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The disgraced former chief executive of the Waikato District Health Board got the job despite being fired from a job in Canada. Geoff Plimmer of Vitoria University explains if CEO applicants CVs undergo slacker scrutiny than those lower down the pecking order. The US President Donald Trump says America is treated unfairly in its trade deals with China so he's going to slap on a whole lot of tarfiffs. Al Gillespie of the University of Waikato tells us if the US is treated unfairly and if it's legal to apply these tariffs. The journalist in the Cardinal George Pell abuse trial in Australia has been ordered to decipher her notes by the judge.

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Beer writer Neil Miller talks about a new scientific experiment making something that tastes like hops from mint and basil and brewers yeast. Growing hops uses a lot of water so is this the future for a sustainable beer?

Tauranga's mayor turned down an invitation to tonight's dinner where the guest of honour is Barack Obama. We talk to Greg Brownless about why he chose to keep his commitment to attend a citizenship ceremony in his city this afternoon.

A primary school in Christchurch is banning rugby after a child got a severe concussion last year. The chair of the board of trustees of Waitakiri Primary Ben Naylor talks about the decision.

Axe throwing is going popularity and it's now in a trendy New York Brooklyn Bar. What's really going on with fads?

Colony, cage and aviary. What's the difference in the housing for these egg-producing hens? The egg industry says its phasing out cages but Deirdre Sims of Direct Animal Action says the alternative isn't much better.

Three prongs to this chat about health crises. It's more than just about health according to Panelist Kerry Spackman. And we talk to Karen Guilliland of the College of Midwives about the stresses and strains in her sector.