Articles by Andrew Dickens
-
Opinion
Andrew Dickens: We’ll never forget you 2024, but frankly we’re sick of the sight of you
Friday, 20 December 2024, 4:37amThis is my last editorial for the year. What a year it’s been, we started in January with Golriz shoplifting, we watched...
-
Opinion
Andrew Dickens: Why we need the fast track bill to get stuff done
Thursday, 19 December 2024, 4:41amWelcome to the fast track world, where parliamentarians have been given the right to approve projects they reckon are good...
-
Opinion
Andrew Dickens: Who's paying $74 a day to park in the city?
Wednesday, 18 December 2024, 4:39amNews that Wilson Parking in Fort Street, Auckland, is the most expensive parking in New Zealand says a lot more than just...
-
Opinion
Andrew Dickens: The government has given the councils a telling off for Christmas
Tuesday, 17 December 2024, 4:38amThe government is going to hold councils accountable for the basics like pipes and rubbish, but screw any mention of well...
-
Opinion
Andrew Dickens: The political games hiding the real issues behind the Interislander
Monday, 16 December 2024, 4:30amAnyone who thought the ferry debate was over for summer was very wrong. The weekend papers were full of reckons and I reckon...
-
Opinion
Andrew Dickens: The quiet war between David Seymour and Winston Peters
Friday, 13 December 2024, 4:53amDon’t you hate it when the kids fight. The quiet war between David Seymour and Winston Peters has kicked up a little lately...
-
Opinion
Andrew Dickens: The new ferries we know nothing about, but will be paying for
Thursday, 12 December 2024, 3:56amWell that was confusing. When Nicola Willis blew up Kiwirail’s plan for new ferries she promised a better plan, and yesterday...
-
Opinion
Andrew Dickens: It's time to do something about South Auckland's dirt bikes
Wednesday, 11 December 2024, 5:04amThe job of being a politician is always harder than you expect. We learned today that Mark Mitchell will not be introducing...
-
Opinion
Andrew Dickens: The times when the media and academia are their own worst enemy
Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 4:19amThis weekend Sunday Star-Times published a think piece on why Christopher Luxon is not popular. And he’s not. Monday's polls...
-
Opinion
Andrew Dickens: Why the problem with the Interislander isn't the boats
Monday, 9 December 2024, 6:04amCabinet today, and the promise this week is that we're going to get a ferry plan. Apparently there might be an announcement...
-
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...
-
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...
-
Opinion
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...
-
Opinion
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...
-
Opinion
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...
-
Opinion
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...
-
Opinion
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...
-
Opinion
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...
-
Opinion
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...
-
Opinion
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...
-
Opinion
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-...
-
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...
-
Opinion
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...
-
Opinion
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...
