The Panel for Monday 5 October 2020

3:46 PM.David Stone lost his home and everything he owns in the blaze at Lake Ōhau Village over the weekend. His is one of approximately 50 structures that were razed by the scrub fire. David joins the show… Read more Audio

3:52 PM.Approximately 1800 hectares of conservation land has been affected by the Lake Ōhau blaze. Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage says we need to learn to be fire smart. Grant Pearce is a specialist in… Read more Audio

4:09 PM.Auckland will move to alert level 1 at 11.59pm on Wednesday and this can't come soon enough for those in the entertainment industry, who've been hammered by enforced closures and capacity… Read more Audio

4:16 PM.Professor Kurt Krause joins The Panel to discuss whether President Trump could be a Covid-19 super-spreader, and the potential effectiveness or side effects of the cocktail of medications he is… Read more Audio

4:25 PM.Hasbro, the brand owner of Scrabble in North America is looking to remove hundreds of words from the game's official lexicon for tournaments, in an effort to 'protect family values'. Howard Warner… Read more Audio

4:32 PM.Today in music history: In 1973 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' — the 7th studio album by Elton John — was released. Read more Audio

4:36 PM.Judith Collins has been increasingly referencing her religion on the campaign trail, and was even photographed praying in chrurch. Critics say she is angling for the Christian vote. Dr Mark Boyd… Read more Audio

4:47 PM.New Zealand's horticulture industry is under immense stress as orchards across the country struggle to recruit workers to prune and pick billions of dollars of fruit. Nick Bibby Business manager for… Read more Audio