Articles by Tim Dower
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Opinion
Tim Dower: What the heck is the Associate Health Minister doing?
Friday, 26 January 2024, 10:01amWhat the heck is the Associate Health Minister doing floating the idea of a freeze on cigarette tax increases? We know the...
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Tim Dower: American politics is baffling
Thursday, 25 January 2024, 11:42amAmerican politics is pretty baffling, isn't it? In arguably the most powerful nation on earth, with a population of well...
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Tim Dower: How will our actions be perceived?
Wednesday, 24 January 2024, 11:34amSix Defence Force specialists are off to the hot zone in the Middle East. Judith Collins has been at pains to stress they...
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Tim Dower: We've known more competition is the answer for years
Tuesday, 23 January 2024, 11:28amSupermarkets are under fire again. The Commerce Commission now says it will look into what might be dodgy pricing practices. If...
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Tim Dower: Only six cases of excessive force isn't so bad
Friday, 15 December 2023, 9:11amRemember those protests at Parliament last year, and the incredible scenes at the end? Once it was over and the fires were...
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Tim Dower: Backing out of the Interislander deal was a no-brainer
Thursday, 14 December 2023, 9:56amI think the new Government's actually done at least one thing right this week. Backing out of the Interislander funding...
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Tim Dower: RealMe wants too much
Wednesday, 13 December 2023, 9:18amLook, thanks so much for taking part in this, just a little experiment on people's reaction to, response, and experience...
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Tim Dower: Bit of an about-turn on immigration from the PM
Tuesday, 12 December 2023, 9:21amBit of an about-turn on immigration from the Prime Minister. Christopher Luxon now says the current numbers are unsustainable,...
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Tim Dower: Mitchell's letter wasn't meddling, it was managing
Friday, 8 December 2023, 8:41amNow we've had a full day to digest Mark Mitchell's letter to the Police Commissioner, was he actually out of line to release...
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Tim Dower: Where was their parental instinct?
Thursday, 7 December 2023, 9:04amTrue story, abbreviated for time. San Francisco, about 15 years back now, coming out of the subway following my two teenage...
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Tim Dower: Would you pay for private schools?
Wednesday, 6 December 2023, 9:15am$27-28,000 a year. That's about the going rate for private secondary education in New Zealand right now. And you'd pay it...
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Tim Dower: Te Pati Māori are shooting themselves in the foot
Tuesday, 5 December 2023, 11:28amSo, a Day of Action called by Te Pati Māori. Organisers promise they'll target busy roads and even try to jam the motorways. They're...
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Tim Dower: Do we need more A&Es?
Friday, 1 December 2023, 10:06amReally interested in this Medical Journal piece about emergency departments. The impression we often get is they're horribly...
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Tim Dower: Jeez do dogs get to you
Thursday, 30 November 2023, 9:38amDogs eh... jeez do they get to you. It's 12 years this Christmas, Luka and me. 12 brilliant years for me, and what a mate...
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Opinion
Tim Dower: The low-down on the Public Interest Journalism Fund
Wednesday, 29 November 2023, 8:12amSo here's the low-down on the Public Interest Journalism Fund. 55 million bucks dished out over a series of funding rounds,...
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Tim Dower: Auckland Council isn't great at leading by example
Tuesday, 28 November 2023, 8:39amI'm wondering if people in Auckland will, in a few years, look more kindly on their current Mayor. Fair to say that Wayne...
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Tim Dower: The talks are dragging on too long now
Friday, 17 November 2023, 8:10amLast time I had the privilege of hosting this show I said I had confidence in Chris Luxon's approach to these coalition talks. I...
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Tim Dower: These past few weeks were a demonstration
Friday, 3 November 2023, 7:46amSpecial votes, as I'm sure you know, are usually good for the left and National has said it expects to lose one or two seats...
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Tim Dower: Alcohol advertisements aren't the end of the world
Friday, 20 October 2023, 8:27amFresh concerns today about alcohol advertising near schools. Today's Medical Journal reports on a survey around more than...
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Tim Dower: The process of political polls
Friday, 29 September 2023, 8:23amPolls are great. I love ‘em and I love the occasional surprise we get from them. They're really useful in providing those...
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Tim Dower: Picking a winner from last night's debate
Thursday, 28 September 2023, 7:36amTrying to pick a winner from a TV debate is a tricky thing to do. First thing I have to bear in mind is that I'm not impartial...
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Opinion
Tim Dower: National's beneficiary sanctions are unlikely to work
Wednesday, 27 September 2023, 9:25amI guess it had to come at some point in the campaign... National's traditional swipe at the beneficiaries. I really don't...
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Tim Dower: Has National played a smart card?
Tuesday, 26 September 2023, 7:33amNow we've had a day to mull it over... has Christopher Luxon played a smart card or a dopey one? Up until yesterday we were...
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Tim Dower: We're now at the point where the election campaign is limping into a petty bidding war
Monday, 25 September 2023, 9:02amYou know you're getting down to the rats and mice when you've got a major political party promising to change speed limits,...
