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Friday Fact: Wasted Votes
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Friday Fact: Wasted Votes

Originally published at The Facts and republished with permission. Two key Questions: 1. Is the 5% party vote threshold set at the right level? 2. Should we introduce STV (Single Transferable Voting) so that if your first choice doesn’t get in, your second or third choice still counts? Explanation

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Follow The BFD via Google News

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Maori Astrology Can Solve Your Health Issues?

Who knew that Maori astrology, horoscopes and quackery could solve your mental health issues? I certainly didn’t until Newshub ran a deadly serious article explaining that such mumbo-jumbo and hocus-pocus can indeed solve a multitude of health problems. Maori are well known for using the stars and

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Govt Urged to Take Urgent Action

New Zealand Game Developers Association (NZGDA) Existing government measures won’t stop one of our fastest-growing sectors moving to Australia.“Existing government policies won’t stop New Zealand gaming and interactive media companies from choosing to expand in Australia instead of New Zealand,” New Zealand Game Developers Association (NZGDA)

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Take Our Daily Trivia Quiz
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Take Our Daily Trivia Quiz

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Faces of the Day

Faces of the Day

A senior Australian politician has urged Anthony Albanese’s government not to “capitulate to the demands of Jacinda Ardern” over 501 deportations, foreshadowing the domestic political battle Labor may face if it makes tweaks to the controversial policy. Newshub Read more here. Discuss it on The BFD. If you would

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The BFD Daily Proverb
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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 8 7 for I speak the truth    and detest every kind of deception. 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 Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

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How Private Is TikTok Really?
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How Private Is TikTok Really?

David Tuffley Griffith University David is a Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics and CyberSecurity at Griffith University’s School of Information & Communication Technology in Brisbane/Gold Coast. When English statesman Sir Francis Bacon famously said “knowledge is power”, he could hardly have foreseen the rise of ubiquitous social media

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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 the Mangawhai estuary looking south. NOTE: We prefer photos to be from a window with preferably part of the window

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Small Fish in a Big Pond

Small Fish in a Big Pond

Information Opinion Queen’s Birthday 1998 was an interesting three-day experience which opened my eyes to all manner of things. I realise this may sound a bit odd, but that weekend was the first time I had ever experienced how “ordinary people” (around 90% of the population) live; their

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Do You Trust Your Doctor?

New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com Have you ever felt you don’t have anywhere to go? Where would you go if you or your family got sick? Who do you trust for medical advice? Is the care you are getting determined by industry-controlled national and

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