30 Nov 2018

The Panel with Ali Jones and Andrew Clay (Part 1)

From The Panel, 4:03 pm on 30 November 2018

The NZTA has nearly doubled the number of vehicles whose warrants it suspects may have been improperly approved, and actions is being taken against at least 74 inspector and testing businesses. Dunedin isn't the flattest of New Zealand's cities, and huge traffic queues have stretched back as cycleways are built. Are they worth the trouble? "Huawei has done nothing at all wrong except be Chinese", declares Kiwiblog, in relation to the government's decision to bar the company from being involved with Spark's 5G rollout. The debate around medicinal cannabis is passionate, with both sides probably guilty of exaggerating both the dangers and benefits of the drug. So how effective IS cannabis as a pain reliever, scientifically? Professor Michael Farrell from the University of New South Wales joins us to explain. An American woman is outraged that her five year-old daughter, named Abcde, was mocked by staff at Southwest Airlines.