18 Sep 2019

The Panel with Clare de Lore and Peter Elliott (Part 2)

From The Panel, 4:05 pm on 18 September 2019

Australian politicians are calling for the names "milk" and "meat" to be banned from being used to describe plant products. The Australian National party are lobbying the Federal government to stop the use of these words for meat-substitutes and soy milk. The panellists tell us what they think. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is to meet Donald Trump for the first ever formal meeting. The US is a key securirty partner for NZ and an important trading partner. We go through the discussion topics with Jordan Small from the New Zealand United States Council. If you were the NZ PM meeting Trump, what is the one question you'd ask him? An Australian professor of education has written a book asking if robots should replace teachers. Neil Selwyn from Victoria's Monash Univeristy told the Sydney Morning Herald that schools will also be needed for childcare, but there are concerns teachers are going to be replaced by technology. The panellists tell us whether they think this future is likely. A sheduled oak tree on Sturges Road is causing the property owners huge stress. The owners want to chop it down - it's in their front yard. They say that the acorns can be dangerous, and also the tree is damaging the driveaway. The panellists debate whether they should be able to axe it.