15 Nov 2019

The Panel with Mamari Stephens and Alan McElroy (Part 1)

From The Panel, 4:03 pm on 15 November 2019

Judith Collins has called herself a "woman of colour". In the now-deleted tweet, the National MP was supporting a ban on female gential mutilation. And important issue that was somewhat undermined by this line - quote "I am a Woman of Colour - the colour white." She has since apologised, saying she deleted it after a staff member told her it was offensive. She admits it was a mistake. In a stongly worded address, the top judge in the country, Dame Helen Winkelmann, warned that judges are increasingly coming from the same narrow part of society - wealthy and mostly from white homes. Judge Winkelman who grew up in poverty, said that Judges need to have experience of some life at the margins. Professor of Sociology Alan france joins the discussion. The future of a highly regarded audio engineering institute is in doubt after students discovered it would no longer be offering the Bachelor of Audio Engineering and production at its central Auckland campus. MAINZ - the music and audio instutute of NZ counts among its alumni Joel Little producer of Lordes Grammy winning album Royals, Gin Wigmnore, and members of bands such as the Naked and Famous. Putting a rubber duck in front of photos sounds like a cute idea. But in front of Auschwitz? Tone deaf much? That's what a travel blogger has done. Turkish instagrammer Atuk Apil has a shtick where he put a rubber duck in front of many famous global locations. But the recent Auschwitz post caused an uproar.