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4:50 PM.Australian activists are calling for protesters to tear down a statue of Captain James Cook in Sydney after similar acts of protest in America and the UK.  Read more Audio

4:40 PM.The Panel is joined by journalist and writer Linda Tirado, who has been covering the Minneapolis protests and was recently injured by a rubber bullet.  Read more Audio

4:25 PM.In this digital age, it's increasingly challenging for parents and caregivers to keep children safe online.  Read more Audio

4:15 PM.Do New Zealanders need a GST holiday post-lockdown?  Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Calls are growing for New Zealand to include the Pacific in a trans-Tasman bubble.  Read more Audio

3:55 PM.Panellists Wendyl Nissen and Mike Rehu share what they are thinking about. Read more Audio

3:50 PM.The BBC takes a look at old gadgets that are still in working order. That includes one woman who has a working toaster from 1925, as Laura Dooney reports. Read more Audio

4:56 PM.In unsettling news for pie lovers, McDonalds has announced it is axing the iconic 'Georgie Pie'.  Read more Audio

4:46 PM.Writer and academic Scott Hamilton has taken issue with the name of a restaurant and bar in Akaroa, saying it honours slavery. Read more Audio

4:35 PM.Today marks six months since the deadly eruption of Whakaari/White Island eruption. The Panel is joined by Whakatane District Council Mayor Judy Turner. Read more Audio

4:32 PM.In this day in 1976, the Pointer Sisters released You Gotta Believe. Read more Audio

4:25 PM.There are calls from primary care sector leaders to transform the nation's health system.  Read more Audio

4:15 PM.Police have dropped the Armed Response Teams policing model after a six-month trial, police say. Read more Audio

4:07 PM.After 75 days, there are no cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand and that has caught the world's attention. Read more Audio

3:55 PM.Panellists Cindy Mitchener and David Slack share what they are thinking about. Read more Audio

3:50 PM.Breaking archaeology news: Robert Kelly has the latest scoop from Falerii Novi. Read more Audio

4:55 PM.The Panel looks at some of the more unusual New Zealand made products and speaks to Brett Renall, from Woodpecker Signs in Lincoln. Read more Audio

4:45 PM.More than 140 high profile scientists have urged Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg not to the let the US President spread "misinformation and incendiary statemements" amid US protests. Read more Audio

4:40 PM.In a strange development, two stories centered around spies or ex-spies in New Zealand have been making the headlines today. Read more Audio

4:32 PM.In this day in 1967, Procol Harum were at number one on the UK singles chart with 'A Whiter Shade Of Pale'.  Read more Audio

4:27 PM.The Panel discusses whether it's time for a nationwide recycling scheme to make it easier for Kiwis to recycle. Read more Audio