The Panel

Google may be watching you even when you've tried to hide. Reports suggests Google records users' location even when they turned location services off.

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is in hot water after comments he made about the burqa. Mr Johnson compared women who wear the niqab to "letterboxes" and "bank robbers" in a column for the Daily Telegraph.

The stoush between President Trump and his former aide Omarosa Manigault Newman with President today calling her a "dog" on twitter.

Fonterra announced a new interim chief executive today. Miles Hurrell will step into the role effective immediately, taking over from Theo Spierings.

Nearly 30,000 primary and intermediate teachers have been out on the streets today striking for a better deal from The Ministry of Education. There have been rallies in all the major cities around the country today.

Google may be watching you even when you've tried to hide. Reports suggests Google records users' location even when they turned location services off. Meanwhile, Facebook has decided to wind down its anonymous polling app for teenagers at high schoolers. The app delved further into the private lives of the users, and used "psychological tricks" on the young users. The panelists debate whether we can expect any privacy in our tech world anymore. What the Panelists Victoria Stewart and Martin Cocker want to talk about. Speaker Trevor Mallard has decided to investigate who leaked Simon Bridges' spending bill. The National Party leader wants an in-depth, independent report into who leaked the details about his almost $114,000 travel bill. The details were due to be released next week anyway. The panelists discuss whether this has been overblown. Forest & Bird is calling for a ban on commercial whitebait sales, and a quota for recreational fishing on the seafood, until stocks recover. The season starts today for most areas of the country and Forest & Bird is reminding people that most whitebait species are in danger of extinction. But whitebaiters say a ban won't stop the fishing and won't do much to boost numbers anyway. Ian McCracken, past President of the Southland Recreational Whitebaiters Association explains. Turkey's President Erdogan has announced a boycott of American electronics today, in retaliation of punitive sanctions. The tension between the two countries has been rising as they debate the extradition of a US pastor imprisoned in Turkey. The country's economy is in crisis and the impact could be far reaching. International Law Professor Al Gillespie, from the University of Waikato, tells us what the situation is.

Nearly 30,000 primary and intermediate teachers have been out on the streets today striking for a better deal from The Ministry of Education. There have been rallies in all the major cities around the country today. RNZ's Education Correspondent John Gerritsen wraps up the day and tells us what we can expect from here. Fonterra announced a new interim chief executive today. Miles Hurrell will step into the role effective immediately, taking over from Theo Spierings. The abrupt departure comes after Fonterra announced last week the co-op cut its forecast milk price and after chairman John Wilson stepped aside over health concerns last month. Agricultural economist Peter Fraser gives his opinion of what's going on with the dairy giant. The stoush between President Trump and his former aide Omarosa Manigault Newman with President today calling her a "dog" on twitter. The comment has unsurprisingly sparked outrage, with some calling it a "racially charged" attack. The comment came as Omarosa promotes her new book, which lays into Mr Trump. His team have now launched legal action against Omarosa, claiming she violated a non-disclosure agfreement. The panelists give their view of the controversy. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is in hot water after comments he made about the burqa. Mr Johnson compared women who wear the niqab to "letterboxes" and "bank robbers" in a column for the Daily Telegraph. He's now facing an investigation, while Muslim women in the UK after facing more abuse as a result of his words. The panelists give their views on the matter.

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The Government's plan to plant one billion trees has been given another boost of $240 million, taking the cost to half a billion dollars over the next three years. Is that good value?