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  • Speed and badly designed cycle lanes
    How fast we should be able to drive on motorways and are we sick of people toddling along at 70km an hour? Then there are the seemingly random speed limits like the one around the Waterview Tunnel.And don't get us started about the apparent haphazard design of cycle lanes...
    12 min
  • The umpire's call over Serena's outburst
    Did tennis umpire Carlos Ramos do the right thing in his handling of Serena Williams' on-court outburst? Is there any merit in Williams claiming sexism in his decision to dock her a game? We ask veteran tennis professional Brenda Perry how much players behaviour has changed over the years and what she thinks of sexism in the sport.
    5 min
  • Spring not a good time for thinking
    New research carried out by the University of Toronto has found that we don't think as well in Spring. Although the study was dementia research the seaonal glitsch applies to all of us. It also found that older adults with Alzheimer's disease think better in summer and early autumn.
    5 min
  • The Panel with Ella Henry and Sam Johnson (Part 2)
    New research carried out by the University of Toronto has found that we don't think as well in Spring. Although the study was dementia research the seaonal glitsch applies to all of us. It also found that older adults with Alzheimer's disease think better in summer and early autumn. What the Panelists Ella Henry and Sam Johnson want to talk about. Did tennis umpire Carlos Ramos do the right thing in his handling of Serena Williams' on-court outburst? Is there any merit in Williams claiming sexism in his decision to dock her a game? We ask veteran tennis professional Brenda Perry how much players behaviour has changed over the years and what she thinks of sexism in the sport. How fast we should be able to drive on motorways and are we sick of people toddling along at 70km an hour? Then there are the seemingly random speed limits like the one around the Waterview Tunnel.And don't get us started about the apparent haphazard design of cycle lanes...Invasion of 1700 green E-Scooters.
    26 min
  • The Panel with Ella Henry and Sam Johnson (Part 1)
    The Panelists views on te reo Maori. The value of it, the beauty of it, the survival of it, the relevance of it. Constitutional law expert Andrew Geddis covers a few political topics with the Panelists and assesses how the government's performing. The $700,000 Justice Summit - a waste of money? How the Clare Curran saga was handled, Shane Jones has ignored advice and committed $2.4m for a cultural centre in Kawakawa. And what should New Zealand's defence commitment in Iraq be?It's World Suicide Prevention Day and Women's Refuge has highlighted the connection between domestic abuse and suicide. The chief executive Ang Jury fleshes out the details among Maori and other ethnicities after speaking in general on Morning Report today.
    25 min

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