The Panel with Leonie Freeman and Martin Bosley, Part 1

Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Leonie Freeman and Martin Bosley. First up, the nation's hospitals are in the headlines lately and not for good reasons. Middlemore and Hutt hospitals are both facing crumbling infrastructure including leaks in Middlemore's maternity block and an ED patient at Waikato Hospital died in the toilet during a nine-hour wait over the weekend. Health commentator and former executive director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists Ian Powell joins the panel. Then, an alliance of mayors and tourism leaders are ramping up the pressure for a nationwide visitor accommodation levy, a bed tax in other words. John Glover, the mayor of Queenstown has been a persistent advocate.