Tonight on The Huddle, journalist Clare de Lore and Ali Jones from Red PR joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day - and more! 

Air New Zealand recently posted a multi-million net loss, and it's prompted David Seymour to urge the Government to sell down shares in the airline. Do we think this is the right move? What's gone wrong here? 

New data from Cotality shows women are lagging behind men when it comes to home ownership. Why do we think this is?

Former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has made the jump across the ditch and has been spotted house-hunting in Sydney. What do we make of this? 

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Sky TV says even though it's had a strong first-half financial year result - the television market remains challenging.

It's reported a $52 million net profit, turning around a $1.7 million loss last period.

Its revenue rose eight percent, to about $414 million.

Sky TV chief executive Sophie Moloney says revenue for traditional TV was softer than expected.

"The TV side does seem to be suffering a bit more than others, so I do think it's incumbent on us to make sure that we're talking about that value and allowing our clients to see the benefits."

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Should first responding volunteers be covered for post-traumatic stress caused by the job?

ACC currently covers the responders for broad physical injury cover - but not for mental health harm.

A petition to change the legislation with more than 36,000 signatures was unsuccessful last year.

Land Search & Rescue chief executive Wendy Wright says most of their workforce are actually volunteers.

"We can provide short-term support for them, but it's for those that have long-term PTSD - and it's that longer-term support that we are unable to provide." 

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Women are continuing to lag significantly behind men when it comes to home ownership.

Data from Cotality shows more than half of Gen Z men surveyed own their own home, while just a third of women do. 

The disparity also exists amongst the millennial and Gen X age groups.

Cotality Chief Property Economist Kelvin Davidson says it's not an attitude issue.  

"Females actually rate property ownership more important than males, pretty much across the spectrum. So this is about other things, monetary factors, there's unfortunately still that gender wage gap across New Zealand."

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Air New Zealand's assuring it's on track for economic stability.

The national airline's announced a first-half before-tax loss of $59 million.

CEO Nikhil Ravishankar says the result's driven by challenges from aircraft being grounded, a softer recovery than expected - and rising costs. 

But he says they'll be well on the road to recovery over the next two to three years. 

"One of the key reasons I say that so confidently is for the first time in six years, we've got new aircraft coming back into the fleet and we're solving engine issues." 

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The Government's celebrating a substantial drop in the number of victims of violent crime.

Data from the latest Crime and Victims Survey shows there were 49,000 fewer victims of violent crime in the year to last October, compared to the two previous years. 

Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper says this is good news, especially considering how frequent violent incidents and ram raids were in earlier years. 

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Former Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern is now living across the Tasman. 

A spokesperson for Ardern says the family has been travelling for a few years now and for the moment they’re basing themselves out of Australia. 

The statement says they have work there, and it brings the added bonus of more time back home in New Zealand.

Australian correspondent Murray Olds says this follows weeks of speculation about Ardern house-hunting in the Northern Beaches of Sydney. 

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New Zealand have beaten Sri Lanka by 61 runs in their super eight cricket match at the men's T20 World Cup in Colombo.

The Black Caps recovered from 84 for six to post 168 for seven - the tournament co-hosts replied with 107 for eight.

Sportstalk host D'Arcy Waldegrave explained further.

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The Government's car-clamping system - targeting people owing fines and victim reparations - appears to be paying off. 

A law change since July allows cars to be clamped until people not paying court fines cough up. 

More than $700,000 has been paid since.

Independent Victims Advocate, Claire Buckley, says about 600 people paid on the spot. 

"I think it's always been known that most of the time, these offenders have been able to pay and were electing not to, because for quite a long time, it was not enforced." 

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The head of France’s Louvre museum has resigned after a months-long string of scandals, including the brazen daylight theft of priceless jewels.

Laurence des Cars submitted her resignation letter to President Emmanuel Macron, after facing months of pressure since the October robbery of US$100 million ($167.5m) of French crown jewels. 

UK correspondent Gavin Grey says some believe this resignation was a long time coming, as confidence in the Louvre has plummeted.

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