22 May 2018

The Panel with Josie Pagani and Jonathan Krebs (Part 1)

From The Panel, 4:03 pm on 22 May 2018

Is the idea of completely eradicating the cattle disease mycoplasma bovis, as the PM plans to attempt, a silly pipe dream? Keith Woodford of Agrifood Systems says the bacterial infection has always been several steps ahead of the Ministry for Primary Industries. He tells us if the battle is worth fighting. Is the idea of completely eradicating the cattle disease mycoplasma bovis, as the PM plans to attempt, a silly pipe dream? Keith Woodford of Agrifood Systems says the bacterial infection has always been several steps ahead of the Ministry for Primary Industries. He tells us if the battle is worth fighting. Lawyer Gregory Thwaite used a quote 'The best party has women with a past and young men with a future' on an invitation to a dinner for the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs but says it isn't misogynist. He could also have misquoted the quote and attributed it to the wrong 19th century writer.