The Panel

University of Otago students in Dunedin want the power of the proctor to be limited to on-campus. They've held a protest today in the wake of a furor over Proctor Dave Scott confiscating water bongs… Read more Audio

US Supreme Court candidate Judge Brett Kavanaugh has undergone questioning before the US Senate's Judiciary Committee about several allegations of historic sex abuse. His appearance was preceded by… Read more Audio

The Prime Minister delivered an idealistic and aspirational speech to the United Nations General Assembly this morning. Jacinda Ardern put a stake in the ground for what New Zealand stands for and… Read more Audio

Entertainment doyen Barbra Streisand has released her first album in many years and it features a song called "Don't Lie to Me" which is a direct attack on US President Donald Trump. She laments her… Read more Audio

The Prime Minister delivered an idealistic and aspirational speech to the United Nations General Assembly this morning. Jacinda Ardern put a stake in the ground for what New Zealand stands for and… Read more Audio

We promised earlier that we would talk about robot lawnmowers. Apparently they are all the rage in Europe, they're like those robot vacuums, Roombas, they loope around your yard trimming the grass. Audio

Price of vanilla and donating blood. Read more Audio

Journalists Beck Eleven is in Christchurch and Ian Telfer is in Dunedin.

A Rangiora man has lost $320k in a bitcoin scam after buying the crypto currency through a website. The Panelists contemplate the old-fashioned, boring ways of slowly but surely laying your nest egg.

The construction industry has the highest rate of male suicide in New Zealand. A Building Research Association (BRANZ) survey identifies a macho culture as part of the problem and there's also… Read more Audio

The government expects to raise around $80m from a vistor levy to be introduced mid-2019. Two-point-three million annual international visitors with fork out $35 in the one-off tax if they're here for… Read more Audio

A University of Otago student who organised a protest against the campus proctor Dave Scott after he confiscated students' bongs is no longer calling for him to resign. The OUSA's re-creation officer… Read more Audio