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‘People Are Scared of Each Other’

Another Socialist Fail

What a mess. Australia was warned what would happen, did it anyway, and are now paying an enormous price for “cultural diversity” – a price which rises far more exponentially than food prices at Woolies.

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Where Is the Integrity From the Top Twelve?

While it is hard for people to lose positions many of the new roles since 2017 have done little or nothing to help the children of New Zealand get a better education. In fact – the attendance and success of those students – have moved inversely to the willy-nilly employment strategies of Iona Holsted and…

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The Treaty and Maori Wards

Pagani pins her argument for Maori wards or ‘power-sharing’ on the Treaty of Waitangi, but there is nothing in the Treaty (any version or translation) that speaks of separate racial representation in governing bodies.

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Face of the Day

Sir Colin Giltrap, the philanthropist and businessman who founded the influential and powerful Giltrap Group about 60 years ago, died last night aged 84.

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The BFD Nightcap

Enjoy a BFD curated video this evening. We search the internet for the best new media news and entertainment videos for our readers so that they don’t have…

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The BFD Daily Roundup

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Today in Rock History

Today in Rock History is a music orientated segment where we would like to encourage readers to share their thoughts and tastes in music and discuss the various aspects of any music topic.

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Israel’s Attack Underscores the Need for Modernized Doctrine

The nature of warfare has changed – forever. On the night of April 13th, 2024 – Iran launched hundreds of one-way drones and ballistic missiles to strike deep into Israel. The unmanned drones flew towards pre-designated targets, most likely navigating from GPS coordinates. Thankfully, 99% of the invading munitions were shot down.

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The Death of Democracy

Unmitigated tosh was talked by diverse commentators, mostly with a personal employment interest in the matter, with advice that TV3 is to close its spasmodic news service, plus the ending of some TVNZ shows such as “Fair Go”. The death of democracy was the ridiculous common theme.

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Will Politicians Let Democracy Die in the Darkness?

Politicians across the political spectrum are implicated in the New Zealand media’s failing health. Either through neglect or incompetent interventions, successive governments have failed to regulate, foster, and allow a healthy Fourth Estate that can adequately hold politicians and the powerful to account.

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The Belief That Good Things Come from Violence

An old joke goes that the last thing Jesus would want to see when he returns is a cross on a believer’s neck. But I think he’d really flip the proverbial tables if he heard the term “Judeo-Christianity”. First, let’s get one thing straight. The Israelis can do whatever they want when it comes to…

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The Wellbeing Budget That Wasn’t

Even as previous Finance Minister Grant Robertson was being hustled out the back door he waxed lyrical about their government’s groundbreaking wellbeing budgets.

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1000 Jobs Cut in a Single Day

The Government is swinging the axe hard, cutting more than 1000 state sector jobs in a single day yesterday. Even with these cuts, the state sector will still be larger than in 2017 when Labour took office. The Government should, and indeed must cut more:

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Face of the Day

Woolworths chief executive Brad Banducci and Coles boss Leah Weckert fronted up to the Senate inquiry on supermarket prices yesterday and both stated the sector remained competitive despite the size of their duopoly.

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