Articles by Andrew Dickens
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: NZ missed its chance with the Cook Islands
Monday, 24 February 2025, 6:11amSo, the weekend has been spent watching the Chinese Navy use the Tasman Sea as a firing range. They’ve never done this...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: Get Parliament back to work
Friday, 21 February 2025, 6:00amCan we get Parliament back to work? At a time when the Prime Minister is urging us to work work work for growth growth growth,...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: The Reserve Bank can't wait around any longer to cut the OCR
Thursday, 20 February 2025, 6:13amSo yesterday I outlined the reasons why the Reserve Bank might not cut interest rates. I got that wrong. They chopped...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: Our public service can do better
Wednesday, 19 February 2025, 6:07amA mate and I have a little joke. Whenever we screw up. Either big or small. We’ll look at each other and say, “it only...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: The Government needs to act fast to save our engineers from leaving the country
Tuesday, 18 February 2025, 6:20amSo, the Government thinks they’re all about growth. So why in the weekend was Radio New Zealand reporting that engineering...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: The Government’s new tourism campaign targeted at Australians is a no brainer.
Monday, 17 February 2025, 6:08amThe Government’s new tourism campaign targeted at Australians is a no brainer. A simple test is comparing how many New...
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Opinion
Andrew Dickens: Give the jobs to the kids
Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 8:05amSuddenly it’s tough to get a job. Which is amazing, because just a few years ago we had jobs for everyone and then some. Now...
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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...
