10 Dec 2018

The Panel with Alexia Russell and Damian Christie(Part 1)

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

The investigation into Grace Millane's death continues, with local and international media following every move. Her family is clearly devastated, and there's a lot of societal outrage, sadness, and anger, that such a thing can happen in a country like New Zealand. Aircraft engineers at the national carrier are still planning to strike on December 21st, the busiest flying day of the year. However Air New Zealand says those striking - maintenance engineers, logistics staff, and so on - are already well-paid, earning more than $100,000 a year on average. The panellists discuss where their sympathies lie. Some vineyard owners are choosing to tear out the grapes in favour of apples, citing the continued corporatisation of winemaking in New Zealand and the prohibitively high price of releasing your own wine, as well as better profitability. Philip Barber of Petane Station joins us to discuss whether the grapes are off.