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Digital Newsrooms Are Laying off Staff

Last month Buzzfeed News announced that it was cutting jobs in a move described by its staff as “gutting” their newsroom. As a result of the staff cuts, three of their editors resigned. A few weeks after Buzzfeed’s announcement, the parent company for The Intercept revealed that 20 of

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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 view was of the garden towards the upper end of the Titahi Bay mall, from just outside the excellent T Bay Cafe. Please

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Let Us Drive Traffic to Your Blog
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Let Us Drive 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’

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Is it Good Management… Or Destruction?
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Is it Good Management… Or Destruction?

Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura On Monday the government released their first three emissions budgets, which take us out to 2035. These budgets are based on the Climate Change Commission’s advice to get New Zealand to net zero by 2050. Next week the government will release their Emissions Reduction

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Put Your Money Where Our Mouth Is

Yes, you guessed it this is another membership promo for The BFD. Contrary to what some may believe, we cannot exist on fairy dust and unicorn farts alone. We actually rely on our readers to fund the content that you all enjoy so much. We know that you are a

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The Flow-on Effects of Gloriavale Ruling

The Flow-on Effects of Gloriavale Ruling

Last week, it was announced that the Employment Court has ruled that three former members of the Gloriavale community were actually employees rather than volunteers, and that they should be considered as employees from the age of six until they left the religious group. As someone involved in the business

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Provide Police with Resources and Support to Fight Gangs

Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura Below is Stuart Smith’s response. Members of Parliament are elected to make critical decisions on behalf of the constituents they represent, along with the wider New Zealand electorate. But from time to time, substantial issues need to be put to the public, like changing

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A Thank you gift. You read The BFD every day and really appreciate a community where you can express your point of view in a respectful and polite environment. A membership is a thank you gift to The BFD for providing the community that you love so much. Speaking of

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Top Ten Most Viewed from the past Week

Top Ten Most Viewed from the past Week

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The News Site You Can’t Trust

Stuff is one of the biggest troughers when it comes to availing itself of large quantities of taxpayers’ cash to prop up its ailing edifice. At Stuff they constantly push how grand and independent they are. What they’ve never realised is that if you need to state it, you

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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
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Face of the Day

She limited her grocery spend to $1000 for the year in 2018, now Northlander Lyn Webster says she still only spends about $35 per week, but not at the supermarket. Read more here. Discuss it on The BFD. If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove

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