The Panel

The government is looking at banning oil exploration. Are we ready for this? We ask Basil Sharp of the University of Auckland's Energy Centre.

What the Panelists Alexia Russell and Tim Watkin want to talk about.

Just a flu-vaccine time approaches consider the unexpected places bugs fester - alarm clocks and rubber ducks are just two of them.

The Auckland Council has appealed its own decision on consenting a sea wall at Orewa that's already cost $650k - before being built. Bureacracy gone mad?

A young woman was told to go to a shopping mall's toilets to breastfeed her baby. She then shared her experience on social media - is that necessary?

Humanities departments in New Zealand universities are going under the knife with cuts at Otago, Waikato and Auckland. Is it justified?

Just a flu-vaccine time approaches consider the unexpected places bugs fester - alarm clocks and rubber ducks are just two of them. What the Panelists Alexia Russell and Tim Watkin want to talk about. The government is looking at banning oil exploration. Are we ready for this? We ask Basil Sharp of the University of Auckland's Energy Centre. Humanities departments in New Zealand universities are going under the knife with cuts at Otago, Waikato and Auckland. Is it justified? A young woman was told to go to a shopping mall's toilets to breastfeed her baby. She then shared her experience on social media - is that necessary?

The Prime Minister's chief science advisor Peter Gluckman says building new prisons is not the answer to fighting crime. Prison reform advocate Roger Brooking says our justice system actually perpetuates crime. Tougher conditions to restrict immigration don't seem to have an impact on numbers with levels reaching new peaks. Paul Spoonley of Massey University expalins the why's and wherefores of the latest statistics. The Auckland Council has appealed its own decision on consenting a sea wall at Orewa that's already cost $650k - before being built. Bureacracy gone mad?

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