The Panel

Why does a whip make a cracking noise? And can you give your pet alkaline hydrolysis, or a water cremation, in New Zealand? Audio

Today's panellists are the new property council chief executive Leonie Freeman, and the journalist, broadcaster and poet Richard Langston

There may be a clearer answer in research out today in the journal Nature Neuroscience, into why some people become dependent on alcohol while other people don't... Read more Audio

Christmas is just around the corner - and so is the debate about what greeting to use ... Audio

A Chinese professor has presented the world with its first genetically edited babies - twin girls whose DNA has been altered to prevent them from contracting HIV. But it's been described as… Read more Audio

Three of the major dictionaries have nominated their word of the year for 2018 - "single-use", "toxic", and "misinformation". Read more Audio

The Speaker Trevor Mallard has announced an external review into the bullying and harassment of parliamentary staff going back to 2014. Read more Audio

A new strain of meningococcal virus has killed six people in the past year, three of them in Northland. That's led the government to introduce a new vaccination programme for people in that area. But… Read more Audio

The InSight lander touched down on the surface of Mars just before nine o'clock this morning - the culmination of a US$1 billion international effort. Otago Museum director Dr Ian Griffin joins us to… Read more Audio

Three of the major dictionaries have nominated their word of the year for 2018 - "single-use", "toxic", and "misinformation". What the Panelists Kevin Milne and Jennie Moreton want to talk about. A… Read more Audio

The InSight lander touched down on the surface of Mars just before nine o'clock this morning - the culmination of a US$1 billion international effort. Otago Museum director Dr Ian Griffin joins us to… Read more Audio