The Panel

A white supremacist has been charged with multiple counts of murder after shooting eleven people at a synagogue in the United States. Massey University professor Paul Spoonley is the author of Jewish Lives in New Zealand, A History. He discusses what keeps anti-Semitism going in the 21st century.

The Duchess of Sussex aka Meghan Markle has been lauded and applauded for her delivery of a greeting in Maori in her speech at Government House in Wellington. Meanwhile her embarrassing family won't keep quiet. Her sister has contradicted the Duchess saying that she received scholarships to attend university.

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. What the Panelists Matt Nippert and Amy Carter want to talk about. 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. 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. 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. Another development in the Americas is the election of the "Trump of the Tropics" Jair Bolsonaro as the new president of Brazil.

The Duchess of Sussex aka Meghan Markle has been lauded and applauded for her delivery of a greeting in Maori in her speech at Government House in Wellington.Meanwhile her embarrassing family won't keep quiet. Her sister has contradicted the Duchess saying that she recived scholarships to attend university. A white supremacist has been charged with multiple counts of murder after shooting eleven people at a synagogue in the United States. Massey University professor Paul Spoonley is the author of Jewish Lives in New Zealand, A History. He discusses what keeps anti-Semitism going in the 21st century. Legal and ethical perspectives on law reforms around the begining 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.

Lime scooters will hold a safety summit after concerns were raised about the new e-scooters in Auckland and Christchurch. We ask why these discussions weren't had before the scooters were rolled out here.

It's been revealed Google played Andy Rubin $90 million dollars when he left the company over sexual misconduct allegations. Google investigated the complaints and found them credible and reportedly could have fired him without paying him out, so it's unclear why the company gave him such an exit package. The panelists weigh in on the issue.

This Sunday in the UK and Europe daylight saving will end - and they will get an extra hour of sleep as the clocks go back at 2am. But this could be the final year that Europe and the Uk change their clocks at the same time.

We find the answers to any queries you can think up. Today Steve's question about glass, David's query about sultana pasties, and Grant's one about herbs.

Pupils at Otago Girls' High will be able to wear trousers from next year. Until now the uniform has included skirts, kilts, blazers and blouses but not pants. Students proposed the idea to the school board who approved it. We talk to the school's principal Linda Miller about the change. We also discuss Mt Albert Grammar's decision to prevent senior students from coming to school on their last day of classes, to stop pranks.

Teachers will begin a rolling strike on November 12 in Auckland and continue aroudnt eh country through the week, the union says. It foolows an earlier strike in August. NZEI and the Ministry of Education are urgently seeking facilitated bargaining so a deal may be reached before then. The panelists discuss.