The Panel

More than 1.3 billion people visited a foreign country in 2017, and that's a seven percent increase from 2016. Audio

Ken Turner from the Waitakere Ranges Local Board was erroneously paid more than $4,000 while on a six-week holiday in Europe due to a council stuff-up. He gave the money to charity - but did he make a… Read more Audio

Pressure is building on the police to provide more details about the leak of Simon Bridges' expenses, to quell the rumours swirling around the political commenteriat. Audio

Has Jacinda Ardern finally won over the business community? Economist Dr Peter Wilson joins us to chat about the new Business Advisory Council, and whether it's judicious politics or window dressing.

On the day the National party announced it wants Chelsea Manning banned from New Zealand. Audio

This year, the Red Delicious has been surpassedby the Gala apple in America. US growers are projected to produce 51.7 million boxes of Red Delicious apples and 52.4 million boxes of Gala apples. The… Read more Audio

Why do seabirds/shorebirds screech and land birds sing (what is to our ears) melodious notes? If Immigration NZ has the prerogative to refuse entry to anyone coming into this country, why can't it… Read more Audio

Our panellists today are the broadcaster and poet Gary McCormick, and the former broadcaster and current communications specialist Janet Wilson

In the medical journal The Lancet, a study out of Seattle which looked at alcohol consumption and its effects on people between the ages of 15 and 95 in 195 countries between 1990 and 2016. Quite a… Read more Audio

Mysteriously, more than a dozen diggers have been stolen in Counties Manukau since March. Inspector Chris Barry from the Countries Manukau police department joins us to talk about how these thieves… Read more Audio