Newshub Nation: June 26, 2021

Four years into the Labour Government and despite lofty promises the housing market remains too hot to handle - what’s Housing Minister Megan Woods' plan to make homes affordable.

The government is planning to make hate speech a crime - is the move long overdue or a step too far? Justice Minister Kris Faafoi joins Tova O’Brien.

And we may have dodged yet another COVID bullet but tensions remain high in the capital. Professor Michael Baker on our latest pandemic scare.

And dissecting the news of the week on our panel: CEO of Waipareira Trust John Tamihere, Bernie O'Donnell who is Chair of the Manukau Urban Maori Authority, and senior journalist Maria Slade from the National Business Review. 

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