The Panel

Emails are being tracked not just by corporations, now personal users are tracking their electronic messages to see when and where they are opened. The panellists weigh in on the ever-expanding cyberlife.

There are calls for a single nationwide authority to keep our drinking water safe, following the discussions around the country's water quality. What hasn't had much attention is those on tank water.

Is there an uneveness in the justice dispensed to some teachers? PPTA president Jack Boyle joins the panel to discuss whether the outcomes of these cases against teachers are positive for all involved or not.

Police have launched their summer operation focusing on preventing assaults in Auckland's CBD in the lead up to Christmas. More than 40 % of public assaults happened during this time of year.

Cyclist deaths are up more than three times on last year. We ask the panellists if the push back against cycleways is valid and what can be done to keep our roads safer.

Emails are being tracked not just by corporations, now personal users are tracking their electronic messages to see when and where they are opened. Meanwhile China exerts its influence worldwide by infiltrating social media. And in India laid off tech workers and turning to their cellphones for counselling. The panellists weigh in on the ever-expaning cyberlife. What the panellists Catherine Robertson and Finlay Macdonald want to talk about. A drink driver managed to sell his car before police could confiscate it. A judge then ordered the Subaru to be seized from its new owners, without making an order for them to be reimbursed for it. We ask traffic and criminal lawyer Steve Cullen about whether this case seems a harsh on the new owners and how they might recoup their loss. Yesterady's story about the managing director of Briscoes, Rod Duke, fighting Auckland Council to be able to land his helicopter whenever he wants didn't go over well with listeners. Many were unhapy at Mr Duke's request, siding with his new neighbours and the council. We ask today's panellists whether they agree. Rates in Auckland is somewhat of a lottery this year, with 33,000 homes paying more and 19,000 paying less. Otara has seen a steady hike. Meanwhile down south, Dunedin has managed to reduce its debt and get it's affairs in order, so the city's officials have announced a nearly $900 million plan that would see rates increases and the selling of assets.

Cycling death are up more than three times on last year. 18 cyclists have died so far on our roads, with three weeks of the year left. Only 5 people died in 2016, 6 in 2015. The road toll is up for drivers and motorbike riders too as well as pedestrians. For cyclists, it's mostly men over 40. We ask the panellists if the pushback against cycleways is valid and what can be done to keep our roads safer. Police have launched their summer operation focussing on preventing assaults in Auckland's CBD in the lead up to Christmas. More than 40 % of public assaults happened during this time of year, often between 2am and 4am on weekend mornings. Police will be cracking down on drunk people. We ask the panellists what police can do to reduce the number of fights. Is there an uneveness in the justice dispensed to some teachers? Two cases have attracted attention recently, a Whanganui teacher that received home detention and name suppression for sexual offending against a young woman, and a Masterton teacher who stopped a boy headbanging, and was found to have committed serious misconduct in doing so. PPTA president Jack Boyle joins the panel to discuss whether the outcomes of these cases against teachers are positive for all involved or not. There are calls for a single nationwide authority to keep our drinking water safe, following the discussions around the country's water quality. What hasn't had much attention is those on tank water. As people head to their bachs this summer, should they be worried about what's coming out of their tanks? We ask Stan Abbott, the director of Massey University's Roof Water Harvesting Centre about these concerns.

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