15 Jun 2018

The Panel with Leonie Freeman and Michael Moynihan (Part 1)

From The Panel, 4:03 pm on 15 June 2018

Inbound tourists would be charged up to $35 to enter the country if a proposed international visitor levy goes ahead. After the tsunamis and tsunami warnings of recent years we're probably more aware that our inland towns are at risk from tsunamis. The OUSA is worried about the level of black mould in students, with students so affected the mould is in their clothes and they're suffering respiratory problems, but the Otago Property Investors' Association says the tenants are to blame. Has Housing New Zealand made a rod for its own back? Andrew McKenzie its chief executive, has told a select committee that if tenants cause trouble in social housing, then people next door to them could be moved. It's happened before.