The Weekend Collective

With Property becoming less of the golden-goose egg we've made it out to be, people are focusing more on how else they can be financially stable - and with that stability, comes being disciplined with your money - and keeping your spending affairs in order.
But how can we do that with loyalty programmes encouraging us to save? and mid-year sales going around?
How do we keep our eyes on the long-term goal, and stay on track with our savings?
Where should we even start, if we're so far behind?
Author of Money Matters, Finance Specialist and Mentor Amanda Morall - joins the Weekend Collective to help out.
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Everyone's using headphones and blasting sounds at full-volume now; noise-cancelling ear-phones are as common and cheaper than ever; live shows and events with crowds are a must for most adults, and children are being left to their devices - listening to music and game-sounds without knowing what's too loud for their ears.
So how can we protect our hearing, and prevent hearing loss? When should we see a specialist or get tested?
What are we doing that's causing damage? and how can we judge what our hearing levels are like?
With Tim Beveridge to talk about it: ENT Surgeon and Hearing Specialist, Dr Michel Neef
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Nicole McKee will be the new ACT Party Deputy Leader, replacing Brooke Van Velden who's leaving politics this year.
Nicole only stood for Parliament six years ago, coming with a background as a small-business owner, volunteer and firearms advocate.
But she's risen through the ranks, becoming a cabinet minister, minister for courts, and rewriting the Firearms Act.
Party Leader David Seymour's confident in her, noting that she's is straight-forward, principled, practical, and never forgets the voters she represents.
So what will Nicole bring to the table, to advance the party's ambitions? The new ACT Party Deputy Leader Nicole McKee joins Tim Beveridge to explain.
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ACT has announced its plans to radically downsize Government departments, and bring fairness back into our benefit-system.
Firstly: They're making medical certification for health-related benefits mandatory, and only issued by MSD-approved doctors with objective criteria rather than a leaving it to a GP's discretion.
Secondly: Those on the Jobseeker benefit for more than four months will be given an electronic payment card that's only designated for essentials like groceries and rent.
Lastly: They want to cut the 43 Government departments into 19, and drop the number of portfolio ministers from 28 to 18.

ACT Party Leader David Seymour joins the Weekend Collective to unpack the party's ambitions.
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This week on The Panel, Tim Beveridge is joined by Journalist Wilhelmina O'Keeffe and Fieldays CEO Richard Lindroos to discuss the biggest stories from this week.
Winston Peters is taking shots at his coalition partners, raising questions about the FTA and the Health and Safety bill, Paul Goldsmith and Chris Finlayson are also trading blows. And Tim and his guests give their live commentary of the All Whites versus Belgium.
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