The Panel for Monday 14 January 2019

3:45 PM.Wallace Chapman is joined by Peter Elliott and Heather Roy. He asks his question of the day and our panellists tell us what they've been thinking Audio

4:10 PM.Paul Buchanan of 36 Parallel Consultants discusses US government shut-downs. What the power-play is behind them. Will Donald Trump get his Mexico border wall? And is it possible he could be charged… Read more Audio

4:20 PM.The exploitation of immigrant workers is becoming more commonplace in New Zealand. It stems from the initial advertising of jobs, according to the Union Network of Migrants, where employers place a… Read more Audio

4:25 PM.Some Buddhists are releasing animals into the wild as a way to get good karma. This has included releasing live fish, which are bought at fish markets, into Auckland's Waitemata Harbour and red-eared… Read more Audio

4:30 PM.Question of the day: Should kids bike to school - would you let your kids do it? Audio

12:00 PM.Columnist David Cormack is in Wellington and former journalist Janet Wilson is in the RNZ Auckland studio