The Panel with Cindy Mitchener and Eli Matthewson (Part 1)

The government will scrap the Resource Management Act (RMA) and replace it with three new pieces of legislation. Professor Troy Baisden, from Environmental Research Institute, University of Waikato, joins The Panel to discussion. Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi was yesterday kicked out of the House by Speaker Trevor Mallard for not wearing a tie. Associate Professor Grant Duncan, who teaches politics at Massey University, to discuss the symbolism of the tie and other incidents involving MPs' attire that also attracted headlines. The Panel reminisces about their home-made school lunches growing up following an article in The Listener citing researchers saying more effort should be placed on improving the quality of packed lunches provided for children.