The Panel

National's Deputy Leader, Paula Bennett is to vacate her Upper Harbour electoral seat to oversee the party's campaign for the 2020 election, which has prompted speculation that it's being vacated for… Read more Audio

New Zealand has the 11th-lowest net debt-to-GDP ratio out of 183 countries around the world. RNZ's Gyles Beckford joins the panel to explain why, and whether we need to change our philosophy. Audio

Markets have tumbled around the world in the past 24 hours. RNZ's Business Editor Gyles Beckford brings us the latest and explains what it means and whether the world might be headed for a recession.

The government has announced a new repair package for people who bought quake-damaged homes, expected to cost around $300 million. Audio

The IPCC says we must reduce food waste to help combat climate change. What are your best tips for reducing food waste? Food, or housing? We only have a finite amount of land in Aotearoa - and we have… Read more Audio

The government has announced a new repair package for people who bought quake-damaged homes, expected to cost around $300 million. Markets have tumbled around the world in the past 24 hours. RNZ's… Read more Audio

What the Panellists Niki Bezzant and Bill Ralston have been thinking about. Audio

The classic 1990 movie Home Alone is getting remade by Disney, but the decision has been widely panned. Audio

Goldsmith's University of London, clearly a VERY green univbersity, is phasing out single-use plastics plastics and installing more solar panels to power its buildings in New Cross, as part of a move… Read more Audio

A bid to change the Basin Reserve's name to "Support Women's Sport Basin Reserve" appeals to have fallen short, but the organisers aren't giving up just yet. Audio

Fran O'Sullivan had a good column in yesterday's New Zealand Herald about chief executives in New Zealand, and whether we're starstruck by overseas CEOs. Audio

A piece on the Newsroom website reveals just how much financial firepower property developers threw around in the 2016 mayoral race. Dr Simon Chapple from Victoria University joins us to talk about… Read more Audio