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View from Your Window
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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 me about today’s photo? Yesterday’s photo was the view looking out toward Separation Point from inside the lighthouse on the Nelson Boulder Bank. Please put View From

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Psst Want a Free Taste of Silver Membership?

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 John Black. Time to Be the National Party One of a few treasured photographs from my undistinguished university career

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Weekend Editor

Weekend Editor

Perks: * Work from home * A vibrant online office with over 40 Staff * Room for creativity * The position is 100% online and all communication with staff is online. (Perfect for Introverts!) Recent experience with the latest version of WordPress is essential. This position is suitable for an ex-journalist or teacher

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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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A New Chance for Positive Change

Alwyn Poole Innovative Education Consultants innovativeeducation.co.nz mthobson.school.nz Key Stats on NZ Education * Our system is in long-term decline against international measures and some subjects and levels have us as the worst English speaking nation. * PISA had NZ as the worst national for in school bullying.

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End All Vaccine Mandates by 01 March
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End All Vaccine Mandates by 01 March

Colin Ford   In Other News Following on the heels of Friday’s landmark High Court decision which overturned the government’s illegal Covid-19 vaccine mandates for both the police and armed forces, thousands of New Zealanders marched over Auckland Harbour Bridge on Saturday, demanding that the government end all

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How Did We Get Here?

How Did We Get Here?

Colin Parkinson This nation has been basically torn apart by the current government and the opposition parties have done little to stop it. Think back to 2019. Now imagine how you would react if someone told you the following would happen in New Zealand over the next few years: * People

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Open Letter to Chris Luxon

Martin Harris Mr Luxon, I’ve watched your speech “Leader’s Address – COVID and Divided Society” and read the text several times. I was left cold by the actual live-streamed speech and the manner in which it was delivered and quite honestly felt alienated by it. I felt like

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What’s the Fuss? Roll On, Omicron.

What’s the Fuss? Roll On, Omicron.

Three Drams Full Sunday 20 February. A 7.45am phone call from my Castle Street student daughter. Whispery voice: “Mum, my tonsils are up, I’ve hardly slept.” Ah. “Good morning,” I say, “you probably have Omicron.” “Yes, Mum, I know,” she hisses, “but I don’t want my flatmates

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The Broken Wheels of Justice

Information Opinion This article is about totalitarian creep used as an adjective. Undoubtedly Jacinda Ardern and Andrew Little are the latest in a long line of totalitarian creeps but as they are both proper nouns (or perhaps improper nouns) they will not be specifically dealt with here. A disclaimer regarding

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Disqus Hints and Tips
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Disqus Hints and Tips

Hints: 1. Disqus is a completely separate business from The BFD. 2. Don’t confuse your FREE Disqus commenting account with your paid for BFD membership. They are not the same thing. 3. If you want to start commenting on The BFD sign up for a FREE Disqus account here.

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How to Resolve Conflict the Ardern Way

How to Resolve Conflict the Ardern Way

Jacinda Ardern’s solution to conflict could not be clearer: she refuses to engage with protesters to resolve the domestic conflict of her own making but suggests talking will take the heat out of the the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Dialogue either works as a strategy to resolve differences, or it

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Member Account Access

If you want to update your credit card details click here. **To select Stripe as your payment platform select credit/debit card To upgrade or change your membership click here. You can easily upgrade between membership levels at any time by visiting your account page. When upgrading your membership, it

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Daily Trivia
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Daily Trivia

Test your trivia knowledge – Select from seven subject categories. To Enjoy Our Other Puzzles Become a Bronze Member

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Freedom Protest of the Day

Freedom Protest of the Day

Yesterday the Auckland Harbour Bridge was shaking under the feet of tens of thousands of protesters. Great start Auckland ???? pic.twitter.com/DtMpXMhOel — Gilda kirkpatrick (@Strange_G) February 25, 2022 If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads to make your reading experience more

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