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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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Want More 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’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 Nightcap

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

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Trad Roles Are Making a Comeback

Tierin-Rose Mandelburg Tierin-Rose grew up in a large Christian family on the coast of Connecticut. After high school she moved to Alabama to dance with a professional ballet company while attending Liberty University. She served as an MRC Culture intern in Spring 2021 and became staff shortly there after. Her

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New Zealand C-130J Hercules Completes First Test Flights

New Zealand C-130J Hercules Completes First Test Flights

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 The first New Zealand C-130J Hercules to come off the production line in the United States has successfully completed its first test flights. Defence Minister

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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 Gundam robot at Yokohama Port, taken from the bridge of the Hikawa Maru. ** We need more

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Simple but Ruthless Mind Control

Simple but Ruthless Mind Control

New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com The effectiveness of ivermectin as a treatment for C-19 is documented via a large, ongoing meta-analysis. Pooling results from all studies, c19ivm.org currently shows statistically significant lower risk for patients receiving ivermectin across multiple C-19 criteria in 101 studies. Despite

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The BFD Daily Opinion Poll

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The Good Guys Are Winning

The Easter holiday weekend was most enjoyable. We have been pottering about the South Island visiting some places we haven’t been for a while. Due to my not wanting to spend money if I don’t have to, or as little as possible, our accommodation has been backpacker hostels

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This was ‘Destructive and Divisive’ for NZ
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This was ‘Destructive and Divisive’ for NZ

dailytelegraph.co.nz AN OPINION PIECE BY AMY BROOKE IN THE SPECTATOR AUSTRALIA TODAY ACCUSED JACINDA ARDERN’S GOVERNMENT OF TURNING ‘GODZONE’ INTO A SECOND WORLD COUNTRY. Economic mismanagement, declining living standards, and undue favouritism towards Maori interests have pushed New Zealand to the ‘point of no return’, wrote Brooke.

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