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The former Minister of Health Jonathan Coleman has announced he's lkeaving politics. He's the thiurd National MP to go since the election. Can they just not be bothered being in Opposition?

Axe throwing is going popularity and it's now in a trendy New York Brooklyn Bar. What's really going on with fads? What the Panelists Heather Roy and Kerry Spackman want to talk about. 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. 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. 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?

The former Minister of Health Jonathan Coleman has announced he's lkeaving politics. He's the thiurd National MP to go since the election. Can they just not be bothered being in Opposition? 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. 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.

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Students in the UK have been charged after supplying drugs around the world, including New Zealand. Tom Moore of Aura Information Security talks about how much we haveto fear from the dark net.

The allegations aimed at UK-based consulting firm Cambridge Analytica about using Facebook profiles to aid in the Donald Trump presidential campaign leads us to think about our personal data. Digital strategist Anna Connell explains what we unwittingly give away online.

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Finns say equality is at the core of their happiness. They've just been named the happiest country in the world according to a UN report.

Is Shane Jones right in taking the doyens of Air New Zealand on over the axing of regional services? Professor Paul Spoonley of Massey University talks about how much impact losing flights has on provincial areas.