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The Panel for Friday 16 February 2018

  • One Quick Question for 16 February 2018

    3:47 PM.We find the answers to any queries you can think up. Today we answered Janet's question about the deficit, Dana's query about walnuts and Helen's wondering about being ambidextrous. Read more Audio

  • The Panel pre-show for 16 February 2018

    3:52 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Story of the day today is about figure skating in the Olympics.  Read more Audio

  • The Panel with Mark Knoff-Thomas and Stephanie Rodgers (Part 1)

    4:03 PM.One of the pirates involved in the murder of Sir Peter Blake has been captured after 15 years on the run. He was arrested in Brazil during a routine stop. Sir Peter Blake was the world's most famous… Read more Audio

  • The Panel with Mark Knoff-Thomas and Stephanie Rodgers (Part 2)

    4:05 PM.Our half-time topic today is all about enviornmental stories of the week including the Church of England's call to giev up plastic for Lent, the return of glass milk bottles, Germany trialling free… Read more Audio

  • Fugitive pirate captured

    history crime

    4:07 PM.One of the pirates involved in the murder of Sir Peter Blake has been captured after 15 years on the run. He was arrested in Brazil during a routine stop.  Read more Audio

  • America and its guns

    crime

    4:08 PM.America's latest school shooting has ignited the discussion about gun use and ownership however there are many facts that seem to circulating that are incorrect or at least, exaggerated.  Read more Audio

  • Stalked by a drone

    media

    4:17 PM.A family's day at Abel Tasman was interrupted by a drone, which followed the group as they walked along the beach.  Read more Audio

  • Joyce turn on Turnbull

    politics

    4:26 PM.Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has banned sexual relations between government ministers and staff, following his Deputy Prime Minister's affair with a staffer.  Read more Audio

  • Plastic, pollution and more plastic

    environment

    4:32 PM.Our half-time topic today is all about environmental stories of the week including the Church of England's call to give up plastic for Lent, the return of glass milk bottles, and Germany trailing free… Read more Audio

  • What the panelists want to talk about

    4:39 PM.What the panelists Mark Knoff-Thomas and Stephanie Rodgers want to talk about. Audio

  • Protected tree cut

    4:44 PM.A Sumner man is regretting he ordered branches to be cut from a Norfolk pine tree near a building he owns, after people labelled it "eco-terrorism".  Read more Audio

  • Car imports

    transport

    4:45 PM.There are calls for more transparency for buyers purchasing cars from dealers, after multiple cases involving cars imported after being declared write-offs in Australia.  Read more Audio

  • Trash Talk

    environment

    4:53 PM.Auckland Council will spend $200,000 on a dumping hotline, hoping to catch those people who are dumping rubbish illegally on the side of city streets.  Read more Audio

Today Jim Mora is joined by communication and strategy adviser, Stephanie Rodgers, and chief executive of the Newmarket Association, Mark Knoff-Thomas.