The Panel

We find the answers to any queries you can think up.

There isn't much (visible) fallout from Guy Fawkes yesterday, but public sentiment towards the celebration seems to be shifting.

The new, very slick and all local Air NZ safety video.... have you seen it?

Consumer NZ has harshly condemned most types of mechanical insurance, saying they're overly complicated and contain lots of technicalities which allow insurers to absolve themselves from paying up. Consumer NZ's chief researcher Jessica Wilson joins us to explain more.

Voters in the United States head to the polls for mid-term elections tomorrow, and both political parties are pulling out all the stops to make sure the result goes their way.

What the Panelists Moira Lawler and Chris Wikaira want to talk about.

The Melbourne Cup kicks off in half an hour, amid unseasonal, torrential rain in Australia's second-largest city.

Pakistani woman Asia Bibi, who's a Christian, is asking the USA for asylum on religious grounds, after making a comment about the prophet Muhammed which landed her on death row. She's since been acquitted, but claims she isn't safe from enraged ultra-conservative Islamists.

As the European Union tries to move away from daylight saving time, the panellists discuss whether New Zealand should do the same.

A report into culture and conduct at New Zealand's banks paints a murky picture, even if it lacks the outrageousness of the Royal Commission of Inquiry in Australia. NZ Herald business editor at large Liam Dann joins us to explain the review's conclusions.