A poor gas outlook is seen as the main suspect for further job losses in manufacturing.

The country's largest gas user Methanex is proposing to move from two plants to one for the foreseeable future.

It comes after Winstone pulp confirmed plans to shut two mills to more than 200 workers earlier this week.

Former president and CEO of Methanex, Bruce Aitken told Mike Hosking we lack a long term, coherent energy strategy.

He says if you want to build power stations or wind farms, they take many years in planning and construction.

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A poor gas outlook is seen as the main suspect for further job losses in manufacturing. 
The country's largest gas user Methanex is proposing to move from two plants to one for the foreseeable future. 
It comes after Winstone pulp confirmed plans to shut two mills to more than 200 workers earlier this week. 
Former president and CEO of Methanex, Bruce Aitken told Mike Hosking we lack a long term, coherent energy strategy. 
He says if you want to build power stations or wind farms, they take many years in planning and construction. 
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Bruce Aitken: Former President and CEO of Methanex on the company potentially downsizing to one plant

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Abuse in care survivors are united in their desire for urgent action following the Government's apology. 

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has proposed renaming streets and public amenities that are named after known abusers and establishing a National Remembrance Day. 

He's also committing $32 million into the existing settlement process. 

Criminal barrister Rosemary Thomson —a Lake Alice survivor— told Mike Hosking some survivors are sceptical, while others want to give the Government the benefit of the doubt. 

She says everyone agrees redress is urgent, as the survivors are getting older, and generally aren't in good health. 

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Abuse in care survivors are united in their desire for urgent action following the Government's apology.&nbsp;
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has proposed renaming streets and public amenities that are named after known abusers and establishing a National Remembrance Day.&nbsp;
He's also committing $32 million into the existing settlement process.&nbsp;
Criminal barrister Rosemary Thomson —a Lake Alice survivor— told Mike Hosking some survivors are sceptical, while others want to give the Government the benefit of the doubt.&nbsp;
She says everyone agrees redress is urgent, as the survivors are getting older, and generally aren't in good health.&nbsp;
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Rosemary Thomson: Criminal Barrister and Lake Alice Survivor on the need for redress for the survivors of abuse in care

Police units around the country will be taking a proactive approach to the Government's new gang patch ban. 

Patches and insignia will be banned in public places from Thursday next week. 

Police Assistant Commissioner Paul Basham says Police have been speaking with gang leaders, and have made it clear that anyone breaching the law can expect a response. 

He told Mike Hosking that dedicated units will respond to reports of law-breaking, gather intelligence, and work with other branches of Police. 

He says they'll also take opportunities to reduce the ability of gangs to operate, and cause fear and intimidation. 

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Police units around the country will be taking a proactive approach to the Government's new gang patch ban.&nbsp;
Patches and insignia will be banned in public places from Thursday next week.&nbsp;
Police Assistant Commissioner Paul Basham says Police have been speaking with gang leaders, and have made it clear that anyone breaching the law can expect a response.&nbsp;
He told Mike Hosking that dedicated units will respond to reports of law-breaking, gather intelligence, and work with other branches of Police.&nbsp;
He says they'll also take opportunities to reduce the ability of gangs to operate, and cause fear and intimidation.&nbsp;
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Paul Basham: Police Assistant Commissioner on the preparations for the gang patch ban coming taking effect

We are not unique, but we are most definitely different from the way we were. 

Once again we are into exam season, and once again we have the flurry of stories of questions that can't be answered, the tears that flow, and the end of the world that is ensuing. 

For comfort, the same number of stories are floating about the place currently in Australia. 

For context, the last time I did exams these tears and high drama were nowhere to be seen. 

So what has happened? Is it possible the way we study has changed? 

Is it possible all the mocks that are taken lead you into an area of confusion, whereby unless the real exam looks remarkably similar to the ones you have just practiced on, you freak out? 

Is it possible because of the way we teach, it's too rote? In other words, you can parrot back what has been taught but you can't extrapolate out? 

Is it also possible that exams and entry to university has become such a big deal that the whole of the future of your life is flashing in front of your eyes, and unless it appears to have gone well you have no future? 

Perhaps my advantage was that I wasn’t going to university. I was out into the world to get on with it. 

What I needed was University Entrance, preferably endorsed, and that would give me, at the very least, a foot in the door to a job. 

Yes, exams seemed hard. Yes, a lot of people were nervous. 

Yes, a lot of people after the exam, as we wandered off home, either ran the line that it was a nightmare and they don’t stand a chance, or that it was so easy they couldn’t believe their luck. And we ran those lines no matter what had actually just happened. 

We were full of it. 

But what we didn’t do was melt down, the media didn’t cover the fallout, and we had no headlines. We were simply kids doing exams and sometimes they went well and sometimes they didn’t. 

I wish I knew then what I know now – that school is but a fleeting moment in time that will seem increasingly irrelevant. Although it's your whole world, or at least a decent chunk of it, when you are a kid, ultimately it will all be put into perspective. 

Life and its success is rarely, if ever, defined by what you did in year 12 or 13. 

Maybe we could teach more of that. 

We are not unique, but we are most definitely different from the way we were.&nbsp;
Once again we are into exam season, and once again we have the flurry of stories of questions that can't be answered, the tears that flow, and the end of the world that is ensuing.&nbsp;
For comfort, the same number of stories are floating about the place currently in Australia.&nbsp;
For context, the last time I did exams these tears and high drama were nowhere to be seen.&nbsp;
So what has happened? Is it possible the way we study has changed?&nbsp;
Is it possible all the mocks that are taken lead you into an area of confusion, whereby unless the real exam looks remarkably similar to the ones you have just practiced on, you freak out?&nbsp;
Is it possible because of the way we teach, it's too rote? In other words, you can parrot back what has been taught but you can't extrapolate out?&nbsp;
Is it also possible that exams and entry to university has become such a big deal that the whole of the future of your life is flashing in front of your eyes, and unless it appears to have gone well you have no future?&nbsp;
Perhaps my advantage was that I wasn’t going to university. I was out into the world to get on with it.&nbsp;
What I needed was University Entrance, preferably endorsed, and that would give me, at the very least, a foot in the door to a job.&nbsp;
Yes, exams seemed hard. Yes, a lot of people were nervous.&nbsp;
Yes, a lot of people after the exam, as we wandered off home, either ran the line that it was a nightmare and they don’t stand a chance, or that it was so easy they couldn’t believe their luck. And we ran those lines no matter what had actually just happened.&nbsp;
We were full of it.&nbsp;
But what we didn’t do was melt down, the media didn’t cover the fallout, and we had no headlines. We were simply kids doing exams and sometimes they went well and sometimes they didn’t.&nbsp;
I wish I knew then what I know now – that school is but a fleeting moment in time that will seem increasingly irrelevant. Although it's your whole world, or at least a decent chunk of it, when you are a kid, ultimately it will all be put into perspective.&nbsp;
Life and its success is rarely, if ever, defined by what you did in year 12 or 13.&nbsp;
Maybe we could teach more of that.&nbsp;

Mike's Minute: We should teach that exams aren't everything

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Bruce Aitken: Former President and CEO of Methanex on the company potentially downsizing to one plant

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