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The Panel for Monday 2 December 2019

  • Panellists Monday 2 December

    12:00 PM.Wallace Chapman is joined by Lynda Hallinan, Former editor of NZ Gardener magazine, author and gardening columnist, and Simon Pound, Ingrid Starnes co-founder and business podcaster and consultant. 

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  • Story of the Day with Ali Ventura - spray-on skin

    3:50 PM.A Japanese cosmetics company Kao Corporation has developed a synthetic spray on skin to cover up blemishes, moles, or marks. Read more Audio

  • What the panellists have been thinking

    3:55 PM.What the panellists Lynda Hallinan and Simon Pound have been thinking about. Audio

  • The Panel with Lynda Hallinan and Simon Pounf (Part 1)

    4:04 PM.More deaths - the Samoa measles outbreak; Will a big spend on infrastructure help Labour; Cash injection for schools; Audio

  • The Panel with Lynda Hallinan and Simon Pound (Part 2)

    4:05 PM.The benefits of school camps; Question of the Day; NZTA taking over speed cameras; GST now on online purchases; WCC made fun of for using water diviner; Make D & D cool again. Audio

  • More deaths - the Samoa measles outbreak

    Pacific health

    4:10 PM.Kids are forced to stay home, and Christmas gatherings have been cancelled in Samoa - the measles epidemic is impacting everyday life there. 53 people have now died since the outbreak began. Read more Audio

  • Will a big spend on infrastructure help Labour?

    politics

    4:15 PM.The Government has announced a big spend up on infrastructure to improve school property. It comes after Labour held their annual conference, the last before next years' election. Read more Audio

  • Cash injection for schools

    politics

    4:20 PM.Nearly $400 million has been pledged for school maintenance by the Government, calling it the biggest investment in at least 25 years. It's a one-off fund based on the schools' size and must be used… Read more Audio

  • The benefits of school camps

    4:25 PM.A call for the revitalisation of rustic school camps. The Chairman of Camp Wakarara, near Waipawa, says they are seeing shorter stays as teachers lack the skills to host the activities at the camp. Read more Audio

  • Question of the Day

    4:32 PM.What are your memories of school camps? Read more Audio

  • NZTA taking over speed cameras

    4:40 PM.NZTA will now take over speed cameras from police. The change was announced yesterday along with a raft of others like boosting the number of speed cameras and introducing warning signs around them. 

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  • GST now on online purchases

    4:45 PM.GST on purchases less than $1000 came into force yesterday - overseas websites selling goods here online will have to charge and collect GST.  Read more Audio

  • WCC made fun of for using water diviner

    4:50 PM.Wellington City Council's use of a water diviner has been mocked by the The New Zealand Skeptics Conference who awarded the council a "bent spoon" accolade.  Read more Audio

  • WCC made fun of for using water diviner

    4:50 PM.Wellington City Council's use of a water diviner has been mocked by the The New Zealand Skeptics Conference who awarded the council a "bent spoon" accolade. Stuff reports the skeptics said the council… Read more Audio

  • Make D&D cool again

    4:55 PM.Dungeons and Dragons is cool again. So says an article in The Guardian.  Read more Audio

  • Make D&D cool again

    4:55 PM.Dungeons and Dragons is cool again. So says an article in The Guardian. Backed by these figures from the company behind the game, Wizards of Coast - it estimates there are currently 40 million players… Read more Audio