19 May 2020

The Panel with Penny Ashton and Dean Hall (Part 2)

From The Panel, 4:05 pm on 19 May 2020

People who're losing their jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic are being urged to consider signing up to a trade apprenticeship. Helen Stephens, Chief Executive at the Apprenticeship Training Trust talks to the panel about making the move. Calls to look at regional rail investment to help with pandemic recovery and the environment. Paul Callister is Adjunct Fellow at the Institute for Governance and Policy Studies at Victoria University and believes regional train travel is viable. A hallmark of our lockdown life has been the live broadcast of the daily press conference double act of the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern and Director General of Health, Dr Ashley Bloomfield. They have now come to an end.