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Closed Captions and TVNZ

There are separate sections for kids – as there should be. For sports. For drama. For pre-schoolers. Sci-Fi.  Docos. Food. For everything you wish for – except the category identifying programmes with closed captions for the deaf and others who wish to use the captions. We are now all excluded from easy access to programmes…

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The Inflection Point

We’ve Reached It

If you have any remaining doubts about the ethics of prescribing puberty blockers to children, and the positive affirmation-only approach to gender dysphoria, then this document is your go-to delusion dispeller.

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What Gets Measured Gets Done

It beggars belief, that we are now recording school attendance daily, and somehow it is a revelation that David Seymour has implemented such a system now. What on earth were the last Government doing other than refusing to release attendance figures, such as they were?

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Face of the Day

Christchurch Hospital volunteer Noelani Ritchie has been recognised by Deaf Aotearoa for her dedication to New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL).

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The BFD Nightcap

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Wednesday Weapons

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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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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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The BFD Backchat

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Pink Shirt Day Is RSE in Drag

Many parents are not aware that, while well-intentioned, Pink Shirt Day (coming up on May 17) is being used by activists to politicise gender theory and sexual identity of school children under the guise of anti-bullying programmes, rather than deal appropriately with the issue of school bullying which we’re all concerned about. Pink Shirt Days…

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Fluoridation of Our Water

An Urgent Concern for Public Health and Individual Freedom

Fluoridation of water, in an at best ill-advised attempt to improve dental health, not only condemns the population to significant health risks, but also represents yet another example of forced mass medication and the trampling of individuals’ fundamental right to informed consent.

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Sometimes You Have to Face Reality

Bridges had two and a bit years as opposition leader. He was opposing our weakest possible opponent; a silly girl with an IQ of 2 and a half who stole an election and was utterly incompetent.

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Another Green MP in Trouble

So, another week and another Green MP is in trouble.  This time Julie-Anne Genter, who broke the rules of Parliament when aggressively crossing the aisle and physically fronting up to a government minister. 

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Suspect of the Day

A man sought by police was captured on CCTV footage talking on a cellphone and walking in a relaxed fashion in the immediate aftermath of the shooting on Ponsonby Rd that left one man dead on Sunday night. CCTV footage shared with the Herald shows the man walking into frame at 10.17pm, two minutes after…

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The BFD Nightcap

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Taste Tuesday

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