The Panel

A Law Society survey has found there is little difference in the salaries between the sexes in the first 10 years' of practice. Then after about 10 years a glass ceiling appears. Women lawyers are… Read more Audio

What the Panelists Mai Chen and Andrew Frame want to talk about. Audio

A heartwarming story for a Friday about a man who runs an elephant sanctuary in Thailand and plays music to tame the savage beast. Or in this case sooth sick and traumatised elephants. Paul Barton… Read more Audio

The government is looking at filling the gap between KiwiBuild and renting. It's "KiwiBuy". The upshot is the government buys houses in partnership with low income earners.Buying under a shared… Read more Audio

The picturesque surfing village of Raglan attracts lots of tourists who rent lots of baches and Airbnbs. Trouble is locals struggle to find a home to rent despite a third of residential properties… Read more Audio

The Czech criminal residing in a New Zealand prison could soon be winging his way home to the Czech Republic thanks to an extradition order. Andrew Geddis of the University of Otago hopes the Sroubek… Read more Audio

A heartwarming story for a Friday about a man who runs an elephant sanctuary in Thailand and plays music to tame the savage beast. Or in this case sooth sick and traumatised elephants. Paul Barton… Read more Audio

The Czech criminal residing in a New Zealand prison could soon be winging his way home to the Czech Republic thanks to an extradition order. Andrew Geddis of the University of Otago hopes the Sroubek… Read more Audio

In Australia Woolworths has revealed that its ban on single-use bags has cut its plastic bag waste by 600 million in just three months - so over a year that would mean 2.4 billion fewer bags… Read more Audio

Hoodies and driving, cars cows and greenhouse gas emissions, and nutrient run-off. Read more Audio

Public law expert Mai Chen is in Auckland and columnist Andrew Frame is in the RNZ Napier studio.

The odd Lime scooter seems to have caught fire in the United States because of battery issues triggering a partial recall. Three people died on e-scooters last month and there's a class-action lawsuit… Read more Audio