The Panel

Many relish the idea of longer days in Summer but there is a dark side to more sunlight hours. Research shows that losing an hour of sleep in the Spring is associated with a spike in heart attacks, more workplace injuries, increased cluster headaches and more cyberloafing. People miss more medical appointments.

Entertainment doyen Barbra Streisand has released her first album in many years and it features a song called "Don't Lie to Me" which is a direct attack on US President Donald Trump. She laments her country losing things that were hard-fought for because of Mr Trump. But really is he responsible for every inequality in the USA? What the Panelists Beck Eleven and Ian Telfer want to talk about. A landlord has been left seemingly powerless after a tenant sublet her property and left her out of pocket.The tenant was evicted but he's already divided up the house, padlocking doors and bringing in other residents who paid rent to him and not the landlord. Police haven't acted saying no complaint has been laid. Andrew King of the Property Investors Federation talks about the power or lack of that property owners have in a situation like this. Tension is mounting between some Lower Hutt land-owners and the Greater Wellington Regional Council over its conservation values. The Council requires local councils to identify and protect indigenous ecosystems and habitats. Of the 116 of those SNAs (significant natural areas) in Hutt City 56 are on private land. Spokesman Pat McShane says many of these landowners feel they have no say over their own property. Many relish the idea of longer days in Summer but there is a dark side to more sunlight hours. Research shows that losing an hour of sleep in the Spring is associated with a spike in heart attacks, more workplace injuries, increased cluster headaches and more cyberloafing. People miss more medical appointments.

A Rangiora man has lost $320k in a bitcoin scam after buying the crypto currency through a website. The Panelists contemplate the old-fashioned, boring ways of slowly but surely laying your nest egg.

The construction industry has the highest rate of male suicide in New Zealand. A Building Research Association (BRANZ) survey identifies a macho culture as part of the problem and there's also uncertainty around regular employment. Meanwhile, there's a call to chnage the terminology around suicide with some not liking using the word "committed" thinking it indicates a crime.

The government expects to raise around $80m from a vistor levy to be introduced mid-2019. Two-point-three million annual international visitors with fork out $35 in the one-off tax if they're here for less than 12 months. This should be good news for places like Tekapo that have been creaking under the weight of a lack of infrastructure for their level of tourists. The Mackenzie District Council has applied for an $800k grant from the Provincial Growth Fund. Mayor Graham Smith explains what they'd use it for.

A University of Otago student who organised a protest against the campus proctor Dave Scott after he confiscated students' bongs is no longer calling for him to resign. The OUSA's re-creation officer Josh Smythe is finding other student union officials aren't onboard with his stance against the proctor.

What the Panelists Jo McCarroll and Richard Langston want to talk about.

The US manufacturers of electronic cigarettes are under the microscope for their products being snapped up by the young. The vaping trend is also being taken-to by New Zealand youth who are even sneaking around school when they want a hit.

The PM's been charming Steven Colbert on The Late Show, she's been talking trade with Justin Trudeau.

Hundreds of pages of documents relating to the appointment - and letting go - of the unmaterialised role of Chief Technology Officer for the New Zeland government have been released today. Much of it redacted. These documents included communications between former Minister of Digital Services Clare Curran and the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Bill Hodge of the University of Auckland tackles this curious employment situation.