Articles by Andrew Dickens
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: We need to learn the difference between needs and 'nice to haves'
Monday, 16 September 2024, 3:00pmSo, the Herald, in the weekend, came out and called the anti-cycle lane movement a culture war in its editorial. They pointed...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: Why not kill the Treaty Principles Bill now?
Monday, 9 September 2024, 3:04pmSo the latest twist in the Treaty Principles debate is that the churches have come out against it. More than 400 church leaders...
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Andrew Dickens: Someone has to point out the obvious now and then
Monday, 2 September 2024, 3:32pmI was going to start my programme today with some thoughts about the energy crisis, but something else has popped up. But...
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Andrew Dickens: Reality always catches up to politics
Monday, 26 August 2024, 3:14pmDo I need to remind you that politics is show business? It's all about seeming to be the best instead of necessarily being...
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Andrew Dickens: Can we really say the rock star economy is back?
Monday, 19 August 2024, 2:52pmThe corner has been turned. The 5-year pandemic pandemonium has been tamed. Inflation is down and we've had the first interest...
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Andrew Dickens: Is the long winter of discontent over with a good spring to come?
Monday, 12 August 2024, 2:12pmThe winter solstice was on June 20 and 21. The longest night and the shortest day, but wisdom tells us that the depths of...
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Andrew Dickens: Public services looks to be the common factor in our recent woes
Friday, 2 August 2024, 6:04pmGreat news for the ski fields. Winter has finally decided to do its thing and snow is dumping. And the wild and wooly weather...
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Andrew Dickens: First home buyers want choice - and townhouses
Wednesday, 31 July 2024, 6:04pmFrom today, strict loan affordability regulations are gone from the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act, henceforth...
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Andrew Dickens: I'm truly confused over Dr Anthony Jordan's resignation from Pharmac
Monday, 22 July 2024, 2:32pmI have always avoided getting into the Treaty principles debate. It’s just too much of a swamp to get trapped in. Either...
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Andrew Dickens: Can we ever return to civil public discourse?
Monday, 15 July 2024, 2:46pmThere is only one story in town. I realised this when I entered the newsroom and everyone was still itching to talk about...
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Andrew Dickens: The ferry saga is a pox on both National and Labour
Monday, 1 July 2024, 2:23pmI wasn't here last week because I was attending a funeral. A dear friend. 58 years old. Gut cancer. A reminder to us all-...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: Auckland Transport is proof you can't control a CCO
Monday, 13 May 2024, 3:49pmNow, I'm not part of the tribe who automatically thinks that Auckland Transport is a bunch of ideological toss-pots who want...
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Andrew Dickens: There's worry the Government cuts will go too far
Monday, 29 April 2024, 3:57pmNew Zealand seems to be waking up to an issue I thought would have caused more concern. As part of the bonfire of the public...
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Andrew Dickens: We need to put perspective on the current state of our economy
Monday, 22 April 2024, 1:27pmIt is fair to say the country is not in a good place right now. Job cuts dominate the headlines. A double-dip recession came...
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Andrew Dickens: The media model is broken because of fear
Monday, 15 April 2024, 1:45pmSince we were last together, the collapse of television news and current affairs has continued. And with it, we have been...
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Andrew Dickens: New Zealand knows the price of everything and the value of nothing
Monday, 8 April 2024, 1:55pmI vividly remember the first time I saw Christchurch Cathedral. I was 10 so it was 1973. I was on tour with the Auckland...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: Did the Government know that their pre-election promises were unaffordable?
Monday, 11 March 2024, 2:25pmSo if you've listened to me for any length of time, you'll know I respect Liam Dann very much indeed. Liam is the Herald's...
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Andrew Dickens: Newshub has been broke for ages
Monday, 4 March 2024, 2:16pmSo the culture wars that erupted after the closing of Newshub continued over the weekend. The go woke-go broke crowd have...
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Andrew Dickens: National's state of the nation address was blame game politics
Monday, 19 February 2024, 1:18pmWhen National formed it's new government there was a snappy little phrase that supporters were fond of using. Thank God the...
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Andrew Dickens: This weekend showed the Greens are fast becoming unelectable
Monday, 12 February 2024, 2:14pmSo two big video interviews over the weekend. Firstly, Tucker Carlson interviewed Vladimir Putin. Tucker said it was because...
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Andrew Dickens: Is this what we can expect for the next three years?
Monday, 27 November 2023, 1:22pmCongratulations to the new coalition Government, which was sworn in today by Governor General Dame Cindy Kiro. And as our...
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Andrew Dickens: There's big stones in the path to coalition
Monday, 20 November 2023, 1:51pmSo, still no Government. It's not a biggie. Remember, they only started talking after the specials were counted so it's only...
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Andrew Dickens: I don't have a problem with how long it's taken to confirm this election result
Thursday, 2 November 2023, 5:18pmThis time tomorrow, we will know exactly what we voted for on the 14th of October. The release of the final voting figures...
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Andrew Dickens: New Zealand is confused
Monday, 16 October 2023, 2:32pmSo the political party that didn’t know what it stood for anymore and offered no real future lost the election to the party...
