why Are Doctors and Health Professionals So Silent?

Why Are Doctors and Health Professionals So Silent?

Gary Moller garymoller.com Gary Moller is a health practitioner who is focused on addressing the root causes of ill health or poor performance by making use of a key forensic tool – Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis – and administering healthy, natural and sustainable therapies. One of New Zealand’s most respected

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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 cloudy day on the Thames taken from the bow of the 100-year-old rowing tender Argonaut. A bunch

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