The Panel for Friday 13 April 2018

3:48 PM.Planes, helicopters and hockey sticks. Read more Audio

3:54 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

4:03 PM.Al Gillespie of Waikato University says the chance of full-blown war in Syria is extreme. He also talks about the US wanting in on the CPTTP and New Zealanders wanting in on Australia. We may be… Read more Audio

4:05 PM.Black cats, ladders, umbrellas, bananas on boats, breaking mirrors, spilling salt. And Friday the 13th. How much do superstitions influence you? What the Panelists Chris Wikaira and Janet Wilson want… Read more Audio

4:08 PM.Al Gillespie of Waikato University says the chance of full-blown war in Syria is extreme. He also talks about the US wanting in on the CPTTP and New Zealanders wanting in on Australia. Audio

4:16 PM.We may be world-leading in banning oil exploration permits but is New Zealand prematurely cutting off interest from overseas investers? Audio

4:24 PM.Energy analyst Molly Meluish says Auckland missed an opportunity to put its power lines underground and that there will be plenty more blackouts around the whole country in the future. Audio

4:29 PM.A year-13 New Plymouth girl has started a petition to be allowed to take her girlfriend as her partner to the school ball. Audio

4:32 PM.Black cats, ladders, umbrellas, bananas on boats, breaking mirrors, spilling salt. And Friday the 13th. How much do superstitions influence you? Audio

4:37 PM.What the Panelsists Chris Wikaira and Janet Wilson want to talk about Audio

4:42 PM.The liquidators of Dunedin's Captain Cook Hotel are trying to get it's new owner Mike McLeod to buy the name. Audio

4:49 PM.Twenty-nine year-old Jerrim Toms was shot dead by police after they were called on the recommendation of mental health services. Criminal barrister Anne Stevens discusses whether new protocols need to… Read more Audio

4:55 PM.There's a move to put a rahui on giving to beggars in Tauranga. We've had feedback from listeners on beggars. Audio

4:57 PM.The CEO of online platform Reddit Steve Huffman says they allow racism because "the way in which we think about speech is to separate behaviour from beliefs." Where do you draw the line? Audio

12:00 PM.Wallace Chapman hosts the Panel today. He's joined by broadcaster Alison Mau in Auckland and beer writer Neil Miller in Wellington. Read more