Tim Beveridge is joined by Koura Wealth founder, Rupert Carlyon, to discuss the inner workings of a KiwiSaver fund and how to best use KiwiSaver.

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Tim Beveridge is joined by Dr Libby Weaver to discuss nutrients and stress levels. 

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The Government has announced a new Parent Boost Visa that will allow the parents of New Zealand citizens multi entry access for up to five years. 

The sponsor has to earn 1.5 times the median wage, or the parent must bring $16,000 - along with other insurance and health requirements. 

The Government says they are trying to make the country more attractive for skilled workers, without straining public services. 

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The latest 1News/Verian poll has both National and Labour down, while an RNZ-Reid poll done in the same week has National down and Labour up, and a Taxpayers' Union-Curia poll had both up. 

You see the same with overlapping polls by different agencies showing significantly different results in preferred Prime Minister. 

So why are polls done this far out from an election?

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Tim Beveridge is joined by Principal Psychologist at Umbrella Wellbeing, Dougal Sutherland. 

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Winter is upon us, the heaters are turning on and likely won't be turned off until the spring. 

With winter comes hundreds of house fires caused by electrical issues - issues that most wouldn't think twice about.

Tim Beveridge is joined by Master Electricians CEO Alexandra Vranyac-Wheeler. 

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This week on The Panel, Tim Beveridge is joined by Jenni Vernon and Paul Spoonley to discuss the biggest stories from the week that was. 

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Career progression is a significant thing to consider for most people - whether they could develop as much as they'd like at their current job, or if they would need to look elsewhere.

So how can employers spot and support an employee who wants to progress?

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Pushing yourself to your limit is kind of the whole point of exercise - running just a little longer when you're exhausted, doing that extra rep until you can't lift anymore. 

But sometimes we miss warning signs, and push ourselves too hard - leading to an injury that even once fully recovered, most won't get back into the gym. 

So how hard is too hard to push yourself?

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In a Parliamentary first, Act MP Laura McClure displayed a naked image of herself to highlight the need for her proposed bill. 

The image wasn't truly her, it was an AI-generated deepfake - made in just minutes with technology that can be found on the first page of a Google search. 

Laura's Deepfake Digital Harm and Exploitation Bill would restrict the creation of non consensual deepfakes, as well as expanding revenge porn laws. 

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