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Help Us to Keep the Lights on at the BFD

Unicorn farts cannot power our platform and our unique content cannot be paid for with fairy dust. We 100% rely on YOU our dear readers to fund our content and platform that you all enjoy so much. We know that you are a fan of The BFD and that you

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MyBFD Makes It Easier for Members to Interact

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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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 photo was of the Rainbow Road from St Arnaud to Hanmer: A thrilling back country experience. Please put View From My Window in

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How #Vanlife Made the Middle Class Mobile

Bronwyn Eager University of Tasmania Alex Maritz La Trobe University Dr Bronwyn Eager is a Senior Lecturer in Management at the University of Tasmania. She holds a PhD for a cross-disciplinary investigation of health and wellbeing in entrepreneurs, and a Masters of Entrepreneurship and Innovation. After more than a

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Police Have Got It Wrong – Again

Police Have Got It Wrong – Again

Chaz Forsyth President Sporting Shooters Association of New Zealand Inc The Sporting Shooters Association would like to draw your attention to another example of Police overreach and overkill – this time on shooting ranges. They have issued a 50-page document on the proposed new regulations. A document authored by an

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How to Navigate the New Subnormal

Guy Hatchard hatchardreport.com Dr Guy Hatchard is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his PhD in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. Information Opinion There is a lot

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Volunteer Writers Wanted

The BFD is seeking motivated, concise, reliable, and professionally-minded writers. Ideally, we prefer articles of 400-600 words in length. If you feel that the subject requires a longer post please keep it under 1000 words, (ideally under 800). Local news stories are as welcome as anything to do

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Meet the New Michael Cullen

Meet the New Michael Cullen

I was both relieved and very impressed when David Parker, Attorney General announced last week that he believed that the Rotorua Council Representation Bill could not go ahead because it is undemocratic. As it stands, it would have given Maori voters in Rotorua more valuable voting rights than non-Maori,

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This Should Not Be Happening

nzdsos.com Information Opinion Last week, on Monday, a mother I have treated for a number of years started telling me about her 9 years old son complaining of chest pains, breathlessness, constant tiredness and his heart feeling funny. He was undergoing multiple tests from the doctor and hospital, including

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