Articles by Andrew Dickens
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: We don’t need rate caps, we need smarter councils
Thursday, 17 July 2025, 6:09amSo the Local Government Conference is underway and the Government took advantage of it to talk down to councils like a stepdad...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: Overreacting to the UN again
Wednesday, 16 July 2025, 6:12amI’m always amazed at how much credence the United Nations is given in domestic New Zealand politics. The left loves the...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: The great polytech flip-flop we’re all paying for
Tuesday, 15 July 2025, 6:01amHere we go again. The polytechs that were centralised by the last government are going to be de-centralised by the current...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: We Want Less Bureaucracy—Until We Don't
Monday, 14 July 2025, 6:07amI find it ironic that the government and the electorate are once a gain keen on getting rid of some of the layers of our...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: Another poll, same discontent, Winston still standing
Friday, 11 July 2025, 6:10amAnother poll. Another rush of fevered opinion, and yet still so far away from an election. The poll business is booming....
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: The Reserve Bank and the Government need to work in tandem
Thursday, 10 July 2025, 6:01amFor a while now I’ve been thinking that the Reserve bank and the Government are working at cross purposes for the country. Yesterday...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: You can't escape tax
Monday, 7 July 2025, 6:04amInfrastructure Minister Chris Bishop is into the US for a range of meetings across housing, planning, development and transport. Notably...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: Why we got the Auckland Harbour Bridge wrong
Monday, 14 April 2025, 6:06amThere was a letter to the editor over the weekend about the Auckland Harbour Bridge which made a very good point. The writer...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: Why forestry should be removed from the ETS
Friday, 11 April 2025, 6:03amLast night on 1News I heard the single most logical and sane thing said in the entire bulletin in a long time. It was said...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: The curious case of Benjamin Doyle
Thursday, 10 April 2025, 6:14amBenjamin Doyle spoke on the controversy surrounding them yesterday and basically called themself stupid. We’ve found out...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: Children deserve better
Wednesday, 9 April 2025, 6:16amOranga Tamariki is getting rid of its target to place 58% of the kids in its care with wider Whanau. And it's also ditching...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: Defence spending is necessary, but expensive
Tuesday, 8 April 2025, 6:11amThe news that New Zealand is going to spend 12 billion dollars on defence is not news to welcome, and yet it is welcome news. In...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: Treaty Principles Bill part two
Monday, 7 April 2025, 6:13amSo it looks like the Treaty Principles Act is toast as Christopher Luxon assured us it would be. Much was made over the...
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Audio
Reports Elon Musk will leave DOGE
Thursday, 3 April 2025, 6:30amTesla may benefit when founder Elon Musk leaves his government role. There are reports the billionaire will leave his role...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: Comedians bring logic to a fight
Thursday, 3 April 2025, 6:25amThe comedian Jimmy Carr is coming back to New Zealand for a nationwide tour the culminates at Auckland's Spark Arena. These...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: Our kids should know Shakespeare
Wednesday, 2 April 2025, 6:03amThe draft year 7-13 English curriculum proposes compulsory Shakespeare for senior secondary school students. That’s provoked...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: Is the new ferry deal really better in the long run?
Tuesday, 1 April 2025, 6:24amWinston’s great rail solution is now revealed: it’s just like KiwiRail’s iReX but cheaper. The boats are still big and...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: The devastation of dog attacks
Monday, 31 March 2025, 6:03amSpent all weekend waiting for more details about the death by dog in the Bay of Plenty. This story upset me greatly. We...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: Is casual clothing in the house acceptable?
Friday, 28 March 2025, 6:04amWinston Peters turned into a grumpy old conservative man in the house yesterday. A role he assumes to hoover up votes from...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: Tamatha Paul shares complaints of one, not one hundred
Thursday, 27 March 2025, 6:15amTamatha Paul: a woman mocked for her views on Police. Chris Hipkins says her views on beat Police were unwise, and then...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: Every city needs a stadium
Wednesday, 26 March 2025, 6:05amSo, Auckland looks like it’s doing it again: dilly dallying in decision making about big stuff. A council advisory group...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: We're training doctors for no reason
Tuesday, 25 March 2025, 6:12amIt’s no secret to anyone that we do not have enough doctors in New Zealand. Recent policy moves to attract more qualified...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: My take on GDP
Monday, 24 March 2025, 6:11amWhile I was away tramping all over the top of the Coromandel Peninsula, we had some good and bad news. GDP came out better...
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Andrew Dickens: A good news story out of the Government
Tuesday, 18 March 2025, 6:04amIt's a bit easy to be negative these days. Times are tough and talk is cheap, and I like to manage expectations and not get...
