The Panel

There's been not even a 1 per cent uptake on the government's offer of zero-fees for first year tertiary students. Did they get it entirely wrong or are their other reasons the offer hasn't been… Read more Audio

Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

Who actually gets the baby gifts sent to the PM from businesses?

Are roads designed and built with acoustics in mind?

Why is a cupboard called a cup-board? Audio

Business consultant Peter Fa'afiu is in Auckland and author Catherine Robertson joins The Panel from Wellington.

How's the first-year zero-fees policy going for tertiary providers other than… Read more

We've had home-grown singers massacre the anthem at Rugby League internationals, it seems to be peculiar to Rugby League, but then up stepped Crystal Collins. Audio

The photo that tugged at the heartstrings of the World was fake. Time magazine was wrong when it said the girl confronting Donald Trump on its cover, little Yanela Sanchez, was carried away screaming… Read more Audio

Feeling a bit anxious while driving is a good thing and road safety advocate Clive Mathew-Wilson says while it's ok for our nerves to be a bit frayed the same can't be said about the state of the… Read more Audio

What the Panelists Emma Espiner and Dean Hall want to talk about. Audio

An organiser of a Quidditch tournament in the US thinks movie company Warner Bros has been taken over by the Harry Potter villain Voldemorte. The company is cracking down on fan festivals. The… Read more Audio

The government is opening the door of investment to allow the manufacture of pre-fabricated buildings to help ease the housing crisis. Roger Levie of the Home Owners and Buyers Association of New… Read more Audio

The Dunedin City Council has surveyed workers in the city about working during the Easter holiday. It found that half of those surveyed felt pressured to work on the long weekend by their bosses… Read more Audio

There's been plenty of listener feedback about industrial action by nurses. Those on-side and those off. There's no more money in the purse so should nurses be happy with a 9% pay-rise and $2000 lump… Read more Audio