The Panel

The New York Times recent frontpage marking almost 100,000 deaths from Covid-19 is a stark and confronting reminder of the terrible toll this pandemic has taken in the US.  Read more Audio

New Zealand's media industry is reeling after two major announcements today. Bill Ralston joins the Panel to discuss the changing media landscape. Read more Audio

Today in music history the front man for German metal band Scorpions, Klaus Meine, was born in 1948.  Read more Audio

The National Party's new leader, Todd Muller, has a 'Make America Great Again' cap in his collection of political memorabilia that is causing controversy.  Read more Audio

Business NZ is calling for more clarity about the conditions under which businesses can move to alert level 1.  Read more Audio

Panellists Livia Esterhazy and Eli Matthewson share what they've been thinking about. Read more Audio

Christchurch paper The Press printed its first issue on this day in 1861. Robert Kelly has a look at media ownership in New Zealand in the 1860s. Read more Audio

A new tourism campaign encourages New Zealanders to travel around the country to help the flagging industry. Audio

Wallace goes back throught the correspodence he received during the week. Audio

US President Donald Trump withdraws his country from the Open Skies Treaty. International law expert, Al Gillespie, talks about why that's significant. Audio