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4:27 PM.The Advertising Standards Authority's Complaints Board has found that a TV ad for the new caramelised white chocolate Toffee Pops biscuit from Griffins is not racist. Audio

4:21 PM.A big rise in the number of New Zealanders being housed in motels because they have nowhere to live. New Ministry of Social Development figures show 9245 emergency housing grants were given out… Read more Audio

4:18 PM.The Prime Minister has launched Trade For All. ? "A marketing gig," says Simon Bridges, "yet another working group on top of I think it's 135 at the moment, isn't the answer." Audio

4:14 PM.The Prime Minister says there are no conflicts of interest between New Zealand First Ministers or MPs and the inquiry into the process used to appoint Deputy Police Commissioner Wally Haumaha. Audio

4:08 PM.Massey University's cancelled a speaking invitation issued to Don Brash, let's talk about this new example of venue unavailability. Audio

3:55 PM.The United States has one of the highest percentage of obese people in the world - Two of every three American men are considered to be overweight or obese, but the rates for women are far higher. But… Read more Audio

3:45 PM.Why isn't it compulsory to wear a lifejacket? Where does the word "machine" come from? And a rather complicated, but extremely interesting, traffic question ... Audio

12:00 PM.Today's panellists are the actor, TV presenter and media personality Peter Elliot, and Listener columnist and former political reporter Clare de Lore

4:54 PM.New Zealand lamb prices are at their highest ever, more than $8 a kg. We talk about lamb prices, and the return of wool, and when cows attack, with Miles Anderson from Fed Farmers Audio

4:45 PM.'Celia' is screening in NZ, the Celia Lashlie documentary movie that got funded courtesy of a generous listener to The Panel when the traditional documentary funders turned it down. Hundreds turned… Read more Audio

4:39 PM.What the Panelists Guy Williams and Julia Hartley Moore want to talk about. Audio

4:35 PM.American comedians and film directors have been deleting thousands of their old tweets says Slate magazine. Audio

4:23 PM.Do you think you could keep cats inside all the time? Audio

4:13 PM.In Auckland the once-mighty Avondale Bowling Club is struggling now for members. As Stuff points out, it was once a haunt of Phil Goff's, and Helen Clark was its patron. Audio

4:10 PM.Victoria University is holding a meeting tonight at the Rutherford House lecture theatre, the first of three meetings this week to consult on its proposed change of name to "University of Wellington".

4:08 PM.National is sitting pretty above Labour in the latest Colmar Brunton poll, but Simon Bridges' personal numbers have dropped Audio

3:53 PM.Every year in Australia, 17 thousand households answer questions for The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey. Audio

3:45 PM.Which cows does beef come from? How long is tasty cheese aged for? And why don't penguins have knees? Audio

12:00 PM.Today's panellists are the author and private investigator Julia Hartley Moore, and the comedian and columnist Guy Williams

4:57 PM.The Crusaders are hoping for a full-house in Christchurch tomorrow when they take on South Africa's Lions. The Crusaders chief executive Hamish Riach expects this final to be a sell-out and says that… Read more Audio

4:51 PM.The BSA is looking at our television watershed. It operates in timebands, so you won't see risque content or hear a lot of swearing early in the evening but you might later on. Audio