The Panel for Monday 5 February 2018

3:46 PM.E-bikes, mussels and being lukewarm. Read more Audio

3:53 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

4:03 PM.Police are advising victims of financial crimes to hire private investigators. Criminal lawyer Steve Cullen thinks Police don't take financial crime seriously enough. Government agency Callaghan… Read more Audio

4:05 PM.A Gallup poll shows North Americans are reading books as much as they were in 2002 despite the advent of social media and smartphones. Will we keep reading though? What the Panelists Paula Penfold and… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Police are advising victims of financial crimes to hire private investigators. Criminal lawyer Steve Cullen thinks Police don't take financial crime seriously enough. Audio

4:15 PM.Government agency Callaghan Innovation spent almost $3 million on travel and entertainment in one year. Someone also generously tipped $50 from the public purse. Audio

4:17 PM.The USA's greatest sporting show on earth is on today. Superbowl 52 sees the New England Patriots go against the Philadelphia Eagles. Audio

4:25 PM.Teachers who think they're underpaid and overworked start 2018. Will this government do anything about it? Audio

4:27 PM.A national register of workplace sexual misconduct is set to be established by July. MBIE will keep note of the alledged misdeeds under the direction of the Women's Minister Julie Ann Genter. Audio

4:33 PM.Most Afghans can't read but their book trade Is booming.

Meanwhile a Gallup poll shows North Americans are reading books as much as they were in 2002 despite the advent of social media and… Read more Audio

4:44 PM.So far pre-Waitangi Day events have been largely amicable. Dr Aroha Harris discusses what shape the relationship between Maori and the government needs to take. Audio

4:55 PM.Many community groups and psychologists think children under 12 are too young to be into social media. They're asking Facebook to get rid of it's Messenger Kids platform. Audio