The Panel

Police investigating the killing of British backpacker Grace Millane have located a shovel believed to be related to their enquiry. But also today the Bar Association has come out to express concern… Read more Audio

What's Big Bird's real name? And what exactly was the vote Theresa May survived this morning? Audio

Before year's end we're returning to stories we did that had loose ends. "Hi Jim" wrote Karen Summerhays. "I was interested in the conversation you had about KiwiBank turning digital and leaving… Read more Audio

Hannah Rodgers wants more people to receive Christmas cards - especially people who, for whatever reason, wouldn't get too many Christmas cards otherwise. So she set up a campaign: Sending Love. Read more Audio

Theresa May's dire straits got a little gloomier yesterday, as she was filmed struggling to unlock her car door as Angela Merkel waited to meet her. Is there an element of ... schadenfreude ... in how… Read more Audio

Journalists who've been killed or imprisoned are collectively Time Magazine's Person of the Year - who's yours? The panellists weigh in. Plus, the most-streamed songs of the 20th century ... Audio

What the panellists Hayden Donnell and Dellwyn Stuart. Audio

Kiwibuild boss Steven Barclay hasn't been at work for six or seven weeks, and even the Prime Minister can't say why. Audio

From January 21st next year Auckland commuters using the Downtown car park, which is owned by Auckland Transport, will cost $40 a day - a price hike of $16. Audio

Parliament's passed the third reading of the Government's medicinal cannabis bill, but the National party says what's in the bill is effectively decriminalisation by stealth. Audio

Letting fees are a relic of the past from today, but will those costs simply be passed on through rent increases? The Real Estate Institute's Bindi Norwell joins us to discuss. Audio