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Bernard Hickey

Bernard Hickey is the Managing Editor of Newsroom Pro based in the Parliamentary Press Gallery. He is a director and shareholder of Newsroom NZ Ltd. He has previously worked for Interest.co.nz, Fairfax NZ, the Financial Times Group and Reuters.

technology

Why the futures of 5G and 5 Eyes depend on Britain

Spark and Huawei hope Britain will decide to use the Chinese firm’s gear at the fringes of it’s 5G rollout. This would further tighten the trade and security vice we are in between China and America.

5 hours ago

Bernard Hickey

Housing

Kāinga Ora’s borrowing limit lifted by $4b

Just quietly, the Government is gearing up to announce in an election year that it will borrow $4 billion more to almost double its plans for state house building. Bernard Hickey reports

15 hours ago

Bernard Hickey

Foreign Affairs

What Trump’s re-election would mean for us

Bernard Hickey looks at the second big question for 2020: Will Trump get re-elected?

Jan 17 2020

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Comment

How Labour might win a second term

Labour will probably win a second term leading a coalition Government, but don’t rule out an atypical ‘winner takes all’ result. Bernard Hickey answers one of his eight big questions for 2020.

Jan 16 2020

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environment

Big ETS changes proposed

Significant changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme are proposed in a discussion document released last night.

Dec 20 2019

Bernard Hickey

Economy

Real GDP per capita barely rising

The economy is still growing its size by importing people and working the existing population harder.

Dec 20 2019

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Media monitoring

Friday’s Pro email: Shaw, Woods want to cap emissions at 2020 levels

The focus is on big new climate change proposals from Climate Change Minister James Shaw and Energy Minister Megan Woods that would transform the Emissions Trading Scheme.

Dec 20 2019

Bernard Hickey

Best of the Year

A streaming trail of disruption

Sky TV is buying Lightbox from Spark to try to compete with Netflix, Disney, Apple and Amazon. Mark Jennings and Bernard Hickey analyse the deal.

Dec 20 2019

Bernard Hickey and Mark Jennings

Media monitoring

Thursday’s Pro email:Reserve Bank Act reforms released

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Dec 19 2019

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Media monitoring

Wednesday’s Pro email:Business and consumer confidence surge before Christmas

There are fresh signs the economy is warming under the Government headed into an election year.

Dec 18 2019

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Economy

A story of migrant exploitation

What happened at the Golden Springs Motel and Holiday Park in Reporoa is a potent example of what parts of NZ have become.

Dec 18 2019

Bernard Hickey and Lynn Grieveson

Comment

Govt politically solid but economically vacant

The economy is stabilising, and so is the outlook for the Government’s political fortunes, but fundamental problems remain unaddressed

Dec 18 2019

Bernard Hickey

Media monitoring

Tuesday’s Pro email: Economy and Govt stabilising

Parliament resumes for its final week of the year today and GDP figures on Thursday will be the last major economic indicator of the year.

Dec 17 2019

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Media monitoring

Monday’s Pro email: Housing market warming up again

The Government is heading into the last Parliamentary sitting week of the year with a slightly warming economy at its back and an election year of politicking and spending announcements ahead of it.

Dec 16 2019

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Comment

Why Peters and mega-mergers won’t save journalism

Winston Peters hopes mergers of NZME and Stuff and RNZ and TVNZ will save local journalism. Bernard Hickey argues they are more likely to again prove costly diversions.

Dec 13 2019

Bernard Hickey

Media monitoring

Friday’s Pro email:Why two mega-mergers can’t save public interest journalism

Winston Peters will back an NZME proposal to buy Stuff with a ‘Kiwishare’ guarantee the merged news company will keep regional news and separate websites for at least two years.

Dec 13 2019

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Media monitoring

Thursday’s Pro email: Debt to only rise to 21.5%

Finance Minister Grant Robertson unveiled a $12 billion infrastructure spending boost that was at the top end of most short-term political expectations.

Dec 12 2019

Bernard Hickey

Week in Review

Why port move ‘debate’ is a pointless farce

Anyone watching the news coverage of the debate over Auckland’s port would think a move to Northland is a real prospect. It’s not, writes Bernard Hickey, who sees it purely as a political oxygen machine for NZ First.

Dec 12 2019

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Media monitoring

Wednesday’s Pro email: Robertson set to launch $10b package

All eyes today will be on Treasury and Finance Minister Grant Robertson when he releases his “significant infrastructure spending package” at 1pm today.

Dec 11 2019

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Podcast: Two Cents' Worth

Why we’re hung up and two-faced on debt

Debt is deep in the heart of our heart and our society, but we have an odd relationship with it. Bernard Hickey asks why we both love and fear it.

Dec 09 2019

Bernard Hickey