The Panel for Thursday 9 May 2019

12:00 PM.Wallace Chapman is joined by Sue Bradford, activist and former Green MP, and Stephen Franks, former ACT Party MP and now public and commercial lawyer with Franks Ogilvie. 

3:46 PM.The seventh in-line to the British throne has arrived...and he now has a name. The Sussex's have decided on Archie.  Read more Audio

3:54 PM.What the Panelists Sue Bradford and Stephen Franks have been thinking about. Audio

4:03 PM.In a rare parliamentary move, the Speaker named and suspended National MP Nick Smith for a comment yesterday. The dispute happened in the last question of the day in Question Time when Smith accused… Read more Audio

4:04 PM.Auckland Transport is considering a number of ideas to boost public transport patronage, including free travel on weekends, cheaper ferry rides, and bigger students discounts. Many of these ideas have… Read more Audio

4:10 PM.In a rare parliamentary move, the Speaker named and suspended National MP Nick Smith for a comment yesterday, he accused Trevor Mallard of being " soft on drugs, like the Government."  Read more Audio

4:19 PM.A new study has found a Universal Basic Income may not work - that is it can't alleviate poverty and be economically viable at the same time.  Read more Audio

4:33 PM.The Israel Folau saga continues with many figures coming to his defence. Wallabies star Israel Folau was found guilty of a "high level" breach of his contract. Read more Audio

4:41 PM.Auckland Transport is considering a number of ideas to boost public transport patronage, including free travel on weekends, cheaper ferry rides, and bigger students discounts. Read more Audio

4:47 PM.A new study has found the effect social media has on children's happiness is "trivial". While the effects of time spent on social media were more wide-ranging for girls, that effect is quote "tiny". 

4:54 PM.A traveller wants to see prunes handed out on Air NZ flights rather than lollies. The man argues it would "clean eating and healthy digestion". Read more Audio