The Panel

Child poverty has improved overall since 2018 according to annual figures released today but Maori and Pacific children continue to be worst affected across the board, Children's Commissioner Judge… Read more Audio

There has been a huge loss of built heritage since the 2011 quakes, we hear from Dame Anna Crighton who has worked tirelessly to save some of the city's notable buildings; hundreds of high school… Read more Audio

On the 10th anniversary of the devastating 2011 Christchurch quake we hear the first-hand story from Zara Potts, who describes how the brick cafe she was in caved in around her; we hear from Dr… Read more Audio

We hear from a Kiwi living in El Paso, Texas, about the massive storm that has resulted in no power for days; Facebook has banned 18 million Australians from viewing news on its platform and banned… Read more Audio

The country's biggest ever vaccination programme gets underway tomorrow, but the Ministry of Health's online vaccination register won't be ready; a new study has revealed that a quarter of renters… Read more Audio

NASA's science rover Perseverance, the most advanced astrobiology laboratory ever sent to another world, streaked through the Martian atmosphere and landed safely on the floor of a vast crater, its… Read more Audio

A new research project will study the ongoing impact of "quake brain" on people's memory and other cognitive functions a decade after the Canterbury earthquakes; a Masterton print business that can't… Read more Audio

We are days away from the country's largest ever mass vaccination programme, but research has found 24 percent of Kiwis are unlikely to have a Covid-19 vaccine if offered; the Parliamentary… Read more Audio