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The Panel for Tuesday 22 January 2019

  • Panelists Tuesday 22 January

    12:00 PM.Wallace Chapman is joined by Cindy Mitchener, the former TV executive who now runs a recruitment company, and Peter Fa'afiu, management consultant and former New Zealand diplomat and trade… Read more

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  • Pre-Panel for 22 January 2019

    3:45 PM.Your feedback, and what the panelists Cindy Mitchener and Peter Fa'afiu have been thinking about.  Read more Audio

  • Question of the Day

    3:59 PM.What New Zealand attraction underwhelmed you? Plus Story of the Day - two Scottish kids are sailing a toy pirate ship around the world and tracking it along the way.  Read more Audio

  • The Panel with Cindy Mitchener and Peter Fa'afiu (Part 1)

    4:01 PM.Over 65s miss out on employer KiwiSaver contributions; Come to our kids' party, bring cash; What to do about Eden Park. Audio

  • The Panel with Cindy Mitchener and Peter Fa'afiu (Part 2)

    4:02 PM.Question of the Day; Suffering though audience Q & A's; Our justice system is 'broken'; Four-day work week isn't actually working. Audio

  • Over 65s miss out on employer KiwiSaver contributions

    4:10 PM.The Government won't back a call to make it compulsory for all employers to make KiwiSaver contributions to over 65s. As it strands under law currently, it's up to individual employers whether or not… Read more Audio

  • Come to our kids party, bring cash

    4:15 PM.Children's birthday parties can be expensive for parents but there's now a trend to help alleviate the costs: guests bring their own five dollar note. 'Fiver parties' are a new hit, attendees bring a… Read more Audio

  • What to do about Eden Park

    4:20 PM.Auckland Eden Park is in serious financial strife and there are ongoing issues with infrastructure. They can't pay back loans and aren't actually hosting many events anymore. It's an iconic sporting… Read more Audio

  • Question of the Day

    4:30 PM.Question of the Day: What New Zealand attraction underwhelmed you? Audio

  • Suffering though audience Q & A's

    4:40 PM.Music reviewer Simon Sweetman recounts his attendance at Conversations with Nick Cave: An Evening of Talk & Music and we ask whether audience Q and A sessions are really worthwhile or not. Read more Audio

  • Our justice system is 'broken'

    4:45 PM.Justice Minister Andrew Little's told the United Nations that New Zealand's incarceration rate is one of the highest in the world and had risen in recent years. He says our justice system is… Read more Audio

  • Four-day work week isn't actually working

    4:50 PM.The Washington Post has published a piece on the four-day working week, which a New Zealand company also trialled. Companies discussed the benefits and pitfalls of the experiment. Read more Audio