The Panel

On-line watchdog Netsafe reports a 46 per cent increase in fraud and anti-social online behaviour. Netsafe's CEO Martin Cocker explains what's behind the massive jump in the first half of 2018.

What the Panelists Barry Corbett and Marianne Elliott want to talk about.

After a decline in readers poetry is making a comeback in the United States. The main group taking to poetry again is 18-24 year-olds. They're reading everything from verses on Twitter to Tennyson.

More and more white land-owers in South Africa are putting their farms on the market. They're fearful the ANC will just confiscate the land otherwise. Al Gillespie of the University of Waikato explains the legal aspects of what the South African government is doing.

Australia's PM is as good as gone. Is the US President? The legal cases surrounding Donald Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen and former election campaign chief Paul Manafort make Trump look increasingly bad. But what's the likelihood of Congress impeaching him? Al Gillespie of the University of Waikato talks about what could be possibly next for Trump and whether what he's saying about Chinese tariffs on US imports is right.

It's all because the Liberal Party needs to decide on its new leader after a spill against PM Malcolm Turnbull. Jill Sheppard is a Lecturer at the School of Politics and International Relations at ANU in Canberra and compares what contenders Peter Dutton and Scott Morrison have to offer. She also explains why Australian MPs seem to be in a constant state of turmoil.

After a decline in readers poetry is making a comeback in the United States. The main group taking to poetry again is 18-24 year-olds. They're reading everything from verses on Twitter to Tennyson. What the Panelists Barry Corbett and Marianne Elliott want to talk about. On-line watchdog Netsafe reports a 46 per cent increase in fraud and anti-social online behaviour. Netsafe's CEO Martin Cocker explains what's behind the massive jump in the first half of 2018. Air New Zealand's announced its second highest ever profit with pre-tax earnings of $540M. At the same time it'll be sharing the joy with staff by giving them a $1800 bonus. Geoff Plimmer of Victoria University talks about Air NZ's up-and-down fortunes and why they're giving bonuses rather than pay-rises. New laws will rein-in the sometimes exorbitant fees charged by wheel clamping companies. An amendment to the Land Transport Act will cap the amount that a vehicle can be charged to $100.

Infighting has seen the Australian parliament grind to a halt until 10th September. It's all because the Liberal Party needs to decide on its new leader after a spill against PM Malcolm Turnbull. Jill Sheppard is a Lecturer at the School of Politics and International Relations at ANU in Canberra and compares what contenders Peter Dutton and Scott Morrison have to offer. She also explains why Australian MPs seem to be in a constant state of turmoil. Australia's PM is as good as gone. Is the US President? The legal cases surrounding Donald Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen and former election campaign chief Paul Manafort make Trump look increasingly bad. But what's the likelihood of Congress impeaching him? Al Gillespie of the University of Waikato talks about what could be possibly next for Trump and whether what he's saying about Chinese tariffs on US imports is right. More and more white land-owers in South Africa are putting their farms on the market. They're fearful the ANC will just confiscate the land otherwise. Al Gillespie of the University of Waikato explains the legal aspects of what the South African government is doing. Yesterday The Panel talked about initiation ceremonies at some Otago University student flats.Some initiations involve being vomited on, urinated on, stripping or shaving your head. One listener thinks it's the chickens coming home to roost thanks to the University promoting its party atmosphere.

What would happen if a hurricane hit an erupting volcano?

Soil, out of office messages and recycled plastic houses.