The Panel with Ruth Money and Peter Fa'afiu (Part 2)

MayDay's coming to play in Auckland on Sunday night at the Trusts Arena ... if you'd like to head along, make sure your pockets are lined - all the Bronze, Silver and Gold tickets are sold out and the cheapest ones left will run you $301.50. What our panellists Ruth Money and Peter Fa'afiu want to talk about. Principals say teachers are worried about being hauled before the Education Council. Pat Newman, who's the president of Te Tai Tokerau Principals' Association, joins The Panel and tells us why these guidelines leave grey areas about what is and isn't allowed. A woman who stabbed her partner as he lay in bed has had her sentence in the High Court reduced considerably because of her Maori cultural background, and because she had a difficult upbringing. That's despite objections from the solicitor-general. We ask the panelists what they think of the ruling. A Canadian columnist has outlined the social function libraries have - providing a welcoming, warm place for the city's homeless. He says libraries are safe, don't cost anything to enter, offer free internet, and you can stay for hours. The panelists give their thoughts on whether libraries should have to be a refuge for homeless people.