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Former US president Barack Obama is in the country. Incase you hadn't noticed. There are cries of how much the trip will do for tourism, really? And what about the cost involved in keeping him safe, fed and watered while he's here.

Fonterra has announced its chief executive Theo Spierings is leaving after seven years in the job.

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. What the Panelists Paula Penfold and Joe Bennett want to talk about. 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. Students in the UK have been charged after supplying drugs aroubd the world, including New Zealand. Tom Moore of Aura Information Security talks about how much we haveto fear from the dark net.

Fonterra has announced its chief executive Theo Spierings is leaving after seven years in the job. Former US president Barack Obama is in the country. Incase you hadn't noticed. There are cries of how much the trip will do for tourism, really? And what about the cost involved in keeping him safe, fed and watered while he's here. 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.

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Auckland remains the world's third best city in the world as far as quality of life goes. The Mercer survey assessed 450 cities which ranked Wellington at #15 just ahead of Melbourne.

A study from the Norwegian School of Sports Sciences targets rugby, cricket, netball and football as being part of a "Whitewashed Curriculum" in schools. What does Emma Joynes of Auckland's Avondale College think?

In a highly unusual move nurses are to go on strike if there is no improvement in their pay and working conditions. See Payne of the Nurses Organisation explains why a 2 per cent rise doesn't cut it.

What the Panelists Victoria Stewart and Jeremy Hansen want to talk about.