The Panel

An increasing body of evidence suggests that the amount of time we spend on our smartphones is way too long. It's interferring with our sleep, self esteem, relationships, memory, attention spans, and… Read more Audio

A 14-year legal battle over ownership of a painting looted by Nazis has come to an end. A judge in California has ruled the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid, which has had Pissarro's "Rue… Read more Audio

A raft of social media platforms belonging to Facebook are to have their privacy settings bolstered, after criticism about how the company protects user data. CEO Mark Zuckerberg says it's a major… Read more Audio

What would you call the new Auckland-Hamilton rail express? Five possible names for the new Hamilton to Auckland passenger rail service are being considered by local government. Topping the list from… Read more Audio

Music distribution company TuneCore reports there's been a 154 per cent growth in the popularity of metal music. Metal topped all other genres in 2018 when it came to increased streams and downloads… Read more Video, Audio

Treating drugs as a health centred issue and away from a punitive apprach has been at the heart of the Governments Misuse of Drugs Amendement Bill. It's a shift away from the War on Drugs approach to… Read more Audio

New Zealand's major media outlets have agreed on how the coverage of the trial of the Christchurch Mosque gunman should be covered. Is it still the right thing to limit the use of his name? Audio

The New Zealand Maori Council has called-out the Hobson's Pledge Group because he says no one else has. The Council's executive director Matthew Tukaki said that Hobson's Pledge was "a divisive group… Read more Audio

Music distribution company TuneCore reports there's been a 154 per cent growth in the popularity of metal music. Metal topped all other genres in 2018 when it came to increased streams and downloads… Read more Audio

The New Zealand Maori Council has called-out the Hobson's Pledge Group because he says no one else has. The Council's executive director Matthew Tukaki said that Hobson's Pledge was "a divisive group… Read more Audio

What the Panelists Paula Penfold and Morgan Godfery have been thinking about. Audio

What's the best food smell in the world? Frying bacon? Frying onions? Just frying full stop? And now a different one - what 's the WORST smelling food? Audio