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THIS WEEK ON BACK BENCHES: Watch Wallace Chapman and the Back Benches Panel and special guests while they battle it our over the week's hottest topics! DHB DILEMNA: The DHB ratings are out and the urban hospital Emergency Rooms don't fair well. What can we do to improve the quality of care? And NAME SUPPRESSION: Is it time to re-evaluate our name suppression laws? Do celebrities get unfair treatment? And what role does the internet play in our court proceedings?
Join us for a night of LIVE pub politics from the Backbencher Pub on Wednesday, 25th November. Our Panel: Green Party MP Catherine Delahunty, Labour MP Iain Lees-Galloway, and National MP Hekia Parata.
TOPICS:
DHB RATINGS: DHB accountability ratings have been published and urban hospitals struggle to meet their targets. Why the struggle? What needs to be done to improve the stats?
NAME SUPPRESSION: The Government is looking at the recommendations laid out by the Law Commission regarding name and evidence suppression. Do we need to evaluate our name suppression laws? Do celebrities get an unfair shake? And what about the role of the internet and court proceedings?
SOAPBOX: We have a segment called SOAPBOX—where a member of the public has time to speak out on a particular topic important to them. SOAPBOX GUEST—BRIAN GARDNER—National Network of Stopping Violence. He will be talking about preventing violence in honour of White Ribbon Day.
KIWIANA: Does being a kiwi hold us back. Research for New Zealand Trade and Enterprise shows that our No. 8 wire mentality and tall poppy syndrome is holding us back from success. We are 2nd in the world for our entrepreneurial spirit but 26th for high-growth business. We have great ideas but terrible follow through. How can we encourage growth and success in our children and adults?
THIS WEEK IN HISTORY: November 28, 1979-257 killed in Mt. Erebus disaster. 30 years ago—Air New Zealand's Flight TE901 crashed into the lower slopes of Mt. Erebus, near Scott Base, while on a sightseeing flight over Antarctica.
QUIZ: We have a new wee bit at the end—a quiz.
LAST WORD: We are giving each one of the panellists 30 seconds to say what is on their mind.
