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Christchurch City Leaders Speak out Over Cathedral’s Dire Finances

Christchurch City Leaders Speak out Over Cathedral’s Dire Finances

Chris Lynch Chris Lynch is a journalist, videographer and content producer, broadcasting from his independent news and production company in Christchurch, New Zealand. chrislynchmedia.com City leaders have expressed disappointment over the Christchurch Cathedral’s dire financial troubles. The rebuild needs another $114 million and $30 million by August, otherwise

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They Said the Quiet Bit Out Loud

They Said the Quiet Bit Out Loud

bobmccoskrie.com The mainstream media, left wing politicians and commentators say that the opposition to sexualised drag queens reading to children in libraries ( but not to elderly people in rest homes, interestingly) is just “imported American culture wars from the far right”. Nothing could be further from the truth. Even

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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 of the view from the Taylor River walkway taken under the Alfred Street bridge while looking towards the

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Protest Doesn’t Pass the Sniff Test …

Protest Doesn’t Pass the Sniff Test …

Simon O’Connor Husband, step-father, and longtime student of philosophy and history. Also happen to be a former politician, including chairing New Zealand’s Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Committee. onpointnz.substack.com Media, left-wing MPs, and progressives delighted in another School Strike for Climate Change last Friday. As I

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The BFD Daily Opinion Poll

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Why We Know Something Is Wrong

Why We Know Something Is Wrong

New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com A 13-year-old boy was found dead by his parents in his bed around dawn in 2021, 10 days after receiving his second COVID jab. This news came to us straight away, including his name. A coroner’s report has just been

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Kiwis Urged to Buy Shares in Marsden Point Refinery Company

Kiwis Urged to Buy Shares in Marsden Point Refinery Company

Mark Freeman New Zealanders are being urged to buy shares in the company that owns the now-decommissioned Marsden Point Oil Refinery as part of a strategy to reopen the refinery. The refinery used to supply 65–70% of New Zealand’s refined fuel, but its owners, Refining New Zealand—now

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Most of NZ’s Coastline May End up Under Iwi Control
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Most of NZ’s Coastline May End up Under Iwi Control

Graham Adams Graham Adams is a freelance editor, journalist and columnist. He lives on Auckland’s North Shore. Former Attorney-General and Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Chris Finlayson is known for his forthright and sometimes combative language. In 2022, in discussing opposition to co-governance, he referred to “the sour

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Yesterday’s Five Most Popular Articles

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We Still Don’t Trust the Legacy Media
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We Still Don’t Trust the Legacy Media

The latest media trust survey is out and there are no surprises in the results. What is surprising though, is the hand-wringing in media circles about the lack of trust in media, and how it is everyone else’s fault but theirs. The AUT research centre for Journalism, Media and

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Ground-Breaking Study Sheds Light on Public Perception of New Zealand’s Tobacco ‘Endgame’ Policies

Centre of Research Excellence: Indigenous Sovereignty and Smoking In a pioneering study by the Centre of Research Excellence: Indigenous Sovereignty & Smoking, researchers have unveiled nuanced public perceptions of New Zealand’s innovative tobacco ‘endgame’ policies. The study provides a critical examination of how New Zealand adults who smoke, particularly

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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 9 7 Anyone who rebukes a mocker will get an insult in return.    Anyone who corrects the wicked will get hurt. 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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