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4:10 PM.The Campaign for Better Transport wants the Government to consider saving billions of dollars by building a rail-only crossing under Auckland's Waitemata Harbour. Economist Neil Douglas speaks about… Read more Audio

4:09 PM.Corrections Minister Sam Lotu-Iiga has told private prison operator SERCO there will be serious consequences if allegations of violence and intimidation between prisoners at Mt Eden remand prison are… Read more Audio

3:45 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

4:58 PM.Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking is teaming up with a Russian billionaire to search for alien life. Audio

4:55 PM.Auckland Council wants more high quality, affordable apartments and townhouses closer to the CBD. Audio

4:50 PM.A newspaper survey finds 88 of the 99 positions in Auckland council's boardrooms and executive management teams are held by white Europeans and men fill all the top jobs. Audio

4:45 PM.The Brits are going off their bangers. A local butcher Richard Newcombe joins the Panel to tell us about the good the bad and the ugly truth about sausages. Audio

4:40 PM.What the Panelists Mai Chen and Max Ritchie have been thinking about. Audio

4:35 PM.Researchers from the American Psychological Association in cohorts with Ohio State University have found found that sex and violence in advertising certainly attract the attention of viewers, but at… Read more Audio

4:28 PM.The Maori Party says it was farming that led to the decline of the kereru. Audio

4:20 PM.John Bolton of Squirrel Mortgages joins the Panel. He says it's not about Chinese surnames what we should be concerned about where the money comes from. Audio

4:12 PM.Canterbury police have been monitoring Facebook and issuing letters to users who they suspect have been interacting with drug dealers. Privacy lawyer Gareth Abdinor tells the Panel if this is any… Read more Audio

4:08 PM.What the Panelists Mai Chen and Max Ritchie have been up to. Audio

4:06 PM.Topics - Sex and violence in advertising, what's in a sausage, white men dominate Auckland Council boardrooms, Auckland's Unitary Plan. and a union of brains and money for alien search. Audio

4:05 PM.Topics - Police monitoring of Facebook, Foreign money vs foreign home buyers, and Kereru on the menu. Audio

3:45 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

4:56 PM.The prime minister's son Max Key has been posting video and photos on social media much like the kids of non-prime ministers do. Does it matter? Audio

4:48 PM.Bad behaviour caught on smart phone video and everyday shots of everyday things caught by Google Street view. We ask privacy lawyer Gareth Abdinor if privacy has gone completely out the window. Audio

4:40 PM.What the Panelists Matt Nippert and Margaret Sewell have been thinking about. Audio

4:34 PM.New research is telling us the opposite of what we've been led to believe about how birth order impacts on siblings traits. Audio

4:28 PM.Car parking charges to go up at Auckland Council-run CBD parking buildings. Audio

4:20 PM.Is it driver inattention and not speed which accounts for road crashes? Audio

4:12 PM.Economist Geoff Simmons joins the Panel to talk about John Key's upbeat attitude to the economy even in the face of dairy prices continuing to fall. Audio

4:06 PM.What the Panelists Matt Nippert and Margaret Sewell have been up to. Audio

4:01 PM.Sibling birth order, Panel Says, Every move you make, Max Key's social (media) life. Audio