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A Nobel Prize-winning professor is being honoured by the University of Missouri with a special designated space for him in a bike rack on campus. It'll be a standard bike rack but there'll be a sign letting everyone know that this particular space belongs to a Nobel laureate. What the Panelists Lavina Good and Stephen Franks want to talk about. Dunedin's mayor Dave Cull thinks local alcohol policy has been severely watered-down after it was appealed by a group that includes supermarkets and liquor stores.He believes commercial interests are put ahead of the wellbeing of the community. The Taxpayers' Union has looked into the purchase of vehicles for local politicians. They've come to the conclusion a lot are being too extravagant. Dunedin's mayor Dave Cull talks about his $60k Hyundai Santa Fe and motoring commentator Clive Matthew-Wilson talks about what value for money really is when it comes to buying a car from the public purse.

Several women claim "grooming" and manipulation by former National Party MP Jami-Lee Ross. Meanwhile recorded comments are interpreted as disparaging to Indians. We talk to Sandeep Singh of the Indian Weekender news website. And we check in again with Richard Harman on the developments of the day around the Simon Bridges-Jami-Lee Ross saga. The Tax Working Group is touting the idea for a wealth tax on baches. It would also apply to people who own second homes. The tax would only apply to the value of the property - not to any income from it.

Cannabis is a whisker away from being officially legal in Canada. It looks like New Zealand's laws will be much the same as Canada's. There are some unresolved issues around the drug and how the laws would work.

Abe Gray is a cannabis reformer and speaks to us from the US where he's studying cannabis manufacturing facilities.

What the Panelists Ella Henry and Peter Elliott want to talk about.

The man who paved the way for our laptops and smartphones has died. Paul Allen spearheaded the operating system for IMBs first personal computer in 1980. And put Microsoft on the map.

The Salvation Army has developed a schme which it says will help 50, 000 people to buy their own homes. KiwiBuy would see th government contribute $1bn annually. The Salvation Army's Alan Johnson says it's a bold plan but it's needed by many to give them hope of owning a house.

It's well and truly on. Former National MP Jami-Lee Ross has been the Pied Piper to the media on his trip to a Police station in Wellington. He's laid a complaint against National Party leader Simon Bridges about a $100k political donation. He's also publicising an audio recording which he claims proves Mr Bridges was asking him to commit fraud. Journalist Richard Harman delivers his verdict on the damage this is causing the National Party.

Not showing all your cards when applying for a job and if we have time a weird Royal tradition...

Former National MP Jami-Lee Ross has emerged from the Victoria Street police station in Wellington after filing a complaint on leader Simon Bridges. Our reporter Craig McCulloch joins us with an update on this saga.

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