The Panel

It looks like we'll all be paying much more for the maintenance of New Zealand. Big rates rises in Otago and Aucklanders to be hit with a fuel tax on Sunday. The rest of the country won't be able to… Read more Audio

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Maori language inflections, different kinds of highways and the effects of drinking quickly or slowly. Read more Audio

Constitutional law expert Mai Chen and comedian Guy Williams are both in Auckland for The Panel. Read more

The Fortune Theatre in Dunedin has closed down, as we know, and props are being offered for sale. One of them is a coffin. Audio

The owner of the Delux Diner in New Plymouth has returned a bad deed with a good one. The cafe's tip jar was stolen however the thieves later apologised and gave the money back. Chere Bailey then… Read more Audio

The Horowhenua District Council has offically acknowleged the name of one of it's towns in official documents. Levin has been referred to as Taitoko/Levin. Audio

A farmer is fighting to keep 150-year grazing rights in a UNESCO declared area of the Haast River valley. The area has been grazed by cattle for 150 years. The rights are under dispute for the first… Read more Audio

What the Panelists Paula Penfold and Allan Blackman want to talk about. Audio

The cost of living in Auckland and Wellington has gone down according to figures in the Mercer Cities survey. Hong Kong is the world's most expensive city for expatriates. Tokyo and Zurich come second… Read more Audio

This is going to become an issue of "how" for us, because the Government will ban plastic bags at some stage, it has said. Audio

A sole parent has been told to pay back a Working for Families overpayment - with interest. She had no idea she owed the IRD the money after WINZ overpaid her. Why should she pay interest for their… Read more Audio