The Panel

The world's wealth is making its way into few hands, and they - in the U.S. anyway - are the 9.9% not 1%. Rising inequality means rising social immobility for those outside those 11 people in every… Read more Audio

Woman sparks outcry after posting a photo posing with a dead 18-year-old giraffe she had shot. Audio

Winston Peters has challenged the Australian Government to meet the obligations of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child over the detention of a 17-year-old New Zealander under its deportation… Read more Audio

Soon we'll need to be building 2.7 homes a day to meet Phil Twyford's target, and soon enough it'll be 33 homes a day required. Audio

Figures from the IRD show the top 10 student loan borrowers owe more than $370,000 each - and they've all fled the country. Audio

Jubilation abounded in Thailand early this morning our time. First the nightmare, then the miracle, and now skills of the highest order required to rescue the young men in Thailand's Tham Luang Nang… Read more Audio

The etiquette of exclamation marks, and an untimely end for an unfortunate animal oracle ... Audio

 What's the point of hair conditioner? What sort of wood are ice-block sticks made of? And for the love of all that is holy and true, why do we have chins? Audio

Police investigating three armed robberies in Dunedin found a trail thanks to CCTV that led them to North Otago and the Oamaru home of a woman named Shelley Lee Williams, aka Shelley Fontana. In her… Read more Audio

The FIFA World Cup is now in its knockout stages, and the first fixtures featured a feast of fascinating football Audio