The Panel

Environmentalists took their fight against an airdrop of 1080 in the Hunua ranges to the Environment Court today. There was a temporary injunction in place, that was due to lift at four o'clock… Read more Audio

For the first time in its 17-year history the country's dairy co-op has posted an annual loss. Fonterra's after-tax loss of $196m raises questions about the co-op's business model. Does it need to be… Read more Audio

Grand Designs presenter Kevin McCloud expects that one day houses will just end up being toilet blocks as the trend is for there to be a loo for every bedroom - and then some. How many toilets does a… Read more Audio

For the first time in its 17-year history the country's dairy co-op has posted an annual loss. Fonterra's after-tax loss of $196m raises questions about the co-op's business model. Does it need to be… Read more Audio

There's the meteorological storm and there's the political one. The latest on monster storm Hurricane Florence as it ominously approaches the South East Coast of the United States. Audio

Free trade, lap top noise, and MyLotto. Read more Audio

Former broadcaster and director of Campbell Squared Communications Scott Campbell is in the RNZ Auckland studio and author Catherine Robertson is in Wellington.

Janine Reu-Taueki who works at a McDonalds in Hamilton says she was told by management not to speak te reo because of complaints from customers and staff.The rationale is that it was rude of her to… Read more Audio

A deli worker in the US is being charged after chomping through nearly $13,000 of ham over eight years. And. A study in Nature Sustainability has demonstrated that vegetarian or pescatarian diets can… Read more Audio

A top floor apartment at 2 Churton Street in the Auckland suburb of Parnell has sold for a record breaking $9.25m off-the-plan. Alistair Helm is a former chief executive at Realestate.co.nz now with… Read more Audio

It's been slow progress. Getting the Dunedin City Council to act on advice that items had gone missing from the Dunedin Chinese Garden. But now Police are to review the findings of the Council's… Read more Audio