The Panel

Women working at Showgirls in Auckland and Calendar Girls in Christchurch are having to make up the time if they take sick leave, they have their pay docked if they miss a shift and often lived in… Read more Audio

We heard from an employer of IHC workers who says his ACC levy went up markedly after a worker had an accident. We talk to ACC lawyer Chris Patterson who says as with most insurers ACC provides… Read more Audio

What the Panelists Josie Pagani and Jonathan Krebs want to talk about. Audio

Spare a thought for poor stressed out journalists. According to a British neuroscientist Tara Swart they drink too much, are bad a managing emotions, aren't very good at supressing bias, or solving… Read more Audio

Lawyer Gregory Thwaite used a quote 'The best party has women with a past and young men with a future' on an invitation to a dinner for the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs but says it… Read more Audio

Is a new sports stadium in downtown Auckland's waterfront the way to riches for the city or more likely to be a white elephant? Would Aucklanders sooner have the money spent on sewage upgrades? Massey… Read more Audio

Is the idea of completely eradicating the cattle disease mycoplasma bovis, as the PM plans to attempt, a silly pipe dream? Keith Woodford of Agrifood Systems says the bacterial infection has always… Read more Audio

Spare a thought for poor stressed out journalists. According to a British neuroscientist Tara Swart they drink too much, are bad a managing emotions, aren't very good at suppressing bias, or solving… Read more Audio

Is the idea of completely eradicating the cattle disease mycoplasma bovis, as the PM plans to attempt, a silly pipe dream? Keith Woodford of Agrifood Systems says the bacterial infection has always… Read more Audio

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

Wilding pines, wind speeds and wind farms and books not living up to the hype, Read more Audio

Criminal barrister Jonathan Krebs is in our Napier studio and public affairs consultant Josie Pagani joins us from Wellington.