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The Panel for Wednesday 5 June 2019
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The Panel, Wednesday June 5th
12:00 PM.Today's panellists are the former journalist and now media trainer Janet Wilson, and the comedian James Nokise
Coming up
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The Panel with James Nokise and Janet Wilson (Part 1)
2:01 PM.The government is considering a new digital services tax on multinational companies who make money out of online services in New Zealand. Tax expert Robin Oliver joins us to discuss how this might… Read more Audio
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The Panel with James Nokise and Janet Wilson (Part 2)
2:02 PM.A group of concerned citizens are taking the Napier City Council to court over a planned $41 million aquatic centre. One of them, Graham Sutherland, joins us to explain the background and where things… Read more Audio
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Story of the Day and I've Been Thinking for 5th June 2019
3:45 PM.An introduction to our panellist and the topics for the day plus our panellists share their thoughts on something they've been thinking about. Audio
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NZ ponders digital multinational tax
4:10 PM.The government is considering a new digital services tax on multinational companies who make money out of online services in New Zealand. Tax expert Robin Oliver joins us to discuss how this might… Read more Audio
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Do we need to reduce our speed limits?
4:20 PM.The NZTA says the speed limits are too high on nearly 90 percent of New Zealand roads. Caroline Perry from the BRAKE road safety charity joins us with her thoughts on the idea. Audio
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Question of the Day for 5 June 2019
4:35 PM.What is the most important act of civil disobedience in history? Audio
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Napier council taken to court over $41m pool complex
4:40 PM.A group of concerned citizens are taking the Napier City Council to court. Audio
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Tap water outrage
4:45 PM.Is asking for tap water at a bar cheeky or fair game? A bar owner in Bristol reckons it is. Sam Espensen tweet slamming her customers has gone viral. She said they weren't respecting her business… Read more Audio
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Australian police raid journalists' homes
4:49 PM.The police in Australia have conducted raids on the personal home of a News Corp journalist, and the country's public broadcaster, the ABC. Media law expert Dr Joseph Fernandez joins us to talk about… Read more Audio
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Is Twitter making us stupider?
4:50 PM.An experiment by Italian researchers suggests Twitter isn't the best place for academic discourse. Audio