5 Feb 2019

The Panel with Ella Henry and Mike Rehu (Part 1)

From The Panel, 4:03 pm on 5 February 2019

The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was put on the spot by a reporter at Waitangi yesterday. A Treaty of Waitangi pop quiz was sprung on her. Is is fair that she was expected to rattle off the articles off the top of her head? History teacher Graeme Ball has started a petition for a consistent history curriculum for schools. Does this need to be prescriptive? The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was put on the spot by a reporter at Waitangi yesterday. A Treaty of Waitangi pop quiz was sprung on her. Is is fair that she was expected to rattle off the articles off the top of her head? History teacher Grame Ball has started a petition for a consistent history curriculum for shcools. Does this need to be prescriptive? $100 million dollar fund for Maori to develop land is up for grans as part of the Provincial growth fund. National leader Simon Bridges compares this to "beads and blanket" in an unflattering reference to our colonial past. The Petroleum Exploration and Production Association of New Zealand is starting a month-long TV advertising campaign. The lobby group's campaign is a bid to highlight what it sees as the potential economic and social impact of the Government's move to ban future oil and gas exploration in New Zealand.