The Panel for Wednesday 4 July 2018

4:08 PM.Monsoon rains on the way, and huge issues around how this rescue is going to be managed Audio

4:16 PM.Ruts are already forming in parts of the new multimillion-dollar Waikato Expressway, leaving truckies frustrated and roading bosses saying it could be months before they are fixed. Audio

4:24 PM.Former prime minister Helen Clark has made a submission to Auckland Council opposing a charity concert to raise money for Sir Ray Avery's baby pod project. Audio

4:27 PM.The Dunedin City Council says it had no choice but to order the taking down of a suburban tree house after a neighbour complained. Audio

4:31 PM.An international research team from the University of Pennsylvania and Nanyang Technological University has managed to electrically stimulate the prefrontal cortex to reduce the desire to carry out… Read more Audio

4:36 PM.What the Panelists Mava Enoka and Matt Nippert want to talk about. Audio

4:43 PM.England somehow made it through in the World Cup game against Colombia. Emile Donovan joins us from RNZ's Squeaky Bum time World Cup podcast. Audio

4:49 PM.The income caps for the Kiwibuild houses, leaked yesterday, announced today. Audio

4:55 PM.NZ's red meat meat exporters are chasing higher prices, which means that some NZers are being priced out of the market. Plant-based proteins are starting to give meat a run for its money, and lamb &amp… Read more Audio