The Panel with Catherine Robertson and Alan McElroy (Part 2)

Australian airline Qantas is coming under public pressure to emulate its competitor Virgin in giving war veterans preferential boarding rights and reading acknowledgments of their service in-flight. What the Panelists Catherine Robertson and Alan McElroy want to talk about. Emergency departments are offering patients vouchers for private clinics to steer them away, with the Waitemata DHB alone handing out more than 1,000 a month according to a New Zealand Herald investigation. John Tamihere from Te Whanau o Waipareira joins us to talk about the stretched health system and the impact it's having on communities. Emergency departments are offering patients vouchers for private clinics to steer them away, with the Waitemata DHB alone handing out more than 1,000 a month according to a New Zealand Herald investigation. John Tamihere from Te Whanau o Waipareira joins us to talk about the stretched health system and the impact it's having on communities. Public sentiment against fireworks seems to be gaining traction, with convincing arguments being made by animal rights activists in particular. Bianka Atlas from the Companion Animal Council joins the panellists to discuss the effect loud gunpowder explosions have on animals.