The Panel for Friday 29 April 2016

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

4:06 PM.Intro. The latest idea on curbing house prices might be missing the mark. Freedom campers are hacking up native trees for fires. Audio

4:07 PM.Advocadogate. Panel Says. A fire service merger will increase insurance costs. Glass balustrade ban being pushed forward at the request of Auckland council. Architect appalled by the city's apartment… Read more Audio

4:08 PM.What the Panelists Ali Jones and John Barnett have been up to. Audio

4:15 PM.NZIER Principal Economist Kirdan Lees joins the panel with his thoughts on the finance minister's suggestion that a price to income cap be introduced as a way of curbing house prices. Audio

4:27 PM.Freedom campers are at it again this time they're chopping up native trees to throw on the fire place. Audio

4:33 PM.Oops - talk about being caught out - and how social media detectives can comeback to bite you. Audio

4:37 PM.What the Panelists Ali Jones and John Barnett have been thinking about. Audio

4:40 PM.Insurance council chief executive Tim Grafton is on the panel to talk about the increase in costs to pay for the new merged fire service. Audio

4:50 PM.Auckland council believes a ban on the glass barriers should be fast tracked to bring us in line with Australia. Audio

4:52 PM.A leading Auckland architect says a lot of Auckland's CBD apartment blocks are eyesores. Audio

4:58 PM.New research shows that people who own dogs recover more quickly from heart attacks than those without a canine companion. Audio