The much anticipated government announcement of a solution to soaring power prices has fallen well short of fundamental reform

The government's much-trumpted power plan to reform the electricity sector is more likely to result in dirtier, more expensive power, than a clean, cheap solution.

Guests:

• Marc Daalder - Newsroom senior political reporter

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• Government's securing New Zealand's energy future press release

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Taiwanese worry about living costs and their everyday lives while pushing the prospect of action from China to the back of their minds

Taiwanese people are used to air raid sirens and preparations for action ahead of any Chinese invasion, but life must be lived well in the mean time

Guests:

• Mark Hanson - journalist, publisher White Fungus
• Dr Ming-Shih Shen, Institute for National Defense and Security Research, Taiwan
• Dr Jie Zhong - Institute for National Defense and Security Research, Taiwan
• Kelly Sloan - Sloan & Associates, Denver
• Yurii Poita - Ukraine scholar, specialist on Asia Pacific security

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If you want to live your life more seamlessly, you might have to swallow the dead rat of information seepage

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