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  • The Panel with Damian Christie and Susan Hornsby-Geluk (Part 1)
    The Justice Minister Andrew Little has spoken out against Australia's inhumane deportation laws. He was referring to sending New Zealand-born criminals back here, even if they've spent most of their lives in Australia.In an interview with the ABC he said detaining people for a length of time without charging them would not be tolerated in any democratic country. The President of the United States of America says he mis-spoke in a press conference with his Russian counterpart. In the joint interview with Vladimir Putin he said he didn't "see any reason why" Russia would have interfered in the 2016 US election. His bad. Now he says he meant to say wouldn't. Doh! Our US political correspondent Karen Kasler tells us just how this is playing out with the American people. The Police union is concerned a vacuum is being created because of the number of senior officers leaving the force. There are concerns there's not enough experience to mentor new recruits. The President of the Police Association Chris Cahill talks about why the officers are leaving and why its been a issue for decades.
    23 min
  • The 500th anniversary of the dancing plague
    And 500 years ago, perhaps to this very day, certainly in was the middle of July, they began to dance in the street in Strasbourg. It's the 500th anniversary of the dancing plague of 1518. That's where St Vitus Dance came from, a lot of French and German people thought they'd offended St Vitus and they danced and danced until they dropped and died. Can
    5 min
  • The lingering question of the "New Zealand culture"
    Winston Peters tells broadcaster Leighton Smith he wants a 'New Zealand culture' rather than a plethora of cultures "rising up like mushrooms." It's a familiar argument of Winston's, and also a familiar call for Prime Ministers to make, though previously they've been British or Australian PMs.
    15 min
  • The Panel with Raybon Kan and Cas Carter (Part 1)
    The nation's nurses were back bargaining with the DHBs today about their wages and conditions. Since 2009, there's been a 62% increase in police pursuits, vehicle pursuits. From 2347 to nearly 3800 last year. Winston Peters tells broadcaster Leighton Smith he wants a 'New Zealand culture' rather than a plethora of cultures "rising up like mushrooms." It's a familiar argument of Winston's, and also a familiar call for Prime Ministers to make, though previously they've been British or Australian PMs. Ed Sheeran has won planning permission to build "anti-homeless" railings outside his £8m London home, reports the Independent newspaper.
    24 min

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