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NZ’s Mental Healthcare Is in Crisis

NZ’s Mental Healthcare Is in Crisis

Melanie Woodfield HRC Clinical Research Training Fellow Hiran Thabrew Senior Lecturer in Child Psychiatry and Paediatrics University of Auckland New Zealand’s youth mental healthcare continues to experience a rolling crisis with long waiting times for services. There have been calls to expand the mental health workforce and to diversify

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The Growth of Anti-Vaccine Sentiment Since 2020

The Growth of Anti-Vaccine Sentiment Since 2020

New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com “The anti-vax group has grown a lot in New Zealand, and I think it’s been driven by really appalling misinformation.” Prof Michael Baker This recent statement by Prof Michael Baker deserves a comment. It’s true but perhaps not in

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The BFD Daily Opinion Poll

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Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor Recently the UK pharmaceutical watchdog Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority (PMCPA) ruled that a tweet and subsequent retweets made by Pzifer employees in February 2023, breached standards and had ‘misleadingly’ and ‘illegally’ promoted its Covid-19 vaccine. Which was then still in phase 3 trials. The ruling totalled

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Why Is It No One’s Fault?

Why Is It No One’s Fault?

Tani Newton Perhaps I should be more forgiving but I have not forgotten the sort of verbal abuse I endured in 2020 for pointing out that the economy was being ruined for no purpose. Now the economy has been ruined for no purpose and most people are still living in

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Science? You Be the Judge

Lindsay Mitchell Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio, tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under commission and exhibits

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I Would Have Thought There Were More Important Things to Do
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I Would Have Thought There Were More Important Things to Do

Yesterday the Government announced a vitally important policy…a policy that is needed before any other policies or law changes…a policy to allow renters to have pets. Seriously, that’s exactly what Chris Bishop and David Seymour think is vitally important legislation, right now! The Government says it is

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Want More Traffic to Your Blog?

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’s

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The BFD Daily Proverb
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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 16 9 We can make our plans,    but the Lord determines our steps. If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.

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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

Newsroom. Telling us how good they are and begging for support, immediately followed by a spelling mistake. 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 Member content or just remove

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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 View from Your Window? Yesterday’s photo was taken at Lake Tarawera at the lakeside property at the mouth of the Waitangi Stream. The stream flows

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The BFD Daily Opinion Poll

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We Need to Clean Up
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We Need to Clean Up

Brian Tamaki A massive cleanup is urgently needed in New Zealand. We need to clean up all the filth… all this over-sexualisation of our precious children and young people. Home by home, street by street, town by town, city by city… we are on assignment to clean up this nation.

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