The Panel with Chris Gallavin and Jennie Moreton (Part 2)

A new study has found meditation actually lowers levels of motivation, contrary to the previously held belief that mindfulness is a benefit to the workplace. Those who meditated were less likely to feel like working on assignments or spend effort to complete them. We ask the panelists whether they meditate in any way. What the Panelists Chris Gallavin and Jennie Moreton want to talk about. The panelists discuss a range of environment stories starting with one out of Lower Hutt. A landowners group has been set up after the Greater Wellington Regional Council announced around 1200 property owners may be affected by environmental directives on their land. Kathryn Cretney, from the Lower Hutt Landowners group tells The Panel what their concerns are. Meanwhile the Government has declined an application to provide access to an open-cast mine in the Mt Rochfort Conservation Area. And finally the panelists weigh in on Eugenie Sage's decision not to veto a Chinese water bottling company's expanse near Whakatane. The panelists discuss the weekend match between the All Blacks and France, specifically the decision to send off Benjamin Fall - experts are divided. The onto football. World Cup fever is upon us, and upsets ahev already occured. RNZ's Football fanatic Emile Donovan joins The Panel to explain Brazil's draw with Switzerland and Mexico's triumph over Germany.