The Panel

Today's panellists are the writer and commentator Jock Anderson, and the documentarian and journalist Amanda Millar

The Australian media have picked up the Pak 'n' Save' gaffe in Porirua, where Steinlager and Corona were being advertised on special under a banner proclaiming "Good Health Week. Audio

It's NZ Fashion week, and this weekend some special guests will be gracing the catwalk - the volunteers, staff, doctors and nurses of Mercy Hospice, donning some of the hospice's second-hand store's… Read more Audio

Australia is likely to ban Chelsea Manning - we are likely to let her in. Why are we taking a different tack to this compared to our Antipodean neighbours? Audio

What the Panelists Verity Johnson and Peter Dunne want to talk about. Audio

A new study suggests that while women gain their licences slightly slower than men, they're superior drivers in almost every other metric. Audio

Two nights ago Te Puna Quarry Park had tens-of-thousands of dollars' worth of equipment stolen. Its founder Shirley Sparks, joins us to explain what's been taken, and the reaction of the staff and… Read more Audio

Abby Hartley lies gravely ill in a Balinese hospital, and her insurance company is refusing to help because her illness stemmed from a pre-existing condition. Southern Cross travel insurance chief… Read more Audio

We know what is happening with confederate statues in the American south. Now the friendliest man in Hamilton, so-called because people pose with him in a variety of situations, Captain John Charles… Read more Audio

We already know sitting in traffic is bad - not just frustrating, but not healthy for us, all that sitting, the stress . Audio