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The Panel for Thursday 4 July 2019
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Panellists Thursday 4 July
12:00 PM.Tim Watkin hosts the show today. He's joined by Clare de Lore, Listener columnist and former chairman of the Press Gallery, and Chris Gallavin, Massey University Pro Vice Chancellor.
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Story of the Day for 4 July 2019
3:49 PM.A case of confusion for many who heard the line up of the Jeddah World Fest with month. The concert is being held in Saudi Arabia and the headline act is Nicki Minaj. Ali Ventura explains why some are… Read more Audio
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I've been thinking for 4 July 2019
3:57 PM.What the Panellists Clare de Lore and Chris Gallavin have been thinking. Audio
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The Panel with Clare de Lore and Chris Gallavin (Part 1)
4:03 PM.Business confidence has tumbled, with outlooks at ten year lows, the worst since the Global Financial Crisis. Recent figures suggest our GDP growth is slowing, depsite the Prime Minister's assertion… Read more Audio
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The Panel with Clare de Lore and Chris Gallavin (Part 2)
4:05 PM.Biologists are having to squash the idea that plants are conscious. Research from more than a decade claims that plants have intentions, feelinsg and even consciousness. Traditional biologists have… Read more Audio
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Where's the confidence?
4:10 PM.Business confidence has tumbled, with outlooks at ten year lows, the worst since the Global Financial Crisis. Recent figures suggest our GDP growth is slowing, despite the Prime Minister's assertion… Read more Audio
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Locals fight developers
4:20 PM.One of those great David and Goliath stories from the regions. A Cromwell man refuses to be bribed by developers. Rex Edgar has been offered $1 million for his land on the outskirts of the Central… Read more Audio
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Little vs Google
4:28 PM.Andrew Little has slammed Google for its breaking of suppression order in the Grace Millane murder case. It named her alleged killer in an email of its trends in December. Read more Audio
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Plants remain unconscious
4:33 PM.Biologists are having to squash the idea that plants are conscious. Research from more than a decade claims that plants have intentions, feelings and even consciousness. Read more Audio
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Question of the Day for 4 July 2019
4:38 PM.Do you talk to your plants to help them grow? What are your green thumb tips? Read more Audio
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Digital tombstones
4:39 PM.A slightly morbid investigation by RNZ's Max Towle today about the dead on the social media site. Within 50 years, the dead are predicted to outnumber the living on Facebook. Read more Audio
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Bed tax, and more, needed
4:45 PM.Local councils need help to deal with the increasing tourism, the productivity commission says. It delivered a long list of recommendations in a draft of its review of the finances of local councils.
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Tanks and Trump
4:56 PM.Officers, and even some Defense Department personnel, are worried President Trump's "Salute to America" will politicize the armed forces, on a day that has traditionally been about nonpartisan… Read more Audio