Articles by Nadine Higgins
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Nadine Higgins: Financial Advisor and Coach on financial sabotage
Saturday, 5 August 2023, 12:46pmThere is a myriad of troubling economic factors prevalent at the moment —inflation, high interest rates, unemployment— that...
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Nadine Higgins: Fisheries smack down a win for openness
Friday, 19 January 2018, 8:14amThere’s been a win for openness and transparency this week - and the significance of that can’t be underestimated in the...
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Nadine Higgins: TradeMe decision could open can of worms
Thursday, 18 January 2018, 7:38amShout out to TradeMe for taking an ethical stand on something. But I hope they realise they've opened a can of worms. They’ve...
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Nadine Higgins: More regulation needed for boaties
Wednesday, 17 January 2018, 7:11amBoaties in Marlborough are being slapped with $200 fines as maritime authorities catch them out with laser speed guns. The...
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Nadine Higgins: Filming crashes devoid of humanity
Tuesday, 16 January 2018, 6:52amLots of things on social media make me go - ick. Gratuitous selfies, fishings for compliments, oversharing, shameless undisclosed...
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Nadine Higgins: Missile mistake exposes nuclear threat reality
Monday, 15 January 2018, 7:12amWhat to make of this ‘whoopsie I pushed the wrong button’ fiasco in the Hawaii? Human error resulted in a message being sent...
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Nadine Higgins: 'Tis the season to be cranky
Thursday, 21 December 2017, 6:46amPeace on earth, good will to men, joy to the world, it tis the season to be jolly. Except it isn’t. I’m starting to think...
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Nadine Higgins: Govt's 100 day deadline coming up, are they rushing things?
Wednesday, 20 December 2017, 7:42amGosh the changes and plans and committees and bills and announcements are coming thick and fast from the Beehive aren’t they? Cannabis...
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Nadine Higgins: Have we finally had a breakthrough with our Aussie cousins?
Tuesday, 19 December 2017, 7:28amHave we finally had a bit of a breakthrough with our Aussie cousins? I hope so, because they were starting to feel like estranged...
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Nadine Higgins: 'Crackpot flat earthers - report back when you fall off'
Monday, 18 December 2017, 6:53amYou know how some things seem to have been hotly debated, over and over, since the beginning of time ... and other things,...
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Nadine Higgins: What's the issue with Hosking hosting political debates?
Friday, 11 August 2017, 6:54amI debated whether or not to talk about this this morning, mainly because I currently happen to be on the same station as...
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Nadine Higgins: Will Metiria falling on her sword save the Greens?
Thursday, 10 August 2017, 7:54amWow. The 3 news political poll last night showed how much the game has changed in the past two weeks didn’t it? Pundits are...
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Nadine Higgins: Introducing sugar tax makes perfect sense
Wednesday, 9 August 2017, 7:14amThe sugar tax debate has been reignited after a brief from the NZ Beverage Guidance panel was delivered to parliament. The...
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Nadine Higgins: Greens desperately trying to discredit MPs who resigned
Tuesday, 8 August 2017, 7:26amAfter last week’s crazy week in politics, I didn’t think this week would be throwing up curveballs but here we are. News...
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Nadine Higgins: Australia - stop stalling and legalise gay marriage
Monday, 7 August 2017, 7:03amWe play keeping up with the Joneses so often with our Australian friends across the Tasman and let's be honest we often envy...
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Nadine Higgins: Sunlight is a great disinfectant
Friday, 4 August 2017, 7:03amThe latest admission in the Metiria Turei saga is not a good look for her... or the Green Party. I know many of you will...
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Nadine Higgins: Still many barriers for mothers in the workplace
Thursday, 3 August 2017, 6:53amWow so the conversation about Jacinda Ardern pretty quickly moved from ‘is she the saviour of Labour’ to ‘is she going to...
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Nadine Higgins: Ardern has a certain X factor
Wednesday, 2 August 2017, 7:01amA week is a long time in politics, so apparently is 24 hours. I said just this time yesterday - who on earth would want to...
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Nadine Higgins: It's looking pretty dire for Labour
Tuesday, 1 August 2017, 6:31amWho on earth would want to be leader of the Labour Party right now? TV3 was lining up Labour leader Andrew Little's potential...
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Nadine Higgins: Let Princess Diana finally rest in peace
Monday, 31 July 2017, 6:40amIt’s 20 years next month since Diana, Princess of Wales, was killed in a car accident in Paris. You’ll already know that,...
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Nadine Higgins: Parking companies rely on bully tactics
Thursday, 27 July 2017, 6:51amThere's a really good lesson from Wilson's Parking's stuff ups this week and that is, you should always challenge your parking...
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Nadine Higgins: People of Manawatu have waited long enough
Wednesday, 26 July 2017, 7:14amSimon Bridges is visiting Manawatu today. I’m presuming he’s not driving there from Hawkes Bay as that of course is a windy...
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Nadine Higgins: Be a tidy Kiwi, pick up after your dog
Tuesday, 25 July 2017, 6:48amThis cute wee story in the paper yesterday caught my eye - it was about a Chinese couple who spent $20,000 and waited six...
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Nadine Higgins: Stricter rules needed for advertising food to kids
Monday, 24 July 2017, 7:34amSo the Government announced over the weekend that it’s finally going to stop blaming councils and market forces and do something...
