21 Jan 2019

The Panel with Michelle Boag and Mike Williams (Part 2)

From The Panel, 4:02 pm on 21 January 2019

Topics - It's been revealed TVNZ CEO Kevin Kenrick will take home $1.4 million dollars this year because of a big bonus and higher holiday pay. The boost has been criticised by the journalists' union. The panelists debate whether this pay is justified. A video has gone viral of students in "Make America Great Again" hats mocking a Native American Vietnam veteran at a march in the US. Nathan Phillips was playing a drum and singing while the Kentucky students jeered at him. It's been suggested the students may have also done a haka. The panelists give us their thoughts on this kind of behaviour. It was reported last week that there is a shortage of people to plant trees for the Government's one billion trees plan. The pay rates sounded good - up to $400 a day, but only if you worked at an incredible pace without breaks. Workers' advocate Chloe King explains why these jobs aren't being filled. There's concern an interview with one of the alleged ringleaders of the Roast Busters group could re-traumatise those involved. Newshub has announced it's going to air a TV interview with Joseph Lavell Parker about his side of the story. The panelists give their thoughts on whether bringing the case up again serves the public.