The Panel for Thursday 7 May 2020

3:48 PM.It seems to be becoming increasingly popular for celebrities to choose unusual - or sometimes downright strange - names for their children. This has just been highlighted by the name tech entrepreneur… Read more Audio

3:55 PM.Panellists Nalini Baruch and Steve McCabe share what they've been thinking about. Audio

4:08 PM.The Prime Minister has unveiled guidelines for life at alert level 2. We go through what has been stipulated with RNZ's political editor Jane Patterson. Audio

4:18 PM.Life under alert level 2 means a raft of new regulations for the hospitality sector to operate under. Hospitality NZ chief executive Julie White talks about how that will impact the industry. Audio

4:34 PM.Legal experts have raised questions about the legality of the lock down in New Zealand. Waikato University Professor of Law Al Gillespie joins the discussion. Audio

4:43 PM.A couple of days ago the government announced that certain infrastructure projects will be sped through the consents process. Fundamentally the idea is to get projects started as soon as possible to… Read more Audio

4:46 PM.There's a call for essential workers who continued in their jobs during alert level four lockdown to be paid a living wage. Audio

4:52 PM.Watercare CEO Raveen Jaduram speaks to the panel about water restrictions throughout the region from next week. Audio