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Police Kick the Can Down the Road Again
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Police Kick the Can Down the Road Again

Sporting Shooters Association of New Zealand Inc. sportingshooters.nz The persistence with which police are delaying the issue of new firearm licences and the renewal of existing ones (a whole year to just renew!!) has spurred a Member of Parliament to question the Police Minister about the delays. We applaud

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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 the view from the top of my drive on my way to work this morning – we can get some amazing sunrises.

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David Parker Has the Yellow River Blues
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David Parker Has the Yellow River Blues

During the 1960s there sprang up what was known as “Swinging London”; it was the city to be in: for the pop stars, the fashion, and a sense of freedom. The ‘Jet Set’ always put London high on their list of places to visit. Also worth noting is that during

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BFD Daily Opinion Poll

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New Zealand Breaking All the Wrong Records

New Zealand Breaking All the Wrong Records

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 few times during

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Mr Comic Sans Does It Again
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Mr Comic Sans Does It Again

After his dual reality holiday, you would think the man would do his best to keep himself out of the foot-shooting arena. But no, this week he has reneged on a promise to keep health funding in line with inflation, should he become Prime Minister. “Luxon previously committed to

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What Is Missing from Jacinda’s Mind
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What Is Missing from Jacinda’s Mind

Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com Political historian Michael Bassett CNZM is the author of 15 books, was a regular columnist for the Fairfax newspapers and a former Minister in the 1984-1990 governments Jack Tame’s Q&A interview on 31 July with the Prime Minister is compulsory viewing for

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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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More Flip Flops than an Aussie Beach
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More Flip Flops than an Aussie Beach

Christopher Luxon is showing us all what many of us already knew: That he is far from the smartest man in the room and certainly isn’t a shadow of John Key. God knows why Key has been promoting Luxon, especially when his policy positions show that he has more

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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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Mask of the Day

Yesterday Dr. Andy had a supercool picture showing us why wearing masks is awesome! Dr. Ash tells us about his Tardis mask and how masks not only protect us from Covid-19 but from all kinds of other nasty things as well! Yaaay! Science rocks! !function(r,u,m,b,

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The BFD Daily Proverb
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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 5 3 For the lips of an immoral woman are as sweet as honey,    and her mouth is smoother than oil. If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.

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