The Panel

A Christchurch teenager is one of the first people to be charged under the Harmful Digital Communication laws.We ask Heather Henare of Skylight Counselling if punitive measures against young perpetrators is the answe to the problem.

As yet no airlines have introduced standing seats in planes. Wil people eventually get used to the idea and be ok with standing during a flight? What the Panelists Alexia Russell and Mike Rehu want to talk about. The IMF has called the Overseas Investment Amendment Bill discriminatory and the Real Estate Institute agrees saying there's no data to back up claims foreign buyers are snapping up all the nation's houses. In a world first study AUT's Michael Fletcher has found it's mothers who are financially worse off after a realtionship breaks up.Family law expert Kirsty Swadling explains why and what can be done to protect mothers financially. Mobile shops cruising the poorer areas of Auckland and Wellington are charging wildly inflated prices for food. We ask Countdown's Kiri Hannafin why don't they get their own mobile shops into these areas? Is the restricted driver's licence testing a rort? Nearly half of those sitting their restricted fail and have to re-sit.

A Christchurch teenager is one of the first people to be charged under the Harmful Digital Communication laws.We ask Heather Henare of Skylight Counseling if punitive measures against young perpetrators is the answer to the problem. Communities in Colorado have filed a law suit against the oil companies Exxon and Suncor for knowingly fueling climate change. Russel Norman of Greenpeace talks about whether legal action will spread elsewhere and what part it plays in eliminating fossil fuel production. The so-called "super gonorrhea" sexually transmitted disease is now being seen in Australia. We talk to Christine Roke of Family Planning about the STD, if it's here yet and if there's enough publicity campaigns about sexual health in general in New Zealand.

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Jacinda Ardern is leading the popularity contest as preferred Prime Minister. The National Party leader is on just 10 per cent. What does he need to do to win voters over?

The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been thrown in with the big boys and girls of international politics. She's met the French president Emmanuel Macron, she's just wound up talks with Germany's Angela Merkel and she's off to meet the Queen. How's she doing?

A disparate group has been gathered together to act as a sounding board for the Inspector General of Intelligence and Security. There are question marks around the inclusion of two journalists.

The former first lady of the United States Barbara Bush has died at the age of 92. She was a long-time campaigner for social justice, she spoke out about racial segregation and was behind a drive to eradicate illiteracy.

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