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The Panel for Friday 8 November 2019
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Panellists Friday 8 November
12:00 PM.Wallace Chapman is joined by Verity Johnson, commentator and columnist, and Ben Thomas, PR specialist and former parliamentary staffer.
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I've been thinking for 8 November 2019
3:55 PM.What the panellists Ben Thomas and Verity Johnson have been thinking about. Audio
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The Panel with Ben Thomas and Verity Johnson (Part 1)
4:01 PM.Oranga Tamariki has announced its findings of an internal inquiry into its contoversial attempt to uplift a newborn baby from its teenage mother in Hawkes Bay. It found a litany of failures and the… Read more Audio
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The Panel with Ben Thomas and Verity Johnson (Part 2)
4:02 PM.Dead musicians are taking the stage again in digital form. Roy Orbison, Amy Winehouse, Whitney Houston, Maria Callas, Ronne James Dio - all would be performing again, thanks to a new crop of companies… Read more Audio
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Changes for Oranga Tamariki after review
4:10 PM.Oranga Tamariki has announced its findings of an internal inquiry into its contoversial attempt to uplift a newborn baby from its teenage mother in Hawke's Bay. Read more Audio
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Not-so-ok-boomers: superannuitants living in poverty
4:15 PM.Interesting opinion piece in the NZ Herald by former health social work manager Dara McNaught on the issue of superannuitants being caught in the trap of poverty. Read more Audio
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Question of the Day for 8 October 2019
4:35 PM.What one figure from history would you like to see a hologram of in concert? Dead musicians are taking the stage again in digital form. Read more Audio
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Zero Carbon bill passes unanimously
4:45 PM.Yesterday Parliament showed a rare display of cross party unity in all but unanimously enacting the bill designed to make New Zealand net carbon zero by 2050. Read more Audio
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Ad authority says ice cream doesn't make you happy
4:45 PM.The Advertising Standards Authority has ordered the removal of an ad on a dairy in Whangarei which displayed Streets ice creams with the tagline "Ice cream makes you happy". Read more Audio
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U2 superfans are upsetting locals by taking over queues
4:50 PM.International U2 super fans causing problems with their queuing system at the gates of Mt Smart stadium. Audio
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Colbert's NZ trip: Worth it?
4:55 PM.Comedian Stephen Colbert's trip to New Zealand cost us more than $100,000, Tourism NZ has revealed. The American visited the country last month after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern invited him on his… Read more Audio