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The Panel for Tuesday 9 July 2019
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Story of the Day for 9 July 2019
3:46 PM.We just had to talk about the young daredevil who scaled The Shard, in London. It's the highest structure in western europe - 305 metres tall... Anyway, 19 year-old George King freeclimbed up the… Read more Audio
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I've been thinking for 9 July 2019
3:52 PM.What the Panelists Lizzie Marvelly and Gary McCormick have been thinking about. Audio
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The Panel with Lizzie Marvelly and Gary McCormick (Part 1)
4:03 PM.The government has announced new subsidies for electric and hybrid vehicles up to $8000 off new or near-new vehicles arriving in the country. But there's stick as well as carrot, with a $3000 fee… Read more Audio
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The Panel with Lizzie Marvelly and Gary McCormick (Part 2)
4:05 PM.How about Matariki as a public holiday? And the Question of the Day is: If you could invent a public holiday what would it be to commemorate. A design for a new pedestrian bridge in Christchurch is… Read more Audio
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Subsidies for EVs
4:10 PM.The government has announced new subsidies for electric and hybrid vehicles up to $8000 off new or near-new vehicles arriving in the country. But there's stick as well as carrot, with a $3000 fee… Read more Audio
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Let down by absence of a Race Relations Commissioner
4:21 PM.New Zealand hasn't had a Race Relations Commissioner for over a year.The first attempt to replace Susan Devoy apparently didn't produce enough quality candidates, so the position was readvertised. The… Read more Audio
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Compulsory voting
4:28 PM.The Auckland Council has done a pre-election survey which gauges awareness and attitudes of potential voters. Overall, 52.2 per cent of those canvassed supported compulsory voting. Many of those are… Read more Audio
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Matariki as a public holiday
4:34 PM.How about Matariki as a public holiday? And the Question of the Day is: If you could invent a public holiday what would it be to commemorate. Audio
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CHCH bridge designs scrapped
4:42 PM.A design for a new pedestrian bridge in Christchurch is calling into question the respect New Zealand has for its artists, after a design competition was scrapped and the council instead went for a… Read more Audio
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NZ Rugby selection: do they need to install a moral compass?
4:50 PM.New Zealand Rugby has a list of socially oriented "character assessment values" when it comes to selecting players. Things like work ethic, competitiveness, resilience, coachability, and motivation in… Read more Audio