The Panel

"Like a dog barking at passing cars…" National MP Paul Goldsmith on Shane Jones.

The new Waikeria prison story broke during The Panel yesterday, and now there are more details. It won't end over-crowding and double-bunking, in fact Kelvin Davis says inmates could find themselves sleeping on mattresses on the floor, but Labour simply won't countenance a big U.S.-style jail.

The World Cup kicks off tomorrow morning and Robbie Williams will sing at the opening game, but not without controversy.

What our panellist Michelle Boag and Mike Williams want to talk about today.

Men are more likely to shop online generally; 51 percent of online shoppers are blokes.

New Zealand sex workers have asked the Government for a Minister of Prostitution.

Alcohol abuse costs the country billions of dollars a year: accidents, crime, addiction, not to mention all the doctors and nurses in our emergency departments abused and assaulted by drunks. There was the Massey University research out earlier this week which reckons the only effect of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 has been a reduction in alcohol availability after 4am in our bigger cities.

Julian Monaghan, flying triple-7s for British Airways, has been given eight months inside for being drunk in the cockpit.

Drug-impaired drivers are now involved in more fatal crashes than drink-drivers, according to an Automobile Association study of drivers involved in fatal crashes last year.

Drug-impaired drivers are now involved in more fatal crashes than drink-drivers, according to an Automobile Association study of drivers involved in fatal crashes last year. Julian Monaghan, flying triple-7s for British Airways, has been given eight months inside for being drunk in the cockpit. Alcohol abuse costs the country billions of dollars a year: accidents, crime, addiction, not to mention all the doctors and nurses in our emergency departments abused and assaulted by drunks. There was the Massey University research out earlier this week which reckons the only effect of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 has been a reduction in alcohol availability after 4am in our bigger cities. New Zealand sex workers have asked the Government for a Minister of Prostitution.