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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day
I don’t think it is the Police that needs consoling. 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 the ads to make your reading
Hold on to Your Hats – Influenza or Another COVID Variant?
nzdsos.com Students in Dunedin university residency halls are coming down with an influenza and Covid outbreak sufficiently concerning that their parents need to take them home. New Zealanders are constantly bombarded by the mainstream media about new Covid variants, new viruses and general doom for humanity unless we fastidiously
Lock Em Down and Lock Em Out
David Seymour ACT Party Leader With interest rates set to undergo another hike this week, the pressure being heaped on Kiwi households is close to breaking point. The Government’s mismanagement of the border and unworkable isolation periods are making the problem worse for no benefit. Until New Zealand is
Fake Polling, or How to Skew Results Your Way
Every day a survey sails into my inbox; I complete it and receive “points” that can be redeemed for vouchers in due course. In the last eight years of completing surveys, I have accumulated sufficient points and vouchers to purchase 63 Agatha Christie novels and all Quentin Tarantino movies on
We Are One – Nope
Sporting Shooters Association of New Zealand Inc “We Are One” was the catch cry after the Christchurch Mosque shootings. Some consequences of that tragedy made a mockery of what unity we may have had, when the NZ Government and the NZ Police began targeting responsible, law-abiding NZ firearms owners
Urgent Parliament Sitting to Remove Presstitution Statute
Kay O’Lacey wokejoke.nz Warning Satire An unexpected outcome of this Government’s Public Interest Journalism Fund is that it has ‘inadvertently’ criminalised many journalists who have apparently fallen foul of an 1891 statute criminalising so-called ‘presstitution’. Seemingly the government of the day recognised the value of an
The Perfect Hobby
The BFD is seeking citizen journalists to write news articles for us in a voluntary capacity. Writing for us as a citizen journalist is not only a perfect hobby to keep your mind active and your wits sharp but you also get bragging rights when sharing links to your published
View from Your Window
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Will There Be a Populist Revolution in Local Government?
I’m usually not interested in local government. In 2019, I didn’t even know the majority of the names I put my preferences to when I filled out the ballot. My votes were based on whether or not I had heard of the person before and whether or not
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Nothing More Than a Giggling Schoolgirl
Budget Day is probably the most important day of the political calendar, other than the day of a general election. Everyone is affected by the budget one way or another. Whether you were hoping for more funding for Pharmac, an increase in benefits, tax cuts, more money for those with
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Ardern Is a Symptom, Not the Problem
Eye Patch Jack pacificnarrations.substack.com Today’s post was prompted by an article by Guy Hatchard, published on the Daily Telegraph that I saw being shared on Twitter. It was labelled as a “chilling read” and very “scary” by many a commentator. Curious, I took a look and what