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The Panel for Friday 12 October 2018

  • Pre-Panel & One Quick Question for 12 October 2018

    3:45 PM.Wilding pines, Rotorua St in Melbourne and dentures down drains. Read more Audio

  • Story of the day for 12 October 2018

    3:46 PM.A squirrel caused a whole flight to disembark after it escaped on the plane. It's yet another emotional support animal giving all emotional support animals a bad name. Audio

  • The Panel with Leonie Freeman and Sanjay Kumarasingham (Part 1)

    4:04 PM.Topics - NZX tumble, Ex-prisoners on employment scrap heap, Mandatory warnings on alcohol and pregnancy, Surprise earthworks for Wanaka residents, Wool for better sleep. Audio

  • The Panel with Amanda Millar and Sanjay Kumarasingham (Part 2)

    4:05 PM.Topics - Crime chicken and Kanye, Truckie passenger's anti-cyclist rant, Lorde, law and lawlessness around the world with Dr Al Gillespie, World's longest non-stop flight. Audio

  • NZX tumble

    business economy

    4:09 PM.The NZX-50 was down again today. Overnight the Dow Jones Industrial index shed 545 points. Concerns in the U.S. are around higher interest rates, a forecast of lower world growth, and of course the… Read more Audio

  • Ex-prisoners on employment scrap heap

    4:15 PM.The Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis is urging employers to give ex-prisoners a job saying it reduces reoffending. Some spoken to by RNZ news say they don't have a chance of getting a job if their… Read more Audio

  • Mandatory warnings on alcohol and pregnancy

    4:18 PM.Alcohol companies will have to put warnings about drinking and pregnancy on their labels. The Australia and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation met yesterday and voted to make the… Read more Audio

  • Surprise earthworks for Wanaka residents

    4:22 PM.The Queenstown Lakes District Council has dug up the lakefront at Wanaka. Trouble is, according to a local news website, the last anyone heard about any makeover plans was in 2016. The managing editor… Read more Audio

  • Wool for better sleep

    4:27 PM.New research says woollen clothing regulates body temperature and keeps you in a 'thermal comfort zone', whether you need to be hot or cold. And this is brilliant for getting better sleep. Audio

  • Crime chicken and Kanye

    4:32 PM.Here are a few thoughts involving prison and talent, and chicken and Kanye. Audio

  • World's longest non-stop flight

    4:32 PM.Singapore Airlines is launching the world's longest non-stop flight route this weekend. It's a daily service with no economy class seats between Changi Airport and New York's Newark Liberty Airport… Read more Audio

  • Panel Says

    4:35 PM.What the Panelists Leonie Freeman and Sanjay Kumarasingham want to talk about. Audio

  • Truckie passenger's anti-cyclist rant

    transport

    4:37 PM.A Dunedin contracting firm says a leaked video with one of its employees making nasty comments about a cyclist because it was stuck behind them was "extremely embarrassing''. The comments came from a… Read more Audio

  • Lorde, law and lawlessness around the world

    law politics

    4:43 PM.The University of Waikato's Al Gillespie talks about some international situations that make you wonder about where the NZ government's voice is on human rights. Audio

  • Panelists Monday 15 October 2018

    5:00 PM.Stock broker and investment advisor Jennie Moreton is in the RNZ Christchurch studio and Creative NZ's chair Michael Moynahan is in Wellington.

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