Articles by Andrew Dickens
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Opinion
Dickens: Report on disabled people shows Wellbeing Govt's true priorities
Monday, 18 November 2019, 12:34pmNew Zealanders have always been good at looking after the little guy. We’ve prided ourselves on our charity. Remember Telethons?...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: Labour and National are both cynically politicising healthcare
Monday, 29 July 2019, 12:20pmThere is no doubt that Simon Bridges had a good weekend at the National Party Conference. Saturday was a bit wobbly as he...
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Audio
Andrew Dickens: 'Keep making yourself better every day'
Friday, 28 June 2019, 12:29pmOPINION So what dispiriting news. Turns out the emissions of households in New Zealand have risen by 20% in a decade. We’re...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: What Bridges, Barry, ACC and cricketers have in common
Wednesday, 26 June 2019, 12:27pmWhat does it look like when ACC gives the gun buy back $40 million dollars? On the ACC website it says they estimate that...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: Speed limits aren't the issue - it's idiot drivers
Wednesday, 12 June 2019, 12:22pmThe campaign by bureaucrats to lower the speed limits on New Zealand roads because they believe the roads are just not good...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: Rejuvenating long weekend highlights mental health's importance
Tuesday, 4 June 2019, 12:21pmWelcome back to work after the last long weekend for a while. I’ve always thought there was a design failure in the year...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: Christian Party feels it was ordered from a catalogue
Wednesday, 22 May 2019, 12:14pmHow easy are we? Last week, Alfred Ngaro was some half remembered former Cabinet Minister who had slunk into invisibility...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: Why Pink Shirt Day is an important reminder
Friday, 17 May 2019, 12:18pmSo it’s Pink Ribbon Breakfast Day today. Actually just to clear things up. Pink Ribbon Day is in October as part of Breast...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: Here's what Ardern's Christchurch Call will actually achieve
Wednesday, 15 May 2019, 12:10pmSo the Christchurch Call is about to be heard in Paris. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has arrived and spoken to host Emmanuel...
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Opinion
Dickens: Labour Government seeing in the return of housing crisis
Thursday, 9 May 2019, 12:21pmIt gives me no pleasure at all to gloat over the government's apparent failure with Kiwibuild. There are some opponents of...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: Is there a place for religion in sport?
Wednesday, 1 May 2019, 12:03pmCOMMENT There appears to be a religious revolt in Australian rugby if reports are to be believed. In the wake of the Israel...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: National's poll results show nothing lasts forever
Tuesday, 16 April 2019, 12:16pmIt is quite something to walk into a kitchen at 6.30 in the morning to discover your partner in tears. And then, when asked...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: We need wise words in this wishy-washy world
Friday, 12 April 2019, 12:15pmWhen we come to the end of the week, I often look back on all the events and developments that we’ve talked about on air...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: Don't buy into the hyperbolic hype
Thursday, 11 April 2019, 1:30pmYesterday I started the programme with an opinion piece where I said the government has offered the teachers as much as they...
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Opinion
Dickens: National, Crusaders show extent of a virtue signalling society
Thursday, 4 April 2019, 12:19pmWell it’s obvious that virtue signalling and political correctness is alive and well in this country, and it’s not where...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: What's going on with the Mongrel Mob these days?
Thursday, 28 March 2019, 12:28pmThe Mongrel Mob has been making headlines lately. And some of those headlines have been what I think most would say “strangely...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: New Zealand needs to treat our buildings better
Thursday, 28 February 2019, 12:18pmHere we go again - another debate about old buildings, history and legacy and of course, money. The Dominion Post reported...
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Opinion
Dickens: Wellington's bus crisis blamed for death - something must change
Wednesday, 27 February 2019, 12:32pmYesterday my Facebook started pinging as the connections started sharing some sad news. It’s always worrying when you feel...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: Polytechnic mess result of ideology gone mad
Wednesday, 13 February 2019, 12:46pmThe Education Minister Chris Hipkins has just released his review of our polytechnic education system. The blighted tertiary...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: Is describing someone as Asian racist?
Monday, 11 February 2019, 1:10pmSo I woke up this morning and turned on the radio at 6.15 and the first words I heard was Niva Retimanu saying, “café that...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: Is it time to change New Zealand's name?
Thursday, 7 February 2019, 12:35pmWhat a lovely Waitangi day. We spent the morning at the beach. Had a meal at a café and fell asleep in the afternoon. Then...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: Why are we planting so many trees?
Monday, 21 January 2019, 11:37amOne of the things that happen when you take a job as a talkback host is being dragged into conversations about the week’s...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: New Auckland dump is a rubbish idea
Monday, 3 December 2018, 12:04pmIf you listen to this programme, you’ll know that over the past six weeks I’ve been expressing concerns about a new rubbish...
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Opinion
Dickens: So long winter of discontent - business is looking summery
Wednesday, 28 November 2018, 12:21pmSo is it time to stop harping on that we’re going to hell in a handcart? The past few months have been dubbed the winter...
