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The Panel for Monday 30 October 2017

  • One Quick Question for 30 October 2017

    3:47 PM.We find the answers to any queries you can think up. Today we answered William's question about speeding, Robert's query about pants and Perry's about emergency calls.  Read more Audio

  • The Panel pre-show for 30 October 2017

    3:54 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel as well as our Story of the Day - today we look at calls in France to make language more gender-neutral.  Read more Audio

  • The Panel with Stephen Franks and Ellen Read (Part 1)

    4:03 PM.The government won't be announcing whether they can pay for all its proposed policies until a mini-budget before Christmas. The prime minister's confident the coalition agreements will be within the… Read more Audio

  • The Panel with Stephen Franks and Ellen Read (Part 2)

    4:05 PM.The plague has flared up across Madagascar with fears it could spread further via flights out of the country. Some are suggesting the practice of "dancing with the dead" is fueling the prevalence of… Read more Audio

  • Can the government pay for its plans?

    4:07 PM.The government won't be announcing whether they can pay for all its proposed policies until a mini-budget before Christmas. The prime minister's confident the coalition agreements will be within the… Read more Audio

  • Building affordable homes in Auckland

    politics Auckland Region

    4:17 PM.Stephen Selwood, Chief executive of Infrastructure New Zealand, tells the panel about the logistics of facilitating affordable housing in Auckland. The government and new housing minister are… Read more Audio

  • Providing housing for critical workers

    politics Auckland Region

    4:26 PM.The panellists discuss whether property owners with empty houses in Auckland should be encouraged by the government to rent them to critical workers like nurses and teachers. Read more Audio

  • Scraping national standards

    education

    4:27 PM.National standards are set to be abolished by the new government, which wants to focus on learning rather than assessment for school children. The Panellists debate whether this will leave parents in… Read more Audio

  • The fallout of the OZ citizenship crisis

    law

    4:29 PM.They've been dumped, at least temporarily, from their government roles, and now decisions Australian politicians Barnaby Joyce and Fiona Nash made over the last year could be challenged. We get… Read more Audio

  • The return of the Black Plague

    health

    4:32 PM.The plague has flared up across Madagascar with fears it could spread further via flights out of the country. Some are suggesting the practice of "dancing with the dead" is fueling the prevalence of… Read more Audio

  • Panel Says

    4:39 PM.What the Panellists Stephen Franks and Ellen Read want to talk about. Audio

  • The prescription drug dilemma

    environment

    4:43 PM.The United States has just declared an opioid crisis, cracking down on its painkiller-addition that killing hundreds of American a day. Here we have similar advertising laws, the most relaxed in the… Read more Audio

  • Cutting communications

    politics Auckland Region

    4:50 PM.There are calls for Auckland council to slash its number of communication staff, after a leaked document revealed its spending $45 million dollars on its spin doctors. Mayor Phil Goff was elected on… Read more Audio

  • Overweight luggage

    transport

    4:54 PM.Do airlines really take notice of your luggage? It seems overweight carry-ons are becoming more common, despite the dire warnings over the speaker at airport. The panellists discuss whether on-board… Read more Audio