Gumboot Friday founder Mike King has come under fire following his recent comments about alcohol.

In an interview with Newstalk ZB yesterday, King said alcohol can stop negative thoughts - and could be a solution to mental health. 

ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper says these comments missed the mark, but Labour is wrong to call for Gumboot Friday's funding to be pulled.

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Gumboot Friday founder Mike King has come under fire following his recent comments about alcohol.
In an interview with Newstalk ZB yesterday, King said alcohol can stop negative thoughts - and could be a solution to mental health.&nbsp;
ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper says these comments missed the mark, but Labour is wrong to call for Gumboot Friday's funding to be pulled.
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Barry Soper: ZB senior political correspondent on Mike King's controversial comments about alcohol

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The Warriors are set to face the Dolphins at the Go Media Stadium tomorrow in round one of the NRL finals. 

Former Warriors captain turned real estate mogul Tohu Harris joined Andrew Dickens to discuss. 

"From what we've seen from the Warriors this year and how they've defended, I'm quietly confident."

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The Warriors are set to face the Dolphins at the Go Media Stadium tomorrow in round one of the NRL finals.&nbsp;
Former Warriors captain turned real estate mogul Tohu Harris joined Andrew Dickens to discuss.&nbsp;
"From what we've seen from the Warriors this year and how they've defended, I'm quietly confident."
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Tohu Harris: Former Warriors captain on Warriors v Dolphins

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Chaos in UK airports, after an hours-long air traffic control outage led to the cancellation of at least 2,000 flights and left passengers stranded.

National Air Traffic Services CEO Martin Rolfe has faced criticism following the outage, and there's growing calls for him to lose the role. 

UK correspondent Enda Brady says this latest incident cost airlines millions and industry experts and passengers have voiced outrage.

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Chaos in UK airports, after an hours-long air traffic control outage led to the cancellation of at least 2,000 flights and left passengers stranded.
National Air Traffic Services CEO Martin Rolfe has faced criticism following the outage, and there's growing calls for him to lose the role.&nbsp;
UK correspondent Enda Brady says this latest incident cost airlines millions and industry experts and passengers have voiced outrage.
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Enda Brady: UK correspondent on the UK's air traffic control head being under pressure to quit following recent glitch

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An artificial intelligence researcher who worked with Anthropic recently quit the industry, and accused the AI giants of 'gambling with our lives' to grow the technology.

Jacob Coxon spent the past three years pre-training AI models, beginning at OpenAI and moving to Anthropic, but has since claimed neither of the big companies are 'acting responsibly'.

Fisher Funds expert Sam Dickie says this is the latest in the case of AI experts 'sounding the alarm' over the risks of the technology.

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An artificial intelligence researcher who worked with Anthropic recently quit the industry, and accused the AI giants of 'gambling with our lives' to grow the technology.
Jacob Coxon spent the past three years pre-training AI models, beginning at OpenAI and moving to Anthropic, but has since claimed neither of the big companies are 'acting responsibly'.
Fisher Funds expert Sam Dickie says this is the latest in the case of AI experts 'sounding the alarm' over the risks of the technology.
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Sam Dickie: Fisher Funds expert on the AI researcher quitting Anthropic and warning of the tech's risks

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Barry Soper: ZB senior political correspondent on Mike King's controversial comments about alcohol

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