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The Panel features a range of panellists from across the opinion spectrum, together with an interesting mix of guests from across the country.
Monday to Friday, 6pm - 7:30pm
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Free range chicken
1 May 2019Footage of deformed and dying chickens has been released animal rights group SAFE - they say the chickens are on a free range farm and highights how consumers are being hoodwinked, with people paying… Read more Audio
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Question of the Day for 1 May 2019
1 May 2019What would you tell your 18 year old self applying for your first job? Audio
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Handshakes: when to and when not to.
1 May 2019Young people going to job interviews are being told that a poor handshake will cost you getting the job. And there's also a call to ban handshakes in the workplace over fears of unwanted touching. Audio
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Mental Health inquiry accused of "methodological racism"
1 May 2019A co-author of a report on the mental health inquiry says it was re-written, renamed and cut in half, in what she calls "methodological racism." Dr Lynne Russell is a top Maori researcher and she says… Read more Audio
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National Party leadership
1 May 2019Is Simon Bridges going to be forced to walk the plank? It's not clear if any possible challengers have the numbers to defeat him, though, especially while the party is holding up above the 40 per cent… Read more Audio
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The Panel with Tim Watkin and Julia Whaipooti (Part 2)
1 May 2019Young people going to job interviews are being told that a poor handshake will cost you getting the job. And there's also a call to ban handshakes in the workplace over fears of unwanted touching… Read more Audio
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The Panel with Tim Watkin and Julia Whaipooti (Part 1)
1 May 2019Is Simon Bridges going to be forced to walk the plank? It's not clear if any possible challengers have the numbers to defeat him, though, especially while the party is holding up above the 40 per cent… Read more Audio
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I've been thinking for 1 May 2019
1 May 2019What the Panelists Julia Whaipooti and Tim Watkin have been thinking about. Audio
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Story of the Day for 1 May 2019
1 May 2019Sara Holbrook is a name some of us might be vaguely familiar with, she's an American poet who often writes humourous verse for kids.. Audio
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Live and not-so-live music
30 Apr 2019The Panelists ponder if live music is still live if there's a pre-recorded backing track. Audio
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Plant blindness
30 Apr 2019A pair of US botanists Elisabeth Schussler and James Wandersee, coined the term "plant blindness" back in the late '90s. It's an under appreciation of plants in general. The Panelists tell us how much… Read more Audio
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UK school's real life lesson in meat production
30 Apr 2019A school in the UK is going to give kids a lesson in life. Farsley Farfield Primary in Leeds is planning to slaughter its pet pigs to demonstrate where meat comes from. The pigs are kept on the… Read more Audio
The Panel
Wallace Chapman's Panel hour features a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum, together with expert phone guests.
Monday to Friday, 6pm - 7:30pm
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