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AUT researcher Rachel Morrison has found that men and women react very differently to open-plan offices. Women feel like they're in a fish bowl, being watched and even isolated. Men seem to be oblivious to any negatives of an open-plan workspace or to even see them as a positive way to work. Rachel Morrison talks to us about her study.

What the Panelists Amanda Millar and Stephen Franks want to talk about.

A bit of a strange tale surrounds a memorial for deceased Supreme Court judge, Justice Sir Robert Chambers. Sir Robert died 5 years ago, the government at the time announced a garden would be built in his memory along with a plinth at the Auckland High Court. A large stone work is in the garden but no trace of Sir Robert's name.

It seems that there isn't really a consensus on the menaing of the word "pakeha". We ask our two pakeha panelists if the word makes them uncomfortable and why. Margaret Mutu of the Maori studies department of the University of Auckland explains from a linguistic point of view why pakeha is problematic and who it's problematic for.

Green MP Marama Davidson has received death and rape threats via social media after tweeting her support of a ban on Canadian fair-right pair Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux from speaking at Auckland Council-owned venues. Does banning them them martyrs?

The Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment has grim news for most first home buyers - you can't afford a KiwiBuild house. The first lot of KiwiBuild houses will go for $579k. It brings us back to the obvious question of affordability. Affordable for who? Is it a right to own your own home? If so, what needs to be done to make that possible for all?

Four boys have been successfully rescued and taken to hospital from a cave in Thailand. The Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment has grim news for most first home buyers - you can't afford a KiwiBuild house. The first lot of KiwiBuild houses will go for $579k. It brings us back to the obvious question of affordability. Affordable for who? Is it a right to own your own home? If so, what needs to be done to make that possible for all? AUT researcher Rachel Morrison has found that men and women react very differently to open-plan offices. Women feel like they're in a fish bowl, being watched and even isolated. Men seem to be oblivious to any negatives of an open-plan workspace or to even see them as a positive way to work. Rachel Morrison talks to us about her study.

Is it time to move beyond the tie, for health reasons? This is something being posed by New Scientest in a report on new study

Ties reduce blood flow to the brain. It's a health issue.

A movie about Teina Pora who was wrongly convicted and jailed for the 1992 murder of Auckland woman Susan Burdett will air on TV this weekend. Our regular Panelist Jonathan Krebs was one of the lawyers who defended Pora. He talks to us about not getting to play himself in In Dark Places. Green MP Marama Davidson has received death and rape threats via social media after tweeting her support of a ban on Canadian fair-right pair Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux from speaking at Auckland Council-owned venues. Does banning them them martyrs? It seems that there isn't really a consensus on the menaing of the word "pakeha". We ask our two pakeha panelists if the word makes them uncomfortable and why. Margaret Mutu of the Maori studies department of the University of Auckland explains from a linguistic point of view why pakeha is problematic and who it's problematic for. What the Panelists Amanda Millar and Stephen Franks want to talk about.