The Panel

The Panel with Martin Cocker and Nadine Higgins (Part 1)


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Intensive care paramedic Dean Brown has written an open letter to the Government stating in it "our plea to you is to have the ambulance service in New Zealand, which is in crisis, be nationalised and run by the Government, the same as police and fire." Lack of funding and suppport has been a huge problem for the service. We speak to Sarah Stone, National Co-ordinator for the ambulance sector at First Union, about whether this would work. Money week is taking place at the University of Auckland until the end of the week. The idea is to encourage students to be more pro-active in the management of their finances and making them aware of the support that is there if they find themsleves in difficulty. The panelists share what advice they have. The terror attack in Christchurch has prompted many discussions about how we handle discussions and hate speech on the internet. "Don't read the comments" is a usual refrain about online news articles, but Stuff wants to change that. They want the comments section to be a safe place for people to voice their opinions and discuss the issues of the day. The panelists debate whether this is needed or if it's censorship.
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