The Panel with Sally Wenley and Nick Leggett (Part 2)

Otago University research has found that - on average - New Zealand children are eating five unhealthy snacks a day. Co-author Hauora MÄori Health Lecturer Christina McKerchar tells us why urgent action is needed to make the healthy choice the easy choice. A planned new on-the-job teacher training scheme has been delayed by a year as New Zealand's teacher shortage evaporates. Auckland University Education Dean Professor Mark Barrow joins us to discuss this unexpected development. Somewhere just outside Te Puke, fields of strange alien-like vines are unfurling their tendrils, and growing large egg-like mottled golden fruits, covered in sharp spikes - and US buyers can't get enough, writes RNZ's Karoline Tuckey.