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The Panel for Tuesday 19 May 2015

  • The Panel pre-show for 19 May 2015

    3:45 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

  • Panel Intro

    4:08 PM.What the Panelists Bernard Hickey and Nicky Pellegrino have been up to. Audio

  • The Panel with Bernard Hickey and Nicky Pellegrino (Part 1)

    4:08 PM.What the Panelists Bernard Hickey and Nicky Pellegrino have been up to. John Banks' lawyer David Jones QC talks to the Panel about how and why the court case against Mr Banks has been thrown out… Read more Audio

  • John Banks case thrown out

    4:10 PM.John Banks' lawyer David Jones QC talks to the Panel about how and why the court case against Mr Banks has been thrown out. Audio

  • Capital gains tax

    4:16 PM.Bernard Hickey enlightens us more on the government's new property tax. Audio

  • Budget

    4:22 PM.Budget day on Thursday. The problem areas the government has to tackle. Audio

  • Dairy debt

    4:24 PM.The Reserve Bank says the level of debt held by dairy farmers poses a risk to the financial system. Audio

  • Junkfood sales

    4:26 PM.A lobby group wants to stop corner shops selling junk food to children. We talk to Anne de Bruin from Massey University about whether this would make any difference to young peoples' waistlines. Audio

  • The Panel with Bernard Hickey and Nicky Pellegrino (Part 2)

    4:32 PM.How can a life form without a brain be intelligent? What the Panelists Nicky Pellegrino and Bernard Hickey have been thinking about. The Flag Roadshow is in Wanaka today. We talk to local radio… Read more Audio

  • Intelligent plants

    4:36 PM.How can a life form without a brain be intelligent? Audio

  • Panel says

    4:38 PM.What the Panelists Nicky Pellegrino and Bernard Hickey have been thinking about. Audio

  • Flag roadshow

    4:46 PM.The Flag Roadshow is in Wanaka today. We talk to local radio station manager Mike Regal about what sort of interest there's been in the town. Audio

  • Megathrust earthquakes

    4:53 PM.The kind of earthquakes which triggered the Japanese and Boxing Day tsunamis have also occurred here. Does the idea of a "megathrust" quake make you think more about being prepared for the big one? Audio

  • Glow in the dark

    4:56 PM.A New Zealander has invented a glow-in-the-dark coating that can be applied to just about anything. Hamish Scott says it has safety applications. Audio

  • To-do about actress' age

    4:57 PM.Does it matter that Rebel Wilson may have lied about how old she is? Audio

  • Mad Men

    4:58 PM.The power of nostalgia encapsulated in the hugely popular TV series Mad Men. And it's now over. Audio