The Panel for Wednesday 5 December 2018

12:00 PM.Jim Mora is joined by Tess Nichol, former NZ Herald reporter, and Andrew Hoggard, Federated Farmers National Vice President.

3:45 PM.We find the answers to any queries you can think up. Today a question about colours and William's query about cooking in the microwave.  Read more Audio

3:53 PM.Apparently - you should only have six hot chips or french fries at a time... sadly this is not how many you shove into your mouth for a mouthful, oh no, this is in one serving! Read more Audio

4:03 PM.Auckland's St Kentigern College has been thrown out of next year's Auckland 1A First XV rugby competition. The other schools in the league have agreed to boycott St kents over its recruitment policy… Read more Audio

4:09 PM.Auckland's St Kentigern College has been thrown out of next year's Auckland 1A First XV rugby competition. The other schools in the league have agreed to boycott St kents over its recruitment policy.

4:22 PM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has placed 29th on Forbes magazine's most powerful women in the world list. Ms Ardern is also the most mentioned politician on New Zealand twitter, while Judith Collins… Read more Audio

4:25 PM.The Government is yet to decide whether to sign up to the United Nations migration pact. National's leader Simon Bridges says it would restrict New Zealand's ability to set its own migration policy. 

4:29 PM.A former staffer of Maggie Barry has spoken out about his experience working for her. Meanwhile, a leaked internal email purportedly sent by National chief press secretary advising MPs on how to talk… Read more Audio

4:33 PM.New research out of the UK suggests people will land their "dream job" by age 33. Adults not in their dream job want better work/life balance, less stress, and more pay. Read more Audio

4:37 PM.What the panellists Andrew Hoggard and Tess Nichol want to talk about. Audio

4:41 PM.Barry Read has been in touch about the issue he has paying extra to have TradeMe parcels delivered. All parcels he gets are delivered by a rural delivery contractor so he's wondering why he pays so… Read more Audio

4:46 PM.Christmas cards are rare nowadays, so too letters, particularly from friends and family. Most communication is via social media, emails or texting.  Read more Audio

4:51 PM.The media tide has turned against the new Duchess of Sussex, with many negative stories in recent weeks. Kensington Palace has made the rare move of issuing a statement on one of the rumous. Read more Audio

4:54 PM. Organisation PETA has called for people to discard idioms that perpetuate violence against animals such as "kill two birds with one stone".  Read more Audio

4:57 PM.A cafe owner in Nelson who banned children from his establishment is standing by his move. No one under 12 has been allowed in the cafe for the last two months and that won't change, the owner says… Read more Audio