Stuff to Rescue Newshub?

Apparently Stuff has come riding to the rescue of Newshub, inking a deal to produce news for the failing network. Presumably Sinead Boucher came riding in on a dead horse.

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The BFD General Debate

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Taste Tuesday

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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…

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Iran Has Kicked a Hornets’ Nest

Close to midnight on April 13, hundreds of military drones were launched from both Iran and Iraq toward Israel. Subsequently, several waves of ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and…

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Australia Reels From the Bondi Attack

There are few scenes more shocking than random acts of extreme violence against people simply going about their daily lives. Yet this is what Australians are coming to terms with after a man went on a rampage through a Bondi shopping centre on Saturday afternoon, killing six people and injuring at least 12 others, including…

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NZ’s Mental Healthcare Is in Crisis

New Zealand’s youth mental healthcare continues to experience a rolling crisis with long waiting times for services. There have been calls to expand the mental health workforce and to diversify the range of available services.

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Letter to the Editor

Pfizer’s Misleading Behaviour

Recently, the UK pharmaceutical watchdog Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority (PMCPA) ruled that a tweet and subsequent retweets made by Pzifer employees in February 2023, breached standards and had ‘misleadingly’ and ‘illegally’ promoted its Covid–19 vaccine. Which was then still in phase 3 trials. 

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Why Is It No One’s Fault?

Perhaps I should be more forgiving, but I haven’t forgotten the sort of verbal abuse I endured in 2020 for pointing out that the economy was being ruined for no purpose.

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Science? You Be the Judge

A recent report generated from a Growing Up in New Zealand (GUiNZ) survey of 1,224 rangatahi Maori aged 11-12 found:

Cultural connectedness was associated with fewer depression symptoms, anxiety symptoms and better quality of life.

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I Would Have Thought There Were More Important Things to Do

Yesterday the Government announced a vitally important policy… a policy that is needed before any other policies or law changes… a policy to allow renters to have pets. Seriously, that’s exactly what Chris Bishop and David Seymour think is vitally important legislation, right now!

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Slum Lord of the Day?

The head of a prominent Auckland property investment family disputes claims he’s been renting substandard housing to vulnerable tenants, accusing occupants of instead being “squatters”.

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Manly Monday

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