On the Weekend Panel this morning are the media commentator Josie Pagani and the former leader of United Future, Peter Dunne. They discuss the worth of daylight saving, homelessness in New Zealand, and the Covid vaccine rollout.

This morning we put the clocks back again to signify the end of daylight saving. Not all countries do this, and there has been some recent discussion about whether New Zealand should revise our daylight saving system.

Cold-water swimmers have long been known for espousing the benefits of cold-water dips. But is it all good? New Scientist writer and ex-Antarctic biologist Alison George has investigated whether cold-water swimming is good for you.

In his new documentary, Francesco, openly-gay, non-Catholic filmmaker Evgeny Afineevsky had unprecedented access to Pope Francis and was allowed to tackle many pressing issues. He joins the show to discuss documentary.

If you're going to read one book on human origins, Oxford professor and former Dunedinite Tom Higham's new book, The World Before Us: How Science is Revealing a New Story of Our Human Origins should be that book.

In her new book, This Book Could Fix Your Life: The Science of Self Help, science journalist Helen Thomson debunks the fads and explores the real science of self-help to discover how we can ultimately make our own lives better.

How often do you find yourself struggling to get out of conversations with people? A new study has found that  most conversations don't end when the participants want them to. Study lead Adam Mastroianni joins the show to explain.

Feeling sluggish in the office environment? Take a 'microbreak' and you'll be much better for it. New research shows that taking microbreaks can help employees bounce back from their morning fatigue and engage with their work better.

Clamour to cancel top cop show; investors and economists dominate media response to housing announcement; much-admired reporter retires;  more millions for public interest journalism; trashy Aussie report finds scapegoat.

On the Weekend Panel this morning, looking back on the last seven days, we have Ali Jones, from Red PR, and economic commentator Bernard Hickey. They look at the Government vaccine rollout and the housing crisis.