Andrew Dickens Afternoons

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen talks to Andrew Dickens about the forthcoming poppy day and the importance for all New Zealanders to play their part in remembering the fallen.
LISTEN TO THE FULL INTERVIEW WITH ANDREW DICKENS ABOVE 

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London's Calling, but Barry's not there to answer the phone. Ardern is meeting world leaders left right and centre - Prince Charles, Theresa May, soon to hang with the Queen - meanwhile, poor Bazza has to put up with Andrew's ribbing!
PREVIOUS ENTRIES:Barry Home Alone: Day ThreeBarry Home Alone: Day TwoBarry Home Alone: Day One
LISTEN TO TODAY'S SONG CHOICE ABOVE

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The offending of a woman who sold her daughter for sex 1000 times, has been described by a Crown prosecutor as without precedent.
Kasmeer Lata is one of just three people in New Zealand's legal history to be convicted of dealing in slaves. 
She's been jailed for six years and 11 months, after using her daughter as a prostitute to help feed her family - selling her body for the first time on her 15th birthday.
READ MORE: How teen sold as sex slave unmasked her mother
Caller Ian, who owns a brothel, spoke to Andrew Dickens about how widespread cases like this are in New Zealand.
LISTEN ABOVE AS CALLER IAN AND ANDREW DICKENS SPEAK ABOUT NZ'S PROSTITUTION REFORM

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Watching Jacinda Ardern and Angela Merkel meeting from the other side of the world must be tough if you were supposed to be there, but as his week of political reporting purgatory continues, ZB Political Editor Barry Soper seems to be holding up very nicely - even if he needs his 80s music references explained to him. 
PREVIOUS ENTRIES:Barry Home Alone: Day TwoBarry Home Alone: Day One

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Critically acclaimed NZ author, Jenny Robin Jones has written an absorbing and at times moving account of belonging throughout the ages.
Her book, Not For Ourselves Alone: Belonging in an Age of Loneliness is a creative non-fiction work.
It traverses the development of individuality through historical and sociological lenses from medieval times to the present day.
Jones’ research sits alongside personal reflections of her own life and those of her friends and family who have all experienced belonging, isolation, loneliness in different ways and at different times.
LISTEN ABOVE AS JENNY ROBIN JONES SPEAKS WITH ANDREW DICKENS

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It is the second day of Jacinda Ardern's trip around Europe, which makes today the second day Barry Soper's been stuck at home in Wellington. 
This means while his colleagues and friends are enjoying some Parisiain delicacies, Barry's enjoying the beginnings of what could be a very uncomfortable winter. 
Andrew knows exactly which of the two he'd prefer.

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Anyone who read the paper over the weekend would have seen that ZB Political Editor Barry Soper missed out on going overseas.
Due to a form not being filled out, Barry was unable to join the media contingent travelling with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern as she makes her first visit to Europe. 
Given the publicity around it, Andrew just had to bring it up during their daily political catch up....

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Anyone who read the paper over the weekend would have seen that ZB Political Editor Barry Soper missed out on going overseas.
Due to a form not being filled out, Barry was unable to join the media contingent travelling with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern as she makes her first visit to Europe. 
Given the publicity around it, Andrew just had to bring it up during their daily political catch up....

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Listen above as Andrew Dickens speaks with Brian, the former neighbour of Ivan Mauger - The "Richie McCaw of Speedway"Kiwi speedway champion Ivan Mauger, who has passed away at the age of 78 from dementia.
READ MORE: Kiwi world speedway champion Ivan Mauger dies age 78
LISTEN ABOVE AS BRIAN SPEAKS WITH ANDREW DICKENS

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So, it’s about time that more of us put our big girl and boy pants on got over ourselves.
The offence taking industry is in full swing
Israel Falau.  Who cares what a boofhead rugby player thinks will happen to gays?
Raelene Castle did, and I suppose that’s her right.  But it’s not her right to try and force Israel to change his worldview.
Alan Jones has come out today and talked about freedom of speech being under threat and he’s not wrong.  But then again, in the same article he gets all upset because Qantas is threatening to pull its sponsorship.  Grow up Alan, it’s their money that can do what they want.  You can’t protect Folau’s freedom then attack Qantas’s
Then there was gold medal winner Sam Gaze who took offence that silver medal-winning mate Anton Cooper didn’t wait for him to pump his tyre up. I thought it was hilarious, not offensive, and I understood that a hyped up man boy at the end of the race was letting his adrenaline get to him. 
But the world piled in and called him our most ungracious winner ever.  Sam then apologised. The only one who came out of the whole thing well was Anton Cooper who was grown up enough to stay schtum.
And finally, Taika Waititi calling New Zealand racist as.  Well. of course we are.  I’ve lived all over the world and every community I’ve ever lived in has a little bit of racism in it. 
But Mark Richardson and Duncan Garner took offence.  Then their broadcasting bosses took offence and ordered them to stop talking about it. Again it was only Amanda Gillies who just rolled her eyes at the whole thing that got it right.
I’ve said it many times before.  The people who take offence at people who are offended are just as offensive as the offended in the first place.
It’s like we’ve all become snowflakes - all of us, lefties, righties, liberals, conservatives! And if there’s one thing worse than an offended liberal snowflake it’s an outraged conservative snowflake who gets their knickers in a knot over freedom of speech.
Because what their really saying is - I'm free to speak, but I really wish you weren't. 

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