The Panel

Pareora has been branded as a dying town. The town near Timaru has a population of 500. The Associate school principal and Pareora campus leader Jo O'Sullivan wants to save the school playground as… Read more Audio

What the Panelists Chris Gallavin and Sally Wenley want to talk about. Audio

A study by the Girl Guides in Britain finds that exam stress and the pressures of social media have made girls and young women feel far less happy than they did 10 years ago.Social media is one of the… Read more Audio

Bus drivers being beaten and children as young as 10 chanting Black Power slogans are among the reasons why the public bus service has suspended its Fordlands route. Audio

Victoria University will be re-named the University of Wellington after a clear majority vote of 9-2 by the University Council. Gynn Compton who organised a petiton against the name change talks about… Read more Audio

The principal of Hamilton's Fraser High School had a bit of a revolt on her hands this morning with some students reacting to a dire warning she delivered about the folly of truancy. Virginia Crawford… Read more Audio

Will you be buying Australian strawberries anytime soon? Countdown has removed Aussie strawberries from its shelves after a needle was found in some here. It's being branded as "food terrorism". Audio

A study by the Girl Guides in Britain finds that exam stress and the pressures of social media have made girls and young women feel far less happy than they did 10 years ago.Social media is one of the… Read more Audio

Will you be buying Australian strawberries anytime soon? Countdown has removed Aussie strawberries from its shelves after a needle was found in some here. It's being branded as "food terrorism". The… Read more Audio

A couple of stories today, one looking at a new superstar in the world of children's book endorsements and the other at the ever-changing world of language. Audio

Myco bovis, cannabis, eating grass. Read more Audio

The Deputy Pro Vice-Chancellor of Massey University Chris Gallavin is in Wellington and journalist Sally Wenley is in the RNZ Auckland studio.