The Panel

A spot of gumboot throwing, a bit of tree planting and a stroll around Auckland's Viaduct. All in the day of a Royal tour. RNZ's Katie Scotcher updates us on the crowd's reception for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Lion Air flight JT 610 crashed into the sea with nearly 190 people on board, shortly after taking off from the Indonesian capital Jakarta. Aviation analyst John Nance is a veteran 737 pilot and an internationally recognized air safety advocate. He talks about what could have caused the crash. There have been protests from Evangelical church groups today as the Speaker Trevor Mallard puts his foot down about removing references to Jesus Christ from the parliamentary prayer. A red-letter day for Christchurch's Nigel Richards. He won the World Scrabble Championship in London for the fouth time.

Twitter is hoping to improve the debates we have online by making quite a big change to their platform - removing the "like" button.

The Minister of Immigration Iain Lees-Galloway has seen fit to grant residency to a Czech criminal who arrived in New Zealand on a fake passport. He committed several crimes before being convicted and imprisoned. Mr Lees-Galloway is not obliged to offer any explanation for his decision. Immigration lawyer Mark Williams discusses what the rules are for convicted criminals and residency.

What the Panelists Matt Nippert and Amy Carter want to talk about.

Researchers have managed to come up with nine categories of humour which is apparently very helpful if you're looking for a partner. People fall into one (or maybe a couple) of these: physical, self-deprecating, surreal, improvisational, wordplay, topical, observational, toilet humour, and dark.

If you use Siri or Alexa or any virtual assistant... what gender is your AI voice?

We find the answers to any queries you can think up.

The central American caravan has met with an official White House response that is said to have created a hostile climate regarding outsiders that has spilled over into the synagogue shooting, in the U.S. Another development in the Americas is the election of the "Trump of the Tropics" Jair Bolsonaro as the new president of Brazil.

Don't expect the toaster that you get for a wedding present to still be there for your silver anniversary. There's only about a two-year life expectancy for a toaster and even the bigger appliances can't be expected to last very long. Paul Smith of Consumer NZ explains why even big ticket household items are throw-away.

Legal and ethical perspectives on law reforms around the beginning and the end of life. The Law Commission has presented three proposed abortion law reform options. The country and its law makers are still to decide on what laws around euthanasia and assisted death would look like.