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Andrew Dickens Monday Afternoons
12PM-4PM Mon
ANDREW DICKENS MONDAY AFTERNOONS
12pm-4pm Mondays
With decades of broadcasting experience behind him, Andrew Dickens has worked around the world across multiple radio genres.
His bold, sharp and energetic approach is always informative and entertaining.
Kicking off with The Hour, Andrew gives you a comprehensive wrap from around the country of the key news items, events and opinion.
This is followed by in-depth discussion and debate throughout the afternoon with a special focus on issues affecting everyday Kiwis.
Andrew’s bold, dynamic and energetic approach is always informative and entertaining.
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Andrew Dickens: Auckland Transport is proof you can't control a CCO
Now, I'm not part of the tribe who automatically thinks that Auckland Transport is a bunch of ideological toss-pots who want to force us out of our cars. I'm the...
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Andrew Dickens: The new Government deal is Three Waters lite
I was surprised that the news that Auckland had inked a deal with the Government over water wasn't the lead story on last night's TV news. I would have thought that...
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Andrew Dickens: There's worry the Government cuts will go too far
New Zealand seems to be waking up to an issue I thought would have caused more concern. As part of the bonfire of the public service, the Government seems to be...
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Andrew Dickens: We need to put perspective on the current state of our economy
It is fair to say the country is not in a good place right now. Job cuts dominate the headlines. A double-dip recession came true. Inflation is robbing us of our...
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Andrew Dickens: The media model is broken because of fear
Since we were last together, the collapse of television news and current affairs has continued. And with it, we have been subjected to a lot of highfalutin thinking...
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Andrew Dickens: New Zealand knows the price of everything and the value of nothing
I vividly remember the first time I saw Christchurch Cathedral. I was 10 so it was 1973. I was on tour with the Auckland Boys Choir. It was winter and it was twilight...
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Andrew Dickens: Let's put SailGP on at an appropriate venue and move on
I was not going to talk about dolphin-gate- but from first thing this morning, everyone was talking about it. Sir Russell Coutts has had an epic meltdown over the...
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Andrew Dickens: Did the Government know that their pre-election promises were unaffordable?
So 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 Business Editor at Large. He hosts podcasts...
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Andrew Dickens: Newshub has been broke for ages
So the culture wars that erupted after the closing of Newshub continued over the weekend. The go woke-go broke crowd have been out in force trying to prove their...
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Andrew Dickens: National's state of the nation address was blame game politics
When National formed it's new government there was a snappy little phrase that supporters were fond of using. Thank God the adults are back in charge. Suggesting...
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Andrew Dickens: This weekend showed the Greens are fast becoming unelectable
So two big video interviews over the weekend. Firstly, Tucker Carlson interviewed Vladimir Putin. Tucker said it was because no-one but him had bothered to ask which...
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Andrew Dickens: The Government has to learn perceptions stick
So there was a little bit of excitement yesterday as Jack Tame caught the National Party spreading misinformation on Q+A. Chris Bishop was talking about dropping...
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Andrew Dickens: Is this what we can expect for the next three years?
Congratulations to the new coalition Government, which was sworn in today by Governor General Dame Cindy Kiro. And as our new Prime Minister says- they're ready...
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