3 May 2019

The Panel with Rajorshi Chakraborti and Jo McCarroll (P

From The Panel, 4:03 pm on 3 May 2019

Have you been hurt in a bike accident? Tell us about it. A trauma study in the New Zealand Medical Journal has found that bike accidents resulted in nearly 1000 people sent to hospital around the North Island between 2012-2016. This data from DHBs showed that around 60 per cent of major trauma happened on the road. It appears its a case of putting the cart before the horse. Patrick Morgan of the cycling lobby group Cycling Action Network answers if the heavy promotion of cycling has been put ahead of safety campaigns. Scrabble has accepted 2,862 new words. Youth culture slang phrases have been added in the first update since 2015. These include sharenting, blud and bae. Others such as incel, antivaxxer and fatberg have also made the Scrabble grade. The president of the New Zealand Association of Scrabble Players talks about what it takes for a word to be accepted. We're all being encouraged to take a leaf out of the Netherland's book, and niksen. Just do nothing. Labour of Love is the name of a new app to help men appreciate the unsung work that their female partners do. It was the idea of a couple who were both busy with their careers and family duties, and the allocation of household tasks led to arguments. The app is basically a to-do list that has points attached to each task. You assign each task so-many points and when you reach the goal of the number of points you're aiming for, you get a reward.