The Panel for Tuesday 16 October 2018

3:45 PM.Smoking on planes, neanderthal DNA and FM radio frequencies. Read more Audio

3:53 PM.We've rounded up a couple a few things that are interesting the internet lately, how to store your cutlery and whether avocado is vegan friendly.... Audio

4:03 PM.So far this year 1771 vehicles have been abandoned in Auckland. That doesn't count the ones just left on the road that are still registered. Auckland Transport says the number of abandoned cars is… Read more Audio

4:05 PM.British GPs may soon be writing prescriptions for cooking classes, art classes and ballroom dancing. It's all in a bid to combat social isolation. What the Panelists Gary McCormick and Catherine… Read more Audio

4:09 PM.So far this year 1771 vehicles have been abandoned in Auckland. That doesn't count the ones just left on the road that are still registered. Auckland Transport says the number of abandoned cars is… Read more Audio

4:12 PM.Expelled National Caucus member Jami-Lee Ross has called his former leader Simon Bridges "corrupt". Meanwhile Mr Bridges says Mr Ross has "zero" chance of pinning anything illegal on him when it comes… Read more Audio

4:27 PM.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have announced they're expecting their first baby. Alexander and Alice are the early bookies favourites for the name. Mary is one of the contenders if it's a girl while… Read more Audio

4:32 PM.British GPs may soon be writing prescriptions for cooking classes, art classes and ballroom dancing. It's all in a bid to combat scial isolation. Audio

4:35 PM.What the Panelists Gary McCormick and Catherine Robertson want to talk about. Audio

4:43 PM.Former National Party leader Don Brash is going to give it another go. He's accepted another offer by the University's Politics Society to speak on campus tomorrow morning. His previous booking was… Read more Audio

4:49 PM.Air New Zealand and Zephyr Airworks have signed an agreement to bring the world's first autonomous electric air taxi service to New Zealand. Cora's already being tested around Christchurch. It's half… Read more Audio

4:50 PM.October 15 2017 was the day actress Alyssa Milano tweeted a call for survivors of sexual assault and harassment to post "me too" on social media to raise awareness about the pervasiveness of the… Read more Audio

5:00 PM.AUT Maori media and business lecturer Dr Ella Henry and actor Peter Elliot are both in the RNZ Auckland studio.