Articles by Andrew Dickens
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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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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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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...
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Andrew Dickens: Targeted school lunches is the way to go
Monday, 17 March 2025, 6:04amLast week as the world puzzled over war and peace and the end of globalisation and rules based free trade, New Zealand was...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: Are Labour serious about infrastructure investment?
Friday, 14 March 2025, 6:17amSo, Barbara Edmonds is in front of the investment conference today, representing the Labour Party who may or may not be in...
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Andrew Dickens: We're all talk, no action
Thursday, 13 March 2025, 6:31amIt was a big deal for Rod Duke to go public with his concerns about his country yesterday. The Managing Director of Briscoe’s...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: Could the housing crisis be over?
Wednesday, 12 March 2025, 6:02amAs with all things lately we’re looking for any little clue that the old normal is coming back. But I don’t think it is....
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Andrew Dickens: It's too early for polls
Tuesday, 11 March 2025, 6:32amWe’re awash with polls. The Taxpayers' Union-Curia poll and research from Horizon. It all says we’re not happy with the...
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Calls for a bed tax to help fund big events in Auckland
Monday, 10 March 2025, 6:19amA renewed push for an Auckland bed tax, after a strong summer for its hotels. They experienced a five-million-dollar boost,...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: My thoughts on the state of the healthcare system
Monday, 10 March 2025, 6:05amWe ended last week with some hopeful noises from the health sector. Minister Simeon Brown was praised by academics and...
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Andrew Dickens: Don't screw with the successful over 60s
Friday, 7 March 2025, 6:04amWhat’s with all these sackings and surprise resignations this week... Phil Goff yesterday, Adrian Orr the day before. ...
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Andrew Dickens: Simeon Brown's health announcement is well overdue
Tuesday, 4 March 2025, 6:22amHow did we manage to bring so many people into the country and fail to have enough doctors when they get here? This is the...
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Associate Police Minister says new Auckland training facility will help attract more recruits
Monday, 3 March 2025, 6:24amThe Government is trying to hit the mark on work-life balance as it announces a new Police training site in Auckland. The...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: Trump's meeting with Zelensky was schoolyard bullying
Monday, 3 March 2025, 6:09amWell, who didn’t see the Trump Zelensky meltdown coming? The whole thing was a show for the crowds and not a real play...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: Let's stop with the announcement of announcements
Friday, 28 February 2025, 6:04amNow I'm a bit of a policy wonk. I don't care which party it is. If they come up with a policy, I like to break it down and...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: The Government's proposed changes to loosen citizen arrest laws lack detail
Thursday, 27 February 2025, 6:47amThe power of citizen’s arrest was all the talk yesterday. And I think we all agree that poor old dairy owners and small...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: Is Luxon in trouble?
Wednesday, 26 February 2025, 6:09amSay what you like about Cam Slater, but the boy can write. He's had his ups and downs and paid for some bad behaviour on...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: Andrew Bayly did the right thing
Tuesday, 25 February 2025, 6:31amHow many times in the middle of an intense argument with a stupid work mate have you been tempted just to smack their stupid...
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Andrew Dickens: NZ missed its chance with the Cook Islands
Monday, 24 February 2025, 6:11amSo, the weekend has been spent watching the Chinese Navy use the Tasman Sea as a firing range. They’ve never done this...
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Andrew Dickens: Get Parliament back to work
Friday, 21 February 2025, 6:00amCan we get Parliament back to work? At a time when the Prime Minister is urging us to work work work for growth growth growth,...
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Andrew Dickens: The Reserve Bank can't wait around any longer to cut the OCR
Thursday, 20 February 2025, 6:13amSo yesterday I outlined the reasons why the Reserve Bank might not cut interest rates. I got that wrong. They chopped...
