11 Nov 2019

The Panel with Mark Knoff-Thomas and Mihingarangi Forbes (Part 1)

From The Panel, 4:01 pm on 11 November 2019

Australia is burning and residents have been warned the threat to areas around Sydney is "catastrophic". At least thre epeople are dead and thousands have been displaced in the fires which have been burning over the weekend. More than 100 are still burning now across New South Wales. A new political party launched yesterday, called Sustainable NZ. The party's leader Vernon Tava said that the party would be pro environment, science and business. Mr Tava, a failed Green's leader aspirant, said his party will work with, not against farmers, and will work with any party. Former Green MP Sue Kedgley joins the discussion Have you ever heard of Singles' Day? It's the biggest global shopping event - in 2018 it made $46 billion sales in one day. But it's generally unknown to Kiwis. A survey from PriceSpy found 73 percent of people in New Zealand hadn't heard of the 24-hour shopping extravaganza that happens today - November 11.