The Panel

Some amendments have been made to the bill before parliament to toughen-up the country's firearms laws. International law professor Al Gillespie has has concerns. He says "innocent until proven guilty… Read more Audio

What the Panelists Julia Hartley-Moore and Chris Gallavin have been thinking about. Audio

Plants are IN. Audio

Pro vice chancellor of Massey University Chris Gallavin is in Wellington and private investigator Julia Hartley-Moore is in the Auckland RNZ studio.

A woman who was told her bikini was "inappropriate" by a duty manager at an Auckland pool felt she was being body-shamed.Yvette Harvie-Salter was in the sauna and spa at the Albany Stadium pool when… Read more Audio

Berms are back in the news with complaints of people parking their cars on them coming thick and fast in Auckland and Christchurch. So what's the problem? Too many cars and not enough parking in some… Read more Audio

The Singaporean government is proposing a law where it will be the one who decides which news is "fake" and which is "real". With the ruling party having 80 per cent of the seats in parliament the law… Read more Audio

Question of the Day - Which musician's death effected you the most? Audio

Whale hunting goes back in Japanese culture thousands of years however, modern commercial or scientific whaling has been severely condemned by the international community. Japan has resumed its… Read more Audio

In the King Country there's a proposal to change the settlement of Benneydale's name to Mania-Ti, after one of the nearby hills. And in Taranaki some are offended about abreviating the place name to… Read more Audio

Air New Zealand is lauded for its commitment to limit its carbon footprint and yet the airline is one of the country's biggest climate polluters, responsible for emitting 3.5 million tonnes of C02… Read more Audio

Question of the Day - Which musician's death effected you the most? The Singaporean government is proposing a law where it will be the one who decides which news is "fake" and which is "real". With… Read more Audio