Wena Harawira
Te reo on the radio too much for some
A controversial column condemning the use of te reo Māori on RNZ sparked debate about racism, free speech and even hate speech this past week. Mediawatch looks at the responses and asks a veteran… Audio
Te reo on the radio too much for some
A controversial column condemning the use of te reo Māori on RNZ sparked debate about racism, free speech and even hate speech this past week. Mediawatch looks at the responses and asks a veteran…
AudioWaiariki: the Te Wero debate
Candidates for the Māori seat of Waiariki discuss regional development, water ownership, Treaty Settlements and the support the Māori Party has given to a National government. Audio
Te Ikaroa-Rāwhiti: the Te Wero debate
Candidates for the Maori seat of Te Ikaroa-Rawhiti debate welfare, health funding, the Ture Whenua bill, Treaty Settlements and boot camps during the run-up to the General Election. Audio
Te Tai Hauāuru: the Te Wero debate
Candidates for the Māori seat of Te Tai Hauāuru debate water rights, seabed mining, homelessness, economic policies, welfare and Treaty settlements. Audio
Jim Bolger and Tamati Kruger in conversation
Jim Bolger and Tamati Kruger talk with Wena Harawira about Tuhoe and Parihaka treaty settlements, truth and reconciliation, and how their life experience has affected the discharge of their public… Audio
Te Urewera: slips, flooding and stranded whanau
"We woke up to the river running through our driveway and flooding on to the Taneatua rugby fields and the road, basically creating a moat around our farm ... The river itself was cresting the… Audio
Queenstown alcohol policy
The Queenstown Lakes District Council will spend a year in consultation about its alcohol policy. The Medical Officer of Public Health South Dr Derek Bell joins tThe Panel to discuss why this will… Audio
Possible rail only tunnel for Waitemata crossing
The Campaign for Better Transport wants the Government to consider saving billions of dollars by building a rail-only crossing under Auckland's Waitemata Harbour. Economist Neil Douglas speaks to The… Audio
Panel Says
What the Panelists Wena Harawira and Phoebe Fletcher have been thinking about. Audio
The death of the Fiddler on the Roof
Theodore Bikel who was best know for playing Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof has died. Audio
John Key sideswipes Labour over flag policy
Is it a measure of how short our political memories are now that we'd all forgotten that Labour was in favour of a flag referendum going into the last election? Labour would review the design of the… Audio
Retrospective speeding law
Lawyer Steve Cullen joins the Panel to discuss the retrospective speeding law passed this week. This was to make up for an oversight in putting council speed limits on local roads. Audio
Inmate fall
Corrections Minister Sam Lotu-liga has told private prison operator SERCO there will be serious consequences if allegations of violence and intimidation between prisoners at Mt Eden remand prison are… Audio
The Panel with Wena Harawira and Phoebe Fletcher (Part 2)
The Campaign for Better Transport wants the Government to consider saving billions of dollars by building a rail-only crossing under Auckland's Waitemata Harbour. Economist Neil Douglas speaks about… Audio
The Panel with Wena Harawira and Phoebe Fletcher (Part 1)
Corrections Minister Sam Lotu-Iiga has told private prison operator SERCO there will be serious consequences if allegations of violence and intimidation between prisoners at Mt Eden remand prison are… Audio
The Panel with Wena Harawira and Barry Corbett (Part 2)
Topics - Dejan Lazic is demanding that a bad concert review be removed from Google under the European Union's 'right to be forgotten' online legislation. It's Lazic versus the Washington Post at the… Audio
The Panel with Wena Harawira and Barry Corbett (Part 1)
Topics - the government is planning to sell thousands of state houses...the idea is for the houses to then be managed by social housing providers. Not another "big asset sale" though says the new… Audio
The Panel pre-show for 3 November 2014
Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio