Claire Trevett wrote in the NZ Herald this week that the most important pageant in politics at the moment is for the coveted tiara of Mr Economic Credibility. Who do you think is winning the race? Luxon or Robertson?  
Corrections is paying for tattoo removal for new prisoners. 
Duck shooting season started yesterday and according to Fish and Game New Zealand, some 50,000 game bird hunters came out for Opening Day. There are groups calling for it to end. Is it a cruel sport? 
Buckingham Palace on Friday answered one of the biggest remaining questions about Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations and has said that Prince Andrew, Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, won’t be on the palace balcony when the Monarch greets the public on June 2. 
1News senior reporter, Katie Bradford and host of The Front Page podcast, Damien Venuto joined Francesca Rudkin on the Panel. 
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Australian actress Teresa Palmer is most well known for her roles in films like Warm Bodies, Hacksaw Ridge, she was fabulous in the true story Ride Like A Girl and Francesca just loved her in A Discovery of Witches. 
Teresa’s new movie is The Twins. 
The Twins is streaming now on Shudder. 
Teresa Palmer joined Francesca Rudkin from LA. 
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Kim Kardashian is in the hotseat for her comments about the diet she had to do in order to fit into her Met Gala look. Her comments are said to be promoting crash dieting in order to lose weight. 
What negative effects does crash dieting have on your health? 
Erin also has some nutrition tips to lose weight in a sustainable way. 
Erin is the co-founder, director, naturopath and yoga teacher at Golden Yogi. She holds a bachelor of science (physiology) and a bachelor of natural medicine.

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Sadly, as we age our ability to hear decreases due to damage from loud noises and medical treatments like cancer treatments.   
We are born with tiny hair cells in our ears, which when we are young stick up and detect the vibrations from sound waves sending signals to our brain about the frequency and amplitude or pitch and volume of the sounds around us.   
Hair cells develop in the embryo and our inner and outer hair cells work together to help us to hear. The outer hair cells expand and contract in response to the pressure of sound waves and then amplify the sound for the inner hair cells to transmit to the brain.  
Sadly, as we age these cells are damaged and die – exposure to loud sounds is a really common way for them to be damaged, which causes them to lie down flat where they are unable to pick up the vibrations anymore. 
This death of our outer hair cells is the most common cause of age-related hearing loss and deafness and to date, scientists have never figured out how to regrow them. New research published this week in the journal Nature (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04668-3) has found that one single gene programmes cells to become either outer or inner cells. 
This discovery opens the doors to understanding why outer hair cells are more prone to dying and causing deafness compared to inner hair cells. 
The big discovery is that the production of the hairs is driven by a master gene called TBX2. When the gene is expressed, the cell becomes an inner hair cell. and when the gene is blocked, the cell becomes an outer hair cell.  
Because scientists can already make a basic hair cell from a non-hair cell using a cocktail of genes, this new discovery could help researchers to eventually reprogram cells in the ear so they can reform as hair cells, and hopefully restore hearing.  
With over 70% of people aged 70 and older suffering from age-related hearing loss, and with the correlation of this hearing loss to dementia, it's a huge step forwards to try and help repair the hearing damage that comes with living a modern, noisy life. 
Dr Michelle Dickinson joined Francesca Rudkin. 
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Happy Mother's Day to all those wonderful mums out in the world.  
Every year, I want to bring you a recipe that you can all cook for your mums and this year is no different. But instead of a dessert or something sweet, this year, I want to share with you my own mum's recipe. 
Dutch pea and ham soup.   
It's a cracker of a soup and if your wooden spoon stands up in the middle, you know that it's just thick enough.  
Make it for your mum tonight! 
Dutch pea & pork hock chowder w smoked cheddar toasts 
Cook Time: 1 ½ hours Prep Time: 15 minutes Serves: 6 
Ingredients: 1 smoked pork hock 2 carrots, peeled and quartered 2 onions, peeled and quartered 2 bay leaves 2 litres of vegetable stock 3 cups green split lentils 
Smoked cheese toast 8 slices ciabatta 4 Tbsp Dijon mustard 1 cup smoked cheddar, grated 
Instructions: Place all the ingredients into a slow cooker or a large pot with a lid. Bring to the boil, reduce heat and simmer (covered) for 1 ½ hours. Remove the hock and set aside, blitz the rest of the soup until smooth. Pick the meat from the ham hock and add to the soup. Serve with cheese toasts. 
For the toast: Spread the Dijon mustard over the ciabatta slices then top with grated smoked cheese. Place under a hot grill until cheese is golden and bubbling. 
Mike’s website – goodfromscratch.co.nz

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The Foo Fighters and Ticketmaster. 
Elemental Auckland – the first post Omicron music festival. 
Ozark finale released on Netflix. 
Chris Schulz joined Francesca Rudkin. 
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If there is one person you want to go to, for the inside story on the royal family, it’s investigative journalist Tina Brown. 
Tina is the former editor of Vanity Fair and the New Yorker, in 2007 she wrote The Diana Chronicles. 
Her new book continues the story post-Diana, it’s called The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor – the Truth and the Turmoil. 
Both books were written with unprecedented inside access and research – she talked to 120 royal insiders for this book alone. 
Tina Brown joined Francesca Rudkin. 
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The Big OE is back on with reports of growing numbers of young Kiwis looking to head offshore. 
Trans-Tasman company The Working Holiday Club helps young people book working holidays in the UK and Canada. 
CEO Natalie Broomfield joined Francesca Rudkin. 
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It’s pre-budget announcements season and we won’t be seeing tax cuts but National wants everyone to want them. 
May 19th is budget day – I want to say it’s the big day but with the budget, it’s actually all about the leadup. 
What did you think of Simon Bridges speech?  
New Zealand political editor Claire Trevett joined Francesca Rudkin. 
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In his term as Chief Censor, David Shanks has overseen a time of vast change and challenges – the livestream of the March 15 terror attack, ever-evolving new technologies, online hate and misinformation. He’s seen things that no one should be exposed to. 
David's five-year term at the Classifications Office ended on Friday and joined Francesca Rudkin to discuss his time in the role. 
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