The Panel

The age-old argument over the worth of going to university.

Preparations as Cyclone Gita approaches. The Panel talks to locals in Rapahoe on the West Coast and a manager of a restaurant in Nelson.

The biggest solo singer in the world, certainly among the men, is Canadian rapper Drake. He made a music video in which he gives away nearly a million dollars U.S. to poor people in Florida: cash to struggling families, toys to children, scholarships to students and cheques to a women's shelter and a youth club in Miami. Dellwyn and James each bring topics they want to discuss today. Preparations as Cyclone Gita approaches. The Panel talks to locals in Rapahoe on the West Coast and a manager of a restaurant in Nelson. Preparations as Cyclone Gita approaches. The Panel talks to locals in Rapahoe on the West Coast and a manager of a restaurant in Nelson. The age-old argument over the worth of going to university. Jeep taken to task over an ad. New Zealand Initiative's Sam Warburton questions about whether Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern ends meetings with "meeting arderned."

Mark Mitchell's announced his hat's in the ring for National Party leadership at a conference in Auckland, this afternoon. Big tech is in town. NZ's largest-ever technology conference has begun in Auckland, although the official part of it will be later in the week. Interesting comments over the weekend on the Fletcher Building failures; what went awry with Fletcher's Building & Interiors (B&I) division. Rubbish piling up in some Auckland suburbs, unauthorised tips these are. We may have reached peak smartphone. "Global shipments slipped 0.1 percent in 2017 -- the first ever decline, according to research firm IDC. A Swan holds up Auckland commuter traffic. A swan blocked the southbound lanes of state highway 1 coming in from the North at half-past seven this morning. Traffic was gridlocked from Milford to Takapuna.

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Auckland Council will spend $200,000 on a dumping hotline, hoping to catch those people who are dumping rubbish illegally on the side of city streets.

There are calls for more transparency for buyers purchasing cars from dealers, after multiple cases involving cars imported after being declared write-offs in Australia.

A Sumner man is regretting he ordered branches to be cut from a Norfolk pine tree near a building he owns, after people labelled it "eco-terrorism".

What the panelists Mark Knoff-Thomas and Stephanie Rodgers want to talk about.