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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

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

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

4:25 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

4:16 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

4:09 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

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

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

4:56 PM.Research shows that talking to strangers is good for wellbeing. Audio

4:50 PM.Research shows Māori are still more likely to be prosecuted for cannabis offences. Justice advocate and lawyer Julia Whaipooti discusses with The Panel. Audio

4:42 PM.The Panel looks at who the 'Proud Boys' are that were given a shout out by Donald Trump during the first 2020 Presidential Debate earlier this week. The Panel speaks to Professor Paul Spoonley about… Read more Audio

4:34 PM.Sports commentator Hamish Bidwell talks to The Panel about the exclusion of a Pasifika rugby team in the Super Rugby Aotearoa competition in 2021. Audio

4:32 PM.Today in music history, Tiffany her song, 'I think We're Alone Now', hit number one in the US and UK.) Audio

4:26 PM.Friday Mailbag: Wallace goes through the correspondence of the week looking at the big issues listeners were in touch about. Audio

4:19 PM.There are increasing calls for COVID quarantine facilities to be further out of urban areas in light of a massive jump in imported cases. Historian Grant Morris talks to the Panel about what we can… Read more Audio

4:17 PM.It's thought an isolating returnee caught COVID 19 from sharing a rubbish bin with another person who already had the virus. Wallace speaks to virologist, Dr Jemma Geoghegan from Otago University. Audio

4:08 PM.Housing affordability is getting out of reach for more New Zealanders as the median house price continues to sky rocket. The Panel talks to NZ Initiative's chief economist, Dr Eric Crampton. Audio