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Victoria University is looking to change its name to the University of Wellington to eliminate what it says is confusion with overseas institutions.

Mary Potter Hospice in Porirua has had to shut down its second-hand shop after heavy rain brought asbestos down from the roof.

The New Zealand Herald is reporting an Auckland high school student was given a pamphlet that appeared to give advice on how to use methamphetamine.

QV says some first-buyers have decided owning a house is more affordable than renting. In some regions rent is almost as high as a mortgage repayment.

Another futurist has predicted what common things will be extinct, including carparks, itunes and credit cards. We asks the panelists for their thoughts on this and about a new report that Singapore airport may use facial recognition to find late passengers. What the Panelists Jock Anderson and Mai Chen want to talk about. A construction company has been ordered to pay millions to fix a rotting secondary school in Auckland. The school claims roofs were badly built, parts of the buildings were rotting, and fungus was present. We talk to HOBANZ CEO Roger Levie about why leaky buildings are still being built and waht exactly causes the problem. We also ask him about the shortage of tradies around the country. Celebrity cook Annabel Langbein is in hotwater over a Mother's Day comptetion in the NZ Women's Weekly. The competition let's you enter into the draw if your mother's name is on a list, complied from the 1960s. Many have taken issue with the fact there is not one non-pakeha name, calling for a more diverse list. The panelists discuss

QV says some first-buyers have decided owning a house is more affordable than renting. In some regions rent is almost as high as a mortgage repayment, though first-home buyers also need to raise a deposit. Some are using their kiwisavers to break into the market. Meanwhile it looks likely Labour will see an end to negative gearing by landlords. The panelists discuss. The New Zealand Herald is reporting an Auckland high school student was given a pamphlet that appeared to give advice on how to use methamphetamine. The Drug Foundation has defended the use of providing information to young people. The Panelists give their views. Mary Potter Hospice in Porirua has had to shut down its second-hand shop after heavy rain brough asbestos down from the roof. It also means up to 1000 boxes of donations will have to be chucked in case of contamination. We ask spokeswoman Philippa Sellens whether this is just a precaution and what that means for the shops. Victoria Univeristy is looking to change its name to the University of Wellington to eliminate what it says is confusion with overseas institutions. Its Vice-chancellor says other univeristies may be taking credit for research done at the campus. A new report says 40 per cent of degrees will soon be obsolete. Traditional degrees could disappear within a decade the report has found. Automation has been sited as one of the reasons for the shift. We ask the panelists what they think. Auckland ratepayers' money, one assumes, is now paying for the advertisements we're hearing, asking people how they want the new regional fuel tax spent.

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