The Panel

Property investors are welcoming the government's easing restrictions on selling KiwiBuild homes. Owners who sell in the first three years of taking ownership will still keep 70-percent of the profits, but housing expert Leonie Freeman says it undermines the point of the KiwiBuild initiative.

What the Panelists Bernard Hickey and Penny Ashton want to talk about.

Chinese authorities are going to extraordinary measures to keep an eye on their many civilians. Among them, "gait recognition" - wherein software uses people's body shapes and how they walk to identify them.

Boxing New Zealand is cutting ties with corporate boxing events following the tragic death of Kain Parsons yesterday. Aragorn Urquhart was boxing in the same event and joins us to discuss some of the questions that have resulted.

US political correspondent Karen Kasler joins the panel to explain yesterday's mid-term results, the implications, and what happens next. Plus a discussion of Donald Trump's run-in with CNN's Jim Acosta earlier today.

Chinese authorities are going to extraordinary measures to keep an eye on their many civilians. Among them, "gait recognition" - wherein software uses people's body shapes and how they walk to identify them. What the Panelists Bernard Hickey and Penny Ashton want to talk about. Property investors are welcoming the government's easing restrictions on selling KiwiBuild homes. Owners who sell in the first three years of taking ownership will still keep 70-percent of the profits, but housing expert Leonie Freeman says it undermines the point of the KiwiBuild initiative. Roald Dahl stories seem, if anything, even more popular since he died, and they're used by NZ educators

US political correspondent Karen Kasler joins the panel to explain yesterday's mid-term results, the implications, and what happens next. Plus a discussion of Donald Trump's run-in with CNN's Jim Acosta earlier today. Boxing New Zealand is cutting ties with corporate boxing events following the tragic death of Kain Parsons yesterday. Aragorn Urquhart was boxing in the same event and joins us to discuss some of the questions that have resulted.

An important lesson to make sure you have fully hung up the phone before you start slagging off the person you have been speaking to or left a message for.

What do we know about the Right whale that visited Wellington earlier in the year? What's a good, general terms for US citizens? And does our culture of compulsive overtaking contribute to car crashes?

Today marks Diwali - a Hindu festival celebrating the triumphant return of the Hindu avatar, Lord Rama, to Ayodhya.