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Hannah McQueen: Age Brightly Founder discusses options for those with fixed incomes struggling with rates increases
Fear the cost of living crisis may be getting worse for Aucklanders following the super city's largest ever rates increase.
The 7.9% rise will see …
3 months, 1 week ago
Andrew Dickens: Gas rationing and transition schemes
Thirty years ago, I was the station manager and breakfast announcer at a very small experimental talk station in Auckland called ‘The Point’ on 1476 …
3 months, 1 week ago
Andrew Dickens: Local council amalgamation could see less say for smaller towns
I was in the Coromandel over the weekend and I was reading their regional paper which still exists, The Informer, and in it was an article by Jeffrey…
3 months, 1 week ago
Andrew Dickens: The social housing overhaul creates both winners and losers
The Government has unveiled a major overhaul of social housing, creating both winners and losers.
So what is social housing? Social housing provides…
3 months, 1 week ago
Andrew Dickens: Should there be incentives to increase our EV fleet?
Let's talk EVs. And I better make the declaration straight away; I am an EV driver. There is a new state of the nation report from an organisation ca…
3 months, 1 week ago
Andrew Dickens: Is the Government counting its chickens before they hatch?
Let's start with the big story of the day: the Finance Minister yesterday unveiling a major plan to shrink the public service. It's putting thousands…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Andrew Dickens: Have we forgotten how to safely put babies to bed?
A five month old baby boy by the name of Bodhi lived in Hawke's Bay, and in October 2022 was found unresponsive in his sleeping pod. The sleeping pod…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Andrew Dickens: Parents are responsible for avoiding 'credit crunching'
The government has confirmed major changes to New Zealand’s secondary school qualification system, officially replacing NCEA with a new subject-based…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
John Hart: Blues Board Member on the inaugural Blues Hall of Fame
The Blues are celebrating their 30th anniversary with their inaugural Blues Hall of Fame.
It’ll honour the legends, stories, and defining moments th…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Kerre Woodham: If there's a fix for obesity-related costs, why wouldn't we use it?
Obesity related illnesses, as you well know, cost this country a fortune. The direct healthcare costs of obesity, well, they estimated it at $2 billi…
3 months, 2 weeks ago