The Panel

What the Panelists Ella Henry and Josie McNaught have been up to. Audio

What the Panelists Ella Henry and Josie McNaught have been thinking about. Major research which included a cohort of children from New Zealand reports that school pupils with no shoes on 'do better in… Read more Audio

Lower Hutt has introduced a ban on smoking in public places; the Auckland housing crisis is throwing up new issues; and accusations Auckland councillors being gagged over Unitary Plan. Audio

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The town of Green Bank, West Virginia, at the heart of America's National Radio Quiet Zone. Green Bank is a refuge from wireless technology, and people are moving there. It has opted out of the… Read more Audio

Auckland Council is reluctant to open vaults of ashes in the Waikumete cemetery, 1795 different containers of ashes dating back to the 1920s. These ashes were unclaimed, and stayed unclaimed, until… Read more Audio

Local Marlborough wine maker Belinda Jackson believes there's no support in the town to change Blenheim's name. Should Blenheim be renamed Marlborough City as nod to wine industry? Audio

What the Panelists Niki Bezzant and Gary McCormick have been thinking about. Audio

We know coffee and sugar stop you nodding off, but other recent research appears to have found that broccoli may be affecting your sleep. Audio

A report on traffic congestion believes a camper van ban would help ease the problem in central Queenstown. Camper vans may be banned from CBD. Audio

Do you long for a firm strategy to solve Auckland's housing problems? Do you think that's possible? What would it be? Former Economics lecturer Dr Eric Crampton is Head of Research at The New Zealand… Read more Audio