The Panel

The city of Seattle has banned plastic straws and cutlery in its restaurants as the anti-plastic bans stretch around the world. We talked about the bag rage in Australian supermarkets. Audio

National's appealing the $600-000 ruling against it after it lost the copyright infringement case after using music that borrowed from Eminem's song "Lose Yourself" in its election advertising in… Read more Audio

A man has had his drink driving charge overturned after the police repeatedly refused to let him use the toilet. Audio

What the Panelists Ella Henry and Peter Elliott want to talk about. Audio

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