Breakfast: Wednesday, February 8

Published: 6:06AM Wednesday February 08, 2012 Source: Breakfast

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Should NZ ban sunbeds?

With New South Wales looking to ban sunbeds by the end of 2014 Breakfast asks Dr Amanda Oakley, president of the NZ Dermatological Society, whether New Zealand should be following suit.

Passing on interest rate cuts

Pressure is building in Australia on the big banks to automatically pass on interest rates cuts. Breakfast looks at what New Zealand banks are

doing and if they might follow Australia's lead and start acting more independently of the RBNZ.

Claiming water rights

Protests against SOE sales have brought up the issue of water rights.

Breakfast talks to Waikato University's Prof Brad Morse on what a water rights claim could achieve and what has happened with other indigenous groups and water claims.

Council bosses under fire

Anger at the pay of local government CEOs has spread from Christchurch to Kapiti, where yesterday hundreds protested their council chief executive's $44,000 pay rise.

Breakfast speaks to David Wilson from AUT's Institute of Public Policy about the growing ratepayer discontent.

Early childhood care concerns

Family First's new report into day-care suggests sending children into early childhood care for long periods of time can be damaging. But Child Forum's head researcher Dr Sarah Farquhar tells Breakfast things are never that simple.

Sickening child abuse case

Liz McKinley, CEO with child abuse prevention agency Jigsaw, looks at the three-year sentence given to the father in a sickening case of abuse.

Breakfast asks: will this case change anything?

Back to business for politicians

New faces and some not-so-new squared off in Parliament yesterday. Breakfast checks in with political commentator Dr Bryce Edwards for all the highlights.

Opting out of holidays

A new international business report suggests New Zealand business owners are declining holidays to support their businesses in a difficult economic climate. Pam Newlove from accountancy firm Grant Thornton NZ discusses the findings.

Pacific news

Breakfast checks in with ONE News Pacific Correspondent Barbara Dreaver as the Pacific braces for two cyclones.

Sharing our details online

How much personal information are we actually giving away online? Computerworld editor, Sarah Putt, tells us about Google's new privacy policy as well as the types of information our own Government could be potentially sharing.

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