Slightly more than six months before voting day, two of the country's astute political journalists give us their opinions on the lie of the land

Wallace Chapman and producer Tessa Guest preview tonight's edition of The Panel.

If you're after another podcast about the search for family members, the new RNZ podcast The Sound Of My Father is for you. When documentary maker Rita Attwood discovers a cassette tape with a 60-year-old, unheard recording on it, she sets out to help John Court, her step-dad, on a journey of self-discovery. Born to a US Marine and a wahine Maori who fell in love in World War II, John's search also reveals a hidden New Zealand history.

TVNZ's political editor under scrutiny - as PM skips Breakfast. Also: Piers Morgan vs Russell Brand in pauses & York City vs Rochdale full noise.

A wrap of the day's big stories

Conor Shand and Calum Jacobs are on a quest to find exactly 372 individuals named Kelvin.

Christian Smith dials in from London with news from the other side of the world.

It's time for our fortnightly chat with Nights' resident sociolinguist, associate professor Julia de Bres.

The latest news in Solomon Islands Pidgin (Tok Pisin).

To help explain it all, Emile Donovan is joined by Earth Sciences New Zealand climate scientist Chris Brandolino.