The Panel

We're going to send you on holiday to a beautiful hotel in Scandanavia ... ALL expenses paid. Only catch is, you have to leave your cellphone behind ... Audio

Forget attractive people doing handstands on a beach on Instagram ... that's SO 2018. The NEW social media gurus are fans of cleaning... called 'cleanfluencers', they plump cushions, they spray, they… Read more Audio

"Work smarter, not harder "... That's the message of an opinion piece in Stuff yesterday which looks at the question of why fence-builders are finding it so hard to recruit youngsters, despite… Read more Audio

The Education Ministry's released its annual attendance survey, this is looking at term 2 in 2018 ... It found more than a THIRD of children failed to attend school regularly - that's defined as… Read more Audio

An Australian school canteen menu from 1974 is doing the rounds on social media ... and how times have changed ... Audio

What did you buy from YOUR school tuckshop? Audio

McDonalds is replacing its Happy Meal toys with Roald Dahl books - a nice gesture, or effective marketing? Audio

National says its new tax plan will give the average worker an extra $430 a year - does that hold up when you jump under the hood? Audio

See level rise is putting billions of dollars of NZ council infrastructure at risk - so a new report put out by LGNZ says. Audio

What did you buy from YOUR school tuckshop? An Australian school canteen menu from 1974 is doing the rounds on social media ... and how times have changed ... The Education Ministry's released its… Read more Audio

See level rise is putting billions of dollars of NZ council infrastructure at risk - so a new report put out by LGNZ says. National says its new tax plan will give the average worker an extra $430 a… Read more Audio

Do you have a favourite cover song? Audio