Jim Mora
The Panel pre-show for 15 May 2015
Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio
Today's market update
The New Zealand dollar has jumped following contrasting reports about consumer spending in the United States and New Zealand. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 14 May 2015
Chaos in Wellington with flooding and highways shut; Weather: Trains aren't running; Weather on the Kapiti Coast; Weather: latest from the Hutt City Mayor; 194 people losing their jobs as old prisons… Audio
Today's market update
The New Zealand dollar fell today following the release of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand's twice yearly review of the financial system, pointing to increasing risks. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 13 May 2015
A crackdown on property investors is forecast to cut Auckland house prices. Nepal's big aftershock cuts off villages again and Prince Harry learns the haka. Audio
Stewart Island school desperate for more students
As we know Prince Harry had a great time on Stewart Island. If you saw that and thought life there is attractive, well here's your chance. Audio
Antartica ice melting faster
Too much ice in the Antarctic doesn't sound like a problem - but the lack of melt is making it harder for scientists to do their jobs. Audio
Auckland graffitti artist wins international comp
An Aucklander who had to 'paint on fast forward' has won an international graffiti competition in Tahiti. Audio
Ex-CIA sentenced to jail for leaking information
A former CIA officer has been sentenced to 3 and a half years jail for leaking classified information to a journalist about a failed US mission to undermine Iran's nuclear weapons programme. Audio
Book claims bin Laden already captured by the Pakistan military
Was the daring US raid on a Pakistani compound that killed Amerca's most wanted, a lie? Audio
Today's market update
The New Zealand dollar is down ahead of a Reserve Bank of New Zealand statement tomorrow morning. Audio
Pawn shop-accused 'wild, possessed'
The partner of a man charged with murdering two men at a south Auckland pawn shop says the accused looked wild and possessed after attacking them. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 12 May 2015
Adult with hunting boys did not have firearms licence;Pawn shop-accused 'wild, possessed';Work visa changes to fuel Christchurch rebuild;Royal fever in Christchurch;Australian Budget: $450m to… Audio
Terrorism
Australia says Canberra could be the next terrorist target, while New Zealand's Andrew Little says we don't need to worry so much. Audio
Quaxing
The evolution of a word. The origins of the term "quaxing" comes from Auckland City Councillor Dick Quax and has a transport-related meaning. Audio
Polls, opinions and real debate
Is inaccuracy in political polls because people are afraid to express their true opinions? And is debate about a range of issues actualy discouraged? Audio
Guy Carawan
Guy Carawan is dead at the age of 87. He was a middling sort of folk singer and social-justice advocate, and his great moment of inspiration was when he adapted the African-American spiritual `'We… Audio
The Panel with Josie Pagani and David Farrar (Part 2)
Panel says; Polls, opinions and real debate; Quaxing; terrorism. Audio
Auckland housing
New lending rules are on the horizon, a new peer-to-peer housing lender is on the horizon and Standard and Poors is seeing a crash on the horizon. Audio