The Panel

There's a renewed call to ban gang patches. This time it's from National's Justice spokesman Mark Mitchell who says people are intimidated by the patches. But Sociologist Jarrod Gilbert says Mr Mitchell doesn't know what he's talking about. Mr Gilbert says getting rid of gang insignia won't reduce crime and that members of the public at least can identify a gang menber and avoid them when they're patched.

The National Party had its conference on the weekend. Former PM John Key spoke and offered words of support to the current party leader Simon Bridges. A for their policy announcements - did vowing to reduce primary school class sizes and bringing back charter schools really cut it as exciting conference material?

Joseph Parker was knocked down in the final round of his heavyweight bout against Dillian Whyte. He'd earlier been head butted. Now the analysis is doing the rounds. He wasn't hungry enough. He wasn't well-trained enough.

Joseph Parker was knocked down in the final round of his heavyweight bout against Dillian Whyte. He'd earlier been head butted. Now the analysis is doing the rounds. He wasn't hungry enough. He wasn't well-trained enough. The National Party had its conference on the weekend. Former PM John Key spoke and offered words of support to the current party leader Simon Bridges. A for their policy announcements - did vowing to reduce primary school class sizes and bringing back charter schools really cut it as exciting conference material? The former National Party leader John Key has stuck to the tried and true by telling the party conference that Labour isn't equipped to handle a slowing economy. Meanwhile, Statistics NZ figures are due out this week and will show stability in the labour market with unemployment levels, employment rates and the rate of participation in the economy. There's a renewed call to ban gang patches. This time it's from National's Justice spokesman Mark Mitchell who says people are intimidated by the patches. But Sociologist Jarrod Gilbert says Mr Mitchell doesn't know what he's talking about. Mr Gilbert says getting rid of gang insignia won't reduce crime and that members of the public at least can identify a gang menber and avoid them when they're patched.

Its Prince, the late artist formerly known as, and also office housework...heard of it???

Mobile phones in traffic, hurricane speed limits and refrigerated food temperatures.

You might not get the backing of your bank if you're the victim of an on-line hack that loses you money. New protocols introduced this year mean banks don't have to reimburse customers who are the victims of crime if the customer hasn't followed the bank's terms and condiotions properly. Banking expert David Tripe of Massey University explains if it's as bad as it sounds and what the changes really mean.

There's a recommendation that the city of Austin in Texas change its name. This is because the man behind the name Stephen F Austin was an enthusiastic slave-owner. It seems the name won't be changed, but street names may - Confederate Avenue, Dixie Drive and there are a lot of streets in Austin named after a slave owner named William Barton. Is changing names whitewashing history?

The Department of Conservation followed the law to the letter about importation of ivory which culminated in ivory being stripped-off the keys of an antique piano. Dr Julian Paton and his family emigrated to New Zealand last September with the 1895 instrument but once it arrived in the country it was found that the correct paperwork hadn't been completed. Dr Paton says DoC threatened to destroy the heirloom if he didn't pay the costs of stripping the ivory.

Out of bed at 8:15, spend three hours outdoors, wait until 9am for your first coffee. This is just part of the prescription for a "perfect day" in an American study. It's topped-off by spending four hours with family, three hours watching TV and off to bed at 10:50pm. What the panelists Jo McCarroll and Mike Rehu want to talk about. The Department of Conservation followed the law to the letter about importation of ivory which culminated in ivory being stripped-off the keys of an antique piano. Dr Julian Paton and his family emigrated to New Zealand last September with the 1895 instrument but once it arrived in the country it was found that the correct paperwork hadn't been completed. Dr Paton says DoC threatened to destroy the heirloom if he didn't pay the costs of stripping the ivory. There's a recommendation that the city of Austin in Texas change its name. This is because the man behind the name Stephen F Austin was an enthusiastic slave-owner. It seems the name won't be changed, but street names may - Confederate Avenue, Dixie Drive and there are a lot of streets in Austin named after a slave owner named William Barton. Is changing names whitewashing history? You might not get the backing of your bank if you're the victim of an on-line hack that loses you money. New protocols introduced this year mean banks don't have to reimburse customers who are the victims of crime if the customer hasn't followed the bank's terms and condiotions properly. Banking expert David Tripe of Massey University explains if it's as bad as it sounds and what the changes really mean.