10 Dec 2014

The Panel with Gordon McLauchlan and Michele A'Court (Part 2)

From The Panel, 4:33 pm on 10 December 2014

Topics - the way you walk can change your mood. This is in the Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry. New research suggests that if we walk purposefully our mood is elevated, if we slouch along the opposite. we are welcoming back to our inter-island family the good ship Stena Alegra. Or in the opinion of Winston Peters the not-so-good ship Stena Alegra. The Arahura is retiring mid-next year after 31 years on the job, and will be replaced by the Stena Alegra - which crossed the Cook Strait for six months while the Aratere ferry was out of action. Sixteen and 17-year-olds will be allowed to vote within a year of the next election, Labour leader Ed Miliband pledged last night. It's 10 years today since smoking was banned in bars. There are good stats and bad stats around smoking now.