Articles by Tim Dower
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Opinion
Tim Dower: We desperately need 'boom or bust' construction industry to work
Monday, 8 October 2018, 7:32amYet another blow for the construction industry. It's baffling really, at a time we're building more than we ever have. You've...
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Opinion
Tim Dower: It's wrong for Ardern to spend $80k on flight to Nauru
Tuesday, 4 September 2018, 7:43amIt is wrong to spend $80,000, on travel for one person to go to the Pacific Forum in Nauru. Plain wrong. Even when that one...
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Crime
Mum delivers her sons to police after Friday night rampage in Kaikohe
Tuesday, 21 March 2017, 7:57pmAn angry mum has dragged her 14 and 15 year-old sons into Kaikohe police station, after realising they were involved in the...
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Opinion
Tim Dower: One man's trash is another's treasure
Friday, 30 December 2016, 6:41amI've always believed one person's trash is another person's treasure. That's one of the reasons I used to look forward to...
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Opinion
Tim Dower: Tax ripoff at the petrol pump
Thursday, 29 December 2016, 12:19pmI paid $2.10 for gas yesterday. That was for 95, and it's the highest price in the couple of years now since the crude slump. It's...
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Opinion
Tim Dower: No muzzling the bottom-feeders
Wednesday, 1 July 2015, 8:55amSo we now have laws against cyber-bullying. The Harmful Digital Communications Bill has gone through Parliament bringing...
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Politics
High salaries at MSD "offensive"
Sunday, 21 June 2015, 10:44amLabour's furious at some of the salaries earned by staff at the Ministry of Social Development. It says 53 ministry employees...
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Emergency
Four injured in Bader Drive crash
Sunday, 17 May 2015, 5:20amUpdated 8.38am: Four people have been taken to hospital after a car slamming into a fast food store early this morning in...
