The Panel with Michele A'Court and Mike Rehu (Part 1)

The government has moved to make the study of New Zealand history in primary and high school compulsory by 2022. President of the Society of Historians Jim McAloon joins the panel in studio with his reaction, and how this might be implemented. The Labour Party's response to allegations of sexual assault against a party staffer based at Parliament has raised big questions about what action was taken, and whether the priority was helping the victims, or protecting party figures. The UK government has been compelled to release predictions of worst-case scenarios should a no-deal Brexit eventuate - and it makes for sobering reading.