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The Panel for Wednesday 14 August 2019
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The Panel, Wednesday August 14th
12:00 PM.Today's panellists are the comedian and columnist Raybon Kan, and the former TV executive and recruitment company owner Cindy Mitchener
Coming up
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I've been thinking for 14 August 2019
3:56 PM.What the Panellists Cindy Mitchener and Raybon Kan have been thinking about. Audio
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The Panel with Cindy Mitchener and Raybon Kan (Part 1)
4:03 PM.Major report into reducing alcohol harm ignored for almost a decade. For all the talk on cannabis…what about the drug that does the most harm ? Some Hamilton city councillors have come under scrutiny… Read more Audio
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The Panel with Cindy Mitchener and Raybon Kan (Part 2)
4:05 PM.Stratford councillors have officially decided that their town will be associated formally with William Shakespeare at Tuesday Meeting of council - there was no opposition. A piece on the Newsroom… Read more Audio
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What to do about alcohol?
4:09 PM.Major report into reducing alcohol harm ignored for almost a decade. For all the talk on cannabis…what about the drug that does the most harm ? Audio
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Hamilton councillors criticised for climate change views
4:15 PM.Some Hamilton city councillors have come under scrutiny for their climate change views - with one saying the issue has "less substance than a cow farm" and another claiming that CO2 helps to cool the… Read more Audio
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Wellington's bus saga rolls on and on
4:24 PM.A chronic driver shortage is continuing to wreak havoc on Wellington's peak hours services. How can the capital's once-envied public transport system come back from this? Audio
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When is it OK to swear in the workplace?
4:28 PM.A Petone barista was awarded $12,000 in compensation, after she was fired for swearing while at work. But how much foul language is too much? Audio
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What's a Shakespeare quote you've always remembered?
4:32 PM.Stratford councillors have officially decided that their town will be associated formally with William Shakespeare at Tuesday Meeting of council - there was no opposition. Audio
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Question of the Day for 14 August 2019
4:32 PM.What's a Shakespeare quote you've always remembered? Audio
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Should we be worried about local government donations?
4:44 PM.A piece on the Newsroom website reveals just how much financial firepower property developers threw around in the 2016 mayoral race. Dr Simon Chapple from Victoria University joins us to talk about… Read more Audio
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Are we blinded by the bright lights of overseas CEOs?
4:51 PM.Fran O'Sullivan had a good column in yesterday's New Zealand Herald about chief executives in New Zealand, and whether we're starstruck by overseas CEOs. Audio
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Basin name-change bid looking unlikely
4:55 PM.A bid to change the Basin Reserve's name to "Support Women's Sport Basin Reserve" appeals to have fallen short, but the organisers aren't giving up just yet. Audio
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University in London has banned beef
4:57 PM.Goldsmith's University of London, clearly a VERY green univbersity, is phasing out single-use plastics plastics and installing more solar panels to power its buildings in New Cross, as part of a move… Read more Audio