The Graborigine Class Have Both Hands Out
The Rainbow Serpent swims in a river of taxpayer gravy.
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3 Strikes Law Will Protect Families
The Three Strikes Law, will protect families from repeat violent offenders who have already been given two chances.
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The BFD Daily Opinion Poll
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Where Will It All End?
I hope Brian Tamaki and his followers win their court cases against their local councils and their ‘rainbow’ initiatives. And I hope he wins against the drag queens who are suing him. But I wonder where it is all going to end.
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The BFD General Debate
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Urgent Changes to System Through First RMA Amendment Bill
The coalition Government is delivering on its commitment to improve resource management laws and give greater certainty to consent applicants, with a Bill to amend the Resource Management Act (RMA) expected to be introduced to Parliament next month.
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The End of the World
An article recently published on the Newsroom website cheerfully proclaimed ‘there will be a billion climate deaths in the coming century’. Just a random example of the constant stream of time-to-take-a-bath-with-your-toaster doomsday pieces published by our Chicken Little media.
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PM Needs to Don His Hard Hat
Christopher Luxon would do well to reflect on the reasons his government was elected to office.
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About as Non-partisan as You Can Get
I listened to a Mediawatch bulletin from RNZ and heard the authors of the Trust in Media report exhorting news outlets to carry less opinion across…
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Labour – The Party for Crims
While the Government moves to honour an election promise by introducing legislation to bring back the Three Strikes laws, Labour is hell bent on proving that…
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Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor
It is another Hipkins disaster.
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Face of the Day
One of New Zealand’s best-known and biggest home-grown consumer brands has been sold in a massive, multimillion-dollar commercial deal.
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The BFD Daily Proverb
The wise are mightier than the strong, and those with knowledge grow stronger and stronger.
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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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Taste Tuesday
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Esafety Commissioner Says That She Wants to “Minimise the Amount of Content Australians Can See”
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Keep readingPro-Vaxxer Left Speechless as Dr. McCullough Drops the Disturbing Truth About the COVID Shots
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Keep readingAre We Enslaved to One Side of the Brain?
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The BFD Daily Roundup
Just a brief note to readers who like to add their own contributions to Daily Roundup in the comments. This post is for family-friendly humour ONLY thank you.
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The BFD Backchat
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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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John Cleese on Cancel Culture
John Cleese is the master of both silly walks and sublime comedy takes.
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Maths without Taking Your Shoes Off
“Indigenous Maths” and “Indigenous Science” are oxymorons — but not as moronic as many academics.
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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day
Check out the latest media stuff ups both locally and around the world.
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Laughter Is the Best Medicine
This regular daily post is the place to joke and banish negative thoughts.
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Well, Doesn’t That Just Ooze Sincerity?
After years of excoriating her former boss, suddenly Brittany Higgins is all grovelling apologies.
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Greens Against Reliable, Safe, and Clean Technologies
Despite its commitment to “no more gas, oil, or coal,” Friends of the Earth has launched a campaign against one of the nation’s “greenest” governors, California’s Gavin Newsom.
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Reporters Hostile to Trump Not Happy With Push Back
Charlotte Klein at Vanity Fair was upset that the Trump campaign is “cutting off access” to reporters who are extremely hostile to Trump, including Brian Stelter (also of Vanity Fair) and Washington Post reporter Isaac Arnsdorf, whose new book is titled Finish What We Started: The MAGA Movement’s Ground War to End Democracy.
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Some Genocides Are More Equal Than Others
Thirty years after the tragic 1994 mass killings in Rwanda, when mobs of ethnic majority Hutus slaughtered between 500,000 and 800,000 ethnic minority Tutsis with machetes, the idea of genocide is once again in the air – but not in the way you might expect.
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Three Ministers Will Have Absolute Power
Many commentators are drawing parallels between the new Fast Track legislation and the National Development Act 1979, which then Prime Minister Robert Muldoon used to push through the creation of the Clyde Dam.
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NZ’s New Rules Won’t Help Low-Skilled Migrant Workers
The New Zealand government claims its recently announced changes to visa rules will address exploitation and unsustainable migration. In reality, the new rules are likely to have the opposite effect.
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At the Going down of the Sun…
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More About AUKUS
A few days ago, I posted a short article entitled “Why not AUKUS”. Unsurprisingly, it prompted a range of reactions.
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The BFD Daily Opinion Poll
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The BFD Sports Quiz
Are you a sports fan? Test your knowledge by taking our BFD Sports quiz.
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Operation Good Oil Post-refinery Report 2024
A new independent report into the closure of the Marsden Point Oil Refinery refutes the claims used by the refinery company’s board of directors that led to the closure of the refinery.
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The More Things Stay the Same
Sunday morning, the Wellington High Court heard a judicial review brought by Hon. Karen Chhour, the Minister for Children, against a decision of the Waitangi Tribunal. This is unusual, judicial reviews are much more likely to brought against ministers, rather than by them.
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At Last, It’s Coming Back to Bite Them in the Bum
As Bob McCoskrie says, the house of cards is crumbling.
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Maori Push for Parallel Govt Structures
If you think there is a move afoot by the radical Maori fringe of New Zealand society to create a parallel system of government to the one that we elect at our triennial elections, you aren’t wrong.
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All At Sea For Labour
Peter Dunne writes at Newsroom about the problems facing Labour. They are plentiful but can be summed up into two main categories, nastiness, and incompetence.
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