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The Panel for Thursday 16 August 2018
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Panelists Thursday 16 August
12:00 PM.Today Tim Watkins hosts The Panel with Paula Penfold, investigative journalist at Stuff Circuit, and Nevil Gibson, NBR's Editor at Large.
Coming up
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Pre-Panel & One Quick Question for 16 August
3:45 PM.We find the answers to any queries you can think up. Today Alex's question about weapons in the Middle East, Mr and Mrs P. McLaren's query about Simon Bridges' salary and Nozz' question one about… Read more Audio
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Story of the day for 16 August 2018
3:50 PM.Dentists have issued a warning about 'do-it-yourself braces' tutorials posted on YouTube, amid fears that children are causing permanent damage to their teeth in pursuit of perfect smiles. Read more Audio
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The Panel with Nevil Gibson and Paula Penfold (Part 1)
4:03 PM.A forensic expert will be brought into the investigation into who leaked Simon Bridges' travel expenses. National MPs have signed a waiver allowing access to their computer systems, as has the general… Read more Audio
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The Panel with Nevil Gibson and Paula Penfold (Part 2)
4:05 PM.Vienna is officially the best place in the world to live, but New Zealand isn't in the Top Ten. Auckland has dropped down to number 12. Melbourne has also dropped down to number 2, after 7 years in… Read more Audio
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Search is on for leaker
4:08 PM.A forensic expert will be brought into the investigation into who leaked Simon Bridges' travel expenses. National MPs have signed a waiver allowing access to their computer systems. Read more Audio
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Media banned from Maori king koroneihana
4:13 PM.Media have been banned from the grounds of Tūrangawaewae Marae at Ngaruawahia this weekend for the anniversary celebration of Kingi Tūheitia's koroneihana. Read more Audio
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Foreign ban is on
4:19 PM.The foreign ban is now in effect, after years of to and fro. It's still unclear when or what effect this will have on house prices. Now the question is about how this will impact on our international… Read more Audio
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Supermarket owners the new moguls
4:26 PM.The annual National Business Review Rich List is out and among the new players are those from the supermarket sector. Owner-operators of grocery stores are raking in the cash. Read more Audio
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What do we want from our cities?
4:33 PM.Vienna is officially the best place in the world to live, but New Zealand isn't in the Top Ten. Auckland has dropped down to number 12. But is the criteria really? What makes a good city? Read more Audio
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Goodbye hotel bible
4:44 PM.Hotels are more frequently ditching the traditional Gideons Bible in the bedside table. One hotel in the UK swapped the bible out for copies of Fifty Shades of Grey. Read more Audio
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Afghanistan - the war that never ends.
4:46 PM.A blast in Kabul has killed more than 40 people today, many of them teenagers. The assault is just one in a spate of recent attacks in the country. Read more Audio
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Family violence up, prosecutions down
4:51 PM.Figures released by police today show family violence is on the rise, but prosecutions are down. Police launched 121,739 investigations last year, but there were just 16,764 prosecutions. That's down… Read more Audio