13 Aug 2025

The Panel with Heather Roy and Tim Batt Part 2

From The Panel, 6:35 pm on 13 August 2025
Potato top pie crafted by Samraksmey So, winner of the 27th Bakels NZ Supreme Pie Award.

Photo: RNZ / Yiting Lin

In part two, a 16 percent annual rise in the price of beef mince is making the humble pie an expensive roadside munch. Then, the panel meets a Wairoa man who's been cutting hair for five decades and has no interest in stopping.

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