The Panel

MayDay's coming to play in Auckland on Sunday night at the Trusts Arena ... if you'd like to head along, make sure your pockets are lined.

Dairy owners in Auckland support specialist tobacco retailers, despite the hit their profits would take - but insist any decision on this has to come from the government.

The Auckland Council WILL be able to drop 1080 on South Auckland's Hunua Ranges after winning an Environment Court decision which was announced today. Political lecturer Bryce Edwards joins us to talk about a tumultuous week for the coalition government, and to look ahead to how it might respond. New research from Otago University says teenagers are heavier and less fit than their parents were at the same age. Kate McCartney from Sport Wellington joins us to explain how to turn that around. A Wairarapa primary school has been lockdown this afternoon after a plane dropped an unknown substance near the school, causing multiple children to feel ill. We get the latest from our reporter. Dairy owners in Auckland support specialist tobacco retailers, despite the hit their profits would take - but insist any decision on this has to come from the government.

So many of us probably remain baffled that people buy brand new jeans riddled with holes, but would you buy sneakers that look battered with duct tape over the toes?

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

A Canadian columnist has outlined the social function libraries have - providing a welcoming, warm place for the city's homeless. He says libraries are safe, don't cost anything to enter, offer free internet, and you can stay for hours. The panelists give their thoughts on whether libraries should have to be a refuge for homeless people.

MayDay's coming to play in Auckland on Sunday night at the Trusts Arena ... if you'd like to head along, make sure your pockets are lined - all the Bronze, Silver and Gold tickets are sold out and the cheapest ones left will run you $301.50. What our panellists Ruth Money and Peter Fa'afiu want to talk about. Principals say teachers are worried about being hauled before the Education Council. Pat Newman, who's the president of Te Tai Tokerau Principals' Association, joins The Panel and tells us why these guidelines leave grey areas about what is and isn't allowed. A woman who stabbed her partner as he lay in bed has had her sentence in the High Court reduced considerably because of her Maori cultural background, and because she had a difficult upbringing. That's despite objections from the solicitor-general. We ask the panelists what they think of the ruling. A Canadian columnist has outlined the social function libraries have - providing a welcoming, warm place for the city's homeless. He says libraries are safe, don't cost anything to enter, offer free internet, and you can stay for hours. The panelists give their thoughts on whether libraries should have to be a refuge for homeless people.

Vice Australia reports police officers in that part of the world are grumpy about a new uniform policy, requiring officers to cover up their tattoos!

There's been a lot of coverage this week about the SIS searching for electronic bugs in the break-ins at the office and home of University of Canterbury professor Anne-Marie Brady.

All Black Sonny Bill Williams has added his voice to the choir of criticism aimed at Heather Du Plessis-Allan for her remarks a week or so ago.