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The Panel for Tuesday 7 May 2019

  • Panelists Tuesday 7 May

    12:00 PM.Wallace Chapman is joined by Niki Bezzant, food and nutrition writer, and Selwyn Manning, founder of the Evening Report and Multimedia Investments Ltd. 

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  • Story of the Day for 7 May 2019

    media

    3:46 PM.The discovery of a coffee cup in a scene in the most recent Game Of Thrones has shocked fans but it's nothing new for Hollywood. Robert Kelly takes a quick look at the rich history of modern objects… Read more Audio

  • I've been thinking for 7 May 2019

    3:55 PM.What the Panelists Niki Bezzant and Selwyn Manning have been thinking about. Audio

  • The Panel with Selwyn Manning and Niki Bezzant (Part 1)

    4:03 PM.A new 1800 page report out paints a dire picture of the global state of biodiversity. The UN assessment that nature is declining at rates unprecedented in human history, as many as one million plant… Read more Audio

  • The Panel with Selwyn Manning and Niki Bezzant (Part 2)

    4:05 PM.Question of the Day: Would you support your CBD being closed to cars? Why or why not? Panelist Niki Bezaant has awritten a piece in the New Zealand Herald about where people can get free water in… Read more Audio

  • Nature in dire straits

    environment

    4:08 PM.A new 1800 page report out paints a dire picture of the global state of biodiversity. The UN assessment that nature is declining at rates unprecedented in human history. Read more Audio

  • Edinburgh says no to cars

    transport

    4:17 PM.Edinburgh CBD has been closed to traffic, as the city joined the Open Streets movement in a bid to reduce air pollution.  Read more Audio

  • Huawei decision "fearmongering"

    internet politics

    4:27 PM.The New Zealand boss of Chinese Company Huawei Andrew Bowater has spoken in very clear terms of how GCSBs decision to exclude Huawei from rolling out 5G was in his view, political fearmongering.  Read more Audio

  • Question of the Day for 7 May 2019

    4:32 PM.Would you support your CBD being closed to cars? Why or why not? Read more Audio

  • Where to get (free) water

    4:34 PM.Panelist Niki Bezzant has written a piece in the New Zealand Herald about where people can get free water in public places. Water fountains aren't as common nowadays. Read more Audio

  • Opinions on second opinions

    health

    4:40 PM.Dr Lisa Sanders explains that second opinions play an important role in medicine but the process is neither straightforward nor infallible and should be approached with caution.  Read more Audio

  • Hands on or off the exhibits?

    life and society

    4:52 PM.There's debate about whether museums should be more interactive, after a woman climbed onto a rare motorbike exhibition. Te Papa says it can't monitor all its exhibitions all the time. Read more Audio

  • Avoiding celebrity politics

    life and society

    4:54 PM.Resist the the rise of celebrity politics. That's the call from columnist Liam Hehir on Stuff today. He argues we must keep of tradition of being understated and avoid American-like political… Read more Audio