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The Panel for Friday 24 August 2018

  • Pre-Panel & One Quick Question for 24 August 2018

    3:45 PM.Seagull death plunge, phone credit and helium balloons. Audio

  • Story of the day for 24 August 2018

    3:53 PM.Famous messages in bottles. Audio

  • The Panel with Alexia Russell and Duane Major (Part 1)

    4:03 PM.RNZ's political editor Jane Patterson is with us from parliament as PM demotes Clare Curran. The National Party leader Simon Bridges wants to forge ahead with an inquiry into the leak of his expenses… Read more Audio

  • The Panel with Alexia Russell and Duane Major (Part 2)

    4:05 PM.As we mentioned yesterday poetry reading is making a comeback. Especially among 18-24 year-olds. We listen to an offering from a Panel listener. What the Panelists Alexia Russell and Duane Major want… Read more Audio

  • PM demotes Clare Curran

    politics

    4:07 PM.RNZ's political editor Jane Patterson is with us from parliament. Audio

  • Bridges' expenses leak

    politics

    4:11 PM.The National Party leader Simon Bridges wants to forge ahead with an inquiry into the leak of his expenses spending. The Speaker Trevor Mallard has called-off the inquiry.How has this leak escalated… Read more Audio

  • Advance Australia's new Prime Minister

    politics

    4:17 PM.Australia's new Prime Minister is Scott Morrison. He's managed fend off challengers for the leadership Julie Bishop and Peter Dutton. Political scientist John Warhurst of the ANU gives his take on the… Read more Audio

  • Not Pure as view

    environment

    4:25 PM.An advertising executive who was involved in New Zealand's 100% Pure tourism campaign and owns a holiday house near Queenstown says the new Atley Road subdivision will destroy panoramic views. Audio

  • MBIE concerned over coffee measures

    law

    4:28 PM.MBIE is determined to stamp out imperial measurements in the coffee industry. It's written to the NZ Specialty Coffee Association about getting their members to stop using 8 ounce measures and switch… Read more Audio

  • National Poetry Day

    4:32 PM.As we mentioned yesterday poetry reading is making a comeback. Especially among 18-24 year-olds. We listen to an offering from a Panel listener. Audio

  • Panel says

    4:36 PM.What the Panelists Alexia Russell and Duane Major want to talk about. Audio

  • Advice against going to university

    4:43 PM.Going to university can be a huge waste of time and money for many young people. Half of NZ's apprentices have already been to university. The Chief Executive of industry training organisation… Read more Audio

  • Landlines powerless in a power cut

    technology

    4:49 PM.Listeners are worried about their elderly relatives who only have landlines. But those landlines may fail them in a power cut. Craig Young of TUANZ talks about the loopholes in the VOIP digital phone… Read more Audio

  • Big money in legal weed

    4:56 PM.Cannabis law reform is on the way. Reports from the US show more Americans are reporting near-constant cannabis use, as legalization forges ahead. Public-health experts worry about the increasingly… Read more Audio

  • Panelists Monday 27 August 2018

    5:00 PM.Jo McCarroll of NZ Gardener magazine is in Auckland with sports commentator Mike Rehu

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