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Andrew Dickens Monday Afternoons
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ANDREW DICKENS MONDAY AFTERNOONS
12pm-4pm Mondays
Sharp and smart.
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: 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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Andrew Dickens: There's big stones in the path to coalition
So, still no Government. It's not a biggie. Remember, they only started talking after the specials were counted so it's only been a fortnight. But then again, why...
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Andrew Dickens: Enjoy this respite from criticism of New Zealand, it won't last
This is my first ZB shift since the election brought in our new Government-to-be. And I must say it’s been the most fantastic fortnight, until we lost the Rugby...
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Andrew Dickens: New Zealand is confused
So the political party that didn’t know what it stood for anymore and offered no real future lost the election to the party that offered tax cuts that are affordable...
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Andrew Dickens: We've got an incompetent cohort of politicians
Well, here we are. Finally in the last week of an election campaign between the most incompetent cohort of politicians seen in a long time and wouldn't you know...
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Andrew Dickens: National has abandoned their plans for social investment from 2017
I want to start the show with tributes to 3 people. The first is Brooke Graham. My neighbour and friend from the Coromandel who died recently at the age of just...
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Andrew Dickens: I don't know why National is so wedded to these tax cuts
What a funny old week it's been listening to the media and the Government howling for National's costings on their foreign house buyers tax and National's refusal...
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Andrew Dickens: Luxon shoots himself in the foot, time and time again
What a wild and woolly weekend on the hustings. Christopher Luxon turns up on Q&A to talk about National's policies. First up, he promises to close Rotorua's emergency...
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Andrew Dickens: New Zealand needs smart leadership- but no one's offering
So we're off and running with an election 40-odd days away and both parties promising the world. Labour is out of the gate with their policy of free dental care...
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Andrew Dickens: Misguided, naïve, or just plain timid
So last week we lost Sir Michael Parkinson, the great interviewer. His son interviewed in the weekend saying his father was proud of his working-class roots but...
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Andrew Dickens: This country won't survive drastic cuts to the public workforce
So the World Cup has finished it' stellar month downunder with a victory for Spain. Who, I hope, took the time to thank Palmerston North for the city's contribution...
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Andrew Dickens: Will they have any mandate at all come October?
So Chris Hipkins’ big roll of the dice has happened. Two months out from the election. 61 days if you're counting GST comes off fruit and veg, Working For Families...
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Andrew Dickens: There's one piece of infrastructure working well- Eden Park
Infrastructure is hogging the headlines as Labour and National push separate priorities. Unfortunately both priorities are pressing. But this is the New Zealand...
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Andrew Dickens: We're not nearly as bad as so many make us out to be
The media seems to be writing to a theme and the theme is "Rats leaving the sinking ship". Over the past few weeks there have been a string of stories about high...
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Andrew Dickens: Hipkins is a lame turkey waiting for Christmas
Well didn't Kiri Allan throw the cat amongst the pigeons last night. Driving along Evans Bay parade, the windy road on the East side of the bay that is used as a...
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Andrew Dickens: Matariki is not going away
So, welcome back after the Matariki holiday weekend. Yesterday our media was full of stories of New Zealanders celebrating Matariki in all sorts of ways. Whether...
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Andrew Dickens: Cancel culture continues to grow
Well the culture wars and cancel culture just grows and grows and grows. All Black captain Sam Cane was criticised by some, including himself, when he tripped a...
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Andrew Dickens: The treatment of the Police is regrettable
There's an old political wisdom that if you've got bad news to tell, drop the news last thing on Friday so it gets buried by the weekend. So I was a bit confused...
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Andrew Dickens: This policy should've been placed in the "not now, not ever" pile
The first thing I thought when I heard of the new surgical wait list criteria policy which includes ethnicity is that Labour wants to lose this election. If their...
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Andrew Dickens: Green's tax policy is barely worth the paper it's written on
It must be election year because the signature polices are coming out to play. The latest is the Greens wishlist policy of more taxes on more stuff and income owned...
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Andrew Dickens: A bit of a culture shock
So I come to you fresh from 12 days holiday in Japan. For those of you who are keen but the language difficulties keep you from going, I've got 2 words for you. Google...
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Andrew Dickens: Why did so many mainstream outlets miss the point of the coronation?
So why are so many mainstream media outlets so poor at telling the news? I say this after tuning into One News coverage of the coronation only to blunder into a...
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Andrew Dickens: King Charles makes a useful sideshow from the drudgery of everyday life
In less than a week, King Charles the Third will be crowned, sealed and delivered. Officially invested as the new King of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth...
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Andrew Dickens: We need to pay people more
It didn't take long, did it, for the headlines to change. One moment the Prime Ministers of both New Zealand and Australia were trumpeting a new deal for Kiwis living...
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