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What Will Happen if Independent Media Dies?

Can you imagine a New Zealand in which independent media is gone and all that remains is a small group of large media organisations muzzled by funding from the government? It’s not some faraway dystopia. It is already happening. With the rapid corporate consolidation of traditional news outlets and

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Mallard
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Mallard Ducks, Blinks, and Dives for Cover

Faced with a judicial review of his decision to trespass Winston Peters, it seems that Trevor Mallard, who has an ignominious record before the courts anyway, has bottled his decision and rescinded the trespass orders. Speaker Trevor Mallard has withdrawn five trespass notices issued after the Parliament occupation following push-

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Mallard Thinks He Is King of the Hill
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Mallard Thinks He Is King of the Hill

Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Is Parliament just the fiefdom of Trevor Mallard and his colleagues? That’s the impression the public might take from yesterday’s news that the

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Daily Trivia
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Face of the Day
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Face of the Day

When he is not torturing women and children with loud music and sprinklers 24/7 today’s face of the day clowns around, sending out trespass notices and then withdrawing them again. Given that trespass notices were issued to a total of 151 people, of whom 144 were arrested, and

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The BFD Daily Proverb
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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 5 22 An evil man is held captive by his own sins;    they are ropes that catch and hold him. 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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A Vote of No Confidence in Mallard
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A Vote of No Confidence in Mallard

Winston Peters Leader NZ First New Zealand First Media The debacle we have witnessed over the past few days created by Trevor Mallard’s dictatorial and bullyboy behaviour is just another in a long list of examples of his unsuitability to remain in his role as Speaker. Today in his

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

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Mallard Must Be Held to Account
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Mallard Must Be Held to Account

Winston Peters Leader NZ First New Zealand First Media After being contacted by the media, and checking my emails, not the doorstep, I have learnt that the trespass notice issued to me has been withdrawn as at 1:39 pm today. It should not have taken the threat of a

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MyBFD is our second platform that we created to extend the BFD community and to make it easier for members to interact with other members away from the public glare of General Debate and Backchat. The community at MyBFD is open to all members with Bronze level and above. ( **This

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Conservative – What’s in a Name?

Conservative – What’s in a Name?

Olivia Boyd familyfirst.org.nz Olivia Boyd is an enthusiastic, talented and motivated teenage student who is very passionate about supporting the pro-life movement, family values and ending human trafficking. Upon completion of her High School education, she intends to study law and psychology. She has an interest in

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Re-activate Your Expired Membership Today
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Re-activate Your Expired Membership Today

We understand that there are many reasons why you may have cancelled your membership or simply let it expire. Perhaps today could be the day that you rejoin us? We miss your financial support and would really love it if you would re-activate your membership. To re-activate, upgrade

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View from Your Window
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