13 Jun 2019

The Panel with Chester Borrows and Lynda Hallinan (Part 1)

From The Panel, 4:03 pm on 13 June 2019

An update of the story we talked about yesterday, Newsroom investigating the attempted uplifting of a newborn baby from its mother by Oranga Tamariki. Today the welfare agency's chief executive Grainne Moss has spoken out saying the video didn't tell the whole truth of the situation. Meanwhile the court action against Newsroom over the story has been declined by a judge. We get the panellists reaction to the lastest. The country may well turn to Sweden for inspiration when it comes to trying to reduce speeding and the road toll. The Government is being advised by one of five reference groups on road safety, with one advising we should add many more speed cameras and signpost them as a deterrent. The AA's Mike Noon joins the discussion. New Zealand is pretty unique in the world to have a universal superannuation scheme. It's well loved but it is costly, and it's not means tested which means anyone from a service worker to a major CEO gets the same amount. The question around whether the pension age can remain at 65 is often debated, and today we ask Susan St John, Director of The Retirement Policy and Research Centre at Auckland University.