The Panel with Lavina Good and James Nokise (Part 1)
The Trump-Russia collusion inquiry is heating with three key aides now indicted. The white house continues to brush off the scandal that's been dogging the administrations since it began, even despite the latest developments. Al Gillespie, International law professor at Waikato University, tells us why this blow is likely not to leave a mark on Donald Trump while the Republican Party continues to hold power in congress. The country is suffering a shortage of trade teacher trainees as the government looks to build tens of thousands more houses over the next decade. Industry experts are worried the lack of trainees in schools will see fewer people in the trade workforce. Massey University senior education tutor Paul Turner says we need to change the regulations needed for tradespeople to go into teacher training. Auckland's Mayor has suggested a way to free up land for housing developments in the jampacked city - seizing it from land bankers. Phil Twyford's also suggested Crown land owned by ministers should be used for critical projects. The panellists discuss whether these ideas are legitimate land appropriation or going a step too far. Germany's debating whether a new train named after Holocaust victim Anne Frank is respectful or crude. Many ahve called the move tasteless but the train operator insists the decision is honourable and aimed at uniting people of different cultures. The panellists give their view. Are hyphenated names in vogue? With more women choosing to keep their surnames and giving double-barrelled last, and first, names, there seems to be many more hypens abound. Is it too hard on kids or is this the new normal? The Panellists give their views.
