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The Panel for Monday 20 August 2018
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Pre-Panel & One Quick Question for 20 August
3:45 PM.Gendered nouns, confusing right turns and a long walk. Read more Audio
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Story of the day for 20 August 2018
3:54 PM.Well - it seems low carb diets may not be good at all - a new study has been published in The Lancet. Audio
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The Panel with Catherine Robertson and Peter Fa'afiu (Part 1)
4:03 PM.Government freezes MPs pay amid multiple pay negotiations with educators, police. The government says it's upping the number of Police in Northland by 25 per cent. The announcement comes ahead of the… Read more Audio
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The Panel with Catherine Robertson and Peter Fa'afiu (Part 2)
4:05 PM.Six per cent of people in an American study experience smelling smells that aren't actually there. Scientists have yet to discover the root cause although they can see associations with seizures… Read more Audio
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Government freezes MPs pay
4:08 PM.The Remuneration Authority recently recommended an incease of about three percent for MPs. But the Prime Minister Jacinda Areder says "no".Urgent legislation will have to be passed in order for the… Read more Audio
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Crime Policing and Ethnic Communities
4:09 PM.The government says it's upping the number of Police in Northland by 25 per cent. The announcement comes ahead of the start of the Minister of Justice Andrew Littles' Summit on Criminal Justice… Read more Audio
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Major concerns over steel mesh
4:20 PM.When is an industry standard not an industry standard? When it comes to steel mesh used in the building industry it would seem. The resilience of steel mesh used to reinforce concrete in New Zealand… Read more Audio
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TOP new leader
4:26 PM.Will The Opportunities Party fare better in the next election under the leadership of Geoff Simmons? Or is he just lipstick on a pig? The Party had deregistered but its new leader says there was lot… Read more Audio
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Cyclists safer two abreast
4:29 PM.Many motorists are riled by it but cyclists riding two abreast are safer because they can be seen. Audio
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Phantom smells
4:33 PM.Six per cent of people in an American study experience smelling smells that aren't actually there. Scientists have yet to discover the root cause although they can see associations with seizures… Read more Audio
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Panel Says
4:35 PM.What the Panelists Catherine Robertson and Peter Fa'afiu want to talk about. Audio
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Woman overboard survives for 10 hours
4:39 PM.A British woman has survived for 10 hours after falling overboard from a cruise ship in the Adriatic Sea. How long do you think you could tread water for? Audio
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Crotty's six head knocks in 15 months
4:41 PM.Twenty-nine year-old All Black Ryan Crotty has suffered a sixth head injury in just over a year. The sport has been focusing more on concussion and head injuries which has put the spotlight on Crotty… Read more Audio
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New ride-sharing service for women
4:43 PM.An Auckland law student Joel Rushton is starting up a ride-sharing business for women. The idea stemmed from his own anxiety about his girlfriend's safety when travelling alone in taxis with a male… Read more Audio
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Financial cost of Catholic clergy abuse
4:50 PM.A dollar figure has been added to the emotional and physical cost of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy. $3-billion dollars. In Dunedin an abuse survivors group is calling for a school named after Bishop… Read more Audio
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The meaning of money
4:54 PM.People born after 2000 are being dubbed the "invisible money generation" by the Financial Planning Association of Australia. They're those who only perceive money as online and card transactions. And… Read more Audio
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Singular pronoun conundrum
4:57 PM.Just what should we replace "he" and "she" with in a gender-fluid age? Can "their" be used in the singular? Pedants say "no". Audio
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Panelists Tuesday 21 August 2018
5:00 PM.Constitutional law expert Mai Chen and AUT chemistry professor Allan Blackman are both in Auckland for The Panel.
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