The Panel for Wednesday 12 December 2018

12:00 PM.Today's panellists are Hayden Donnell and Dellwyn Stuart

3:44 PM.Why are bottle tops made of different plastic to the body? And why does my email spam seem to pour in at a certain time of day ... Audio

3:50 PM.What do you reckon is the biggest enclosed building in the world? Audio

4:03 PM.Two people are dead and 12 wounded, following a shooting in the French city of Strasbourg. Engineers and logistics staff at the national carrier have announced a three-day strike for the 21st, 22nd… Read more Audio

4:05 PM.Journalists who've been killed or imprisoned are collectively Time Magazine's Person of the Year - who's yours? The panellists weigh in. Plus, the most-streamed songs of the 20th century ... What the… Read more Audio

4:08 PM.Two people are dead and 12 wounded, following a shooting in the French city of Strasbourg. Audio

4:09 PM.Engineers and logistics staff at the national carrier have announced a three-day strike for the 21st, 22nd and 23rd of December. Is there a contingency plan? Aviation commentator Peter Clark is here… Read more Audio

4:17 PM.Letting fees are a relic of the past from today, but will those costs simply be passed on through rent increases? The Real Estate Institute's Bindi Norwell joins us to discuss. Audio

4:23 PM.Parliament's passed the third reading of the Government's medicinal cannabis bill, but the National party says what's in the bill is effectively decriminalisation by stealth. Audio

4:25 PM.Kiwibuild boss Steven Barclay hasn't been at work for six or seven weeks, and even the Prime Minister can't say why. Audio

4:25 PM.From January 21st next year Auckland commuters using the Downtown car park, which is owned by Auckland Transport, will cost $40 a day - a price hike of $16. Audio

4:33 PM.Journalists who've been killed or imprisoned are collectively Time Magazine's Person of the Year - who's yours? The panellists weigh in. Plus, the most-streamed songs of the 20th century ... Audio

4:33 PM.What the panellists Hayden Donnell and Dellwyn Stuart. Audio

4:45 PM.Theresa May's dire straits got a little gloomier yesterday, as she was filmed struggling to unlock her car door as Angela Merkel waited to meet her. Is there an element of ... schadenfreude ... in how… Read more Audio

4:48 PM.Hannah Rodgers wants more people to receive Christmas cards - especially people who, for whatever reason, wouldn't get too many Christmas cards otherwise. So she set up a campaign: Sending Love. Read more Audio

4:54 PM.Before year's end we're returning to stories we did that had loose ends. "Hi Jim" wrote Karen Summerhays. "I was interested in the conversation you had about KiwiBank turning digital and leaving… Read more Audio