The Panel

What the Panelists Lisa Scott and Ian Telfer want to talk about.

We may have what researchers call a "behavioural immune system". This kicks in when someone sneezes near you and you back off. If it's too good though it could turn you into a recluse.

A man selling single cigarettes via the internet says it's to help the poor who can't afford the price of a full packet.

Two particularly violent attacks in Auckland's CBD is leading to a re-think of why it's happening and how to stop it.

The New Zealand Super Fund has presented the government with a proposal to invest in and run Auckland's new light rail service. Investment specialist Brian Gaynor thinks this is a great idea.

All charter schools are applying to return to the state system. Is this an admission of failure?

A morning of travelling inconveniences in Auckland but was it "commuter carnage"?

We may have what researchers call a "behavioural immune system". This kicks in when someone sneezes near you and you back off. If it's too good though it could turn you into a recluse. What the Panelists Lisa Scott and Ian Telfer want to talk about. An ethical dilemma is is unfolding at Rugby Australia. Its CEO Raelene Castle is torn between Christian player Israel Folau's right to freedom of speech and the human rights issues around what he's saying about homosexuality. The meaning of "100% Pure" is changing as the environmental image of New Zealand changes. After his wife got cancer Australian man Jonathan Elliott cut his hours down to part-time. He realised his whole company could operate efficiently on a five-hour day. We talk to Jonathan about how that's working. One-hundred-and-four year-old Australian scientist David Goodall is ready to die. He's in Switzerland to end his own life and is a strong advocate of the right to die.

A morning of travelling inconveniences in Auckland but was it "commuter carnage"? All charter schools are applying to return to the state system. Is this an admission of failure? The New Zealand Super Fund has presented the government with a proposal to invest in and run Auckland's new light rail service. Investment specialist Brian Gaynor thinks this is a great idea. Two particularly violent attacks in Auckland's CBD is leading to a re-think of why it's happening and how to stop it. A man selling single cigarettes via the internet says it's to help the poor who can't afford the price of a full packet.

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