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The Panel for Wednesday 8 July 2015

  • The Panel pre-show for 8 July 2015

    3:46 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

  • The Panel with Ellen Read and Mark Inglis (Part 1)

    4:04 PM.Topics - NCEA and university entrance at odds, Former Fonterra CEO dies, and Chill creeps north Audio

  • The Panel with Ellen Read and Mark Inglis (Part 2)

    4:05 PM.Topics - Need for liquor bans need to be proven, Staff fired over ISIS prank, Live by the pen, Olympic great labelled racist, Being deleted, and Peak avocado Audio

  • Panel Intro

    4:08 PM.What the Panelists Ellen Read and Mark Inglis have been up to: Audio

  • Peak avocado

    4:09 PM.Avocados are the fruit everyone's talking about. Audio

  • Former Fonterra CEO dies

    4:11 PM.The man who was at the helm of Fonterra between 2001 and 2003 has died in London. Craig Norgate was described by John Key as a strong member of New Zealand's business community. Audio

  • NCEA and university entrance at odds

    4:13 PM.Are NCEA pass rates too good to be true? We ask Chris Whelan the executive director of Universities NZ. And why fewer are getting entry to university. Audio

  • Chill creeps north

    4:23 PM.Snow has closed central North Island roads as this year's Big Chill moves north. Weather commentator Richard Green has the details for the Panel. Audio

  • Principals take the pleasure out of sex ed

    4:30 PM.Family Planning wants teenagers to be taught about sexual pleasure zones. But some principals quizzed aren't keen on their staff teaching techniques. Audio

  • Worlds apart

    4:33 PM.One hundred-thousand people live in places and conditions outside the norm - like institutions, caravans and hostels. Meanwhile, there are currently 1,826 billionaires in the world. Audio

  • Panel Says

    4:40 PM.What the Panelists Ellen Read and Mark Inglis have been thinking about. Audio

  • Need for liquor bans need to be proven

    4:47 PM.Aucklanders are being asked to provide evidence that liquor bans are needed. Orakei Local Board chair Desley Simpson talks about how you measure this. Audio

  • Staff fired over ISIS prank

    4:54 PM.Six British bank workers have been fired after videoing themselves doing a mock ISIS execution. Audio

  • Live by the pen

    4:55 PM.Gossip columnist Pebbles Hooper has resigned after comments about natuiral selction being at work after the accidental deaths of a woman and three young children. Audio

  • Olympic great labelled racist

    4:57 PM.Australian swimming legend Dawn Fraser has been deemed racist after voicing her displeasure at the antics of tennis player Nick Kyrgios. Audio

  • Being deleted

    4:58 PM.A new app gives Facebook users an insight into which friends have deleted them from their friends list. Audio