10 Aug 2018

The Panel with Dean Hall and Ella Henry (Part 1)

From The Panel, 4:03 pm on 10 August 2018

The government has pledged to phase out all single-use plastic bags over the next 12 months, but is that realistic given how useful and ubiquitous they are in daily life? Professor Al Gillespie joins the panel to discuss. New Zealand could follow the UK in bringing in age restrictions for online pornography, and blocking websites which don't comply. Malfunctioning traffic lights in Dunedin are now being controlled from Wellington, leading to some lengthy waits for motorists. But why not just get some traffic officers in there to control the flow? Different narratives and viewpoints are swirling around the Wally Haumaha review - can this be seen as a conflict of social perspectives, and if so what will come out on top?