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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 a view from my office window of the chairlift for the luge ride at the top of the skyline gondola, Bob’

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Have You Caught COVID Yet?

Gary Moller garymoller.com Gary is a Health Practitioner who is focused on addressing the root causes of ill health or poor performance rather than just treating the symptoms. Information Opinion COVID is ripping through New Zealand as I write. It seems that every second person, vaxxed and non-vaxxed

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Thinking about Becoming a Member?

You don’t know what you are missing out on. Below is what a Bronze level membership will give you. 1. Ad-Free Viewing 2. Access to Sonovamin and Boomslang’s  Fantastic Cartoons: 3. Access to Our Puzzles. BRONZE level membership. As a regular reader of The BFD you are

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No Respect for Employees’ Vax Status

No Respect for Employees’ Vax Status

Darryl Betts darryllrbetts.wordpress.com Darryl is a businessman and a post-graduate student in Philosophy at the University of Auckland, with particular interests in the philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, epistemology, logic, and AI. He holds a BSc in Computer Science and a BA in Philosophy, Logic and

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BFD Daily Opinion Poll

Take our Daily Opinion Poll and see how your views compare to other readers and then share the poll on social media. By sharing the poll you will help even more readers to discover The BFD. Share this BFD Opinion poll so others can discover The BFD using the share

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The BFD is seeking motivated, concise, reliable, and professionally-minded volunteer 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

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A Methane Metaphor to Help You Understand

Owen Jennings Former National President of Federated Farmers I like asking people to estimate how much methane is being produced by our farmers because they are regularly told that half the greenhouse gas emissions in New Zealand come from down on the farm. Most have not got a clue. Some

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Women’s Swimming Sessions, or Are They?

Helen Houghton BTchLn Co-leader New Conservative Ted Johnston, BSc BA LLB Co-Leader, New Conservative New Conservative notes that transparency is a constantly growing concern for the NZ public around central government, but we must also be vigilant about how our local government manages our resources and rights. Last

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Ignore the False Prophet

Ignore the False Prophet

Lewis Andrew sojournal.co.nz Here at The Sojournal, we like to berate the mainstream media of New Zealand. It is bereft of critical thinking and investigative journalism. In our covid age as we have marched towards ever more authoritarian government, our mainstream media has cheered the Beast on like

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Psst Want a Free Taste of Silver Membership?

If you don’t have a Silver level membership yet you are missing out on our Insight Politics articles. Today is a FREE taste of an Insight Politics article by writer Stephen Berry. Rental WOF Will Be Block That Breaks Landlord’s Back The Labour government flippantly promised to house

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Lessons for New Zealand

Lessons for New Zealand

Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. A former Chamber of Commerce President, her background is in business and education. The shock invasion of the

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Top Ten Most Viewed from the past Week

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Silver Membership Has Its Privileges

If you don’t have a Silver level membership yet you are missing out on our Insight Politics articles. Today is a FREE taste of an Insight Politics article by writer Lushington D Brady. Has Jacinda’s Wave Broken at Last? Jacinda Ardern Has Been Extraordinarily Lucky So Far. So

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The End of the National Party

The End of the National Party

These are the core values of the National Party, taken from their current website: We believe this will be achieved by building a society based on the following values: * Loyalty to our country, its democratic principles and our Sovereign as Head of State * Recognition of the Treaty of Waitangi as

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