The Panel for Wednesday 8 August 2018

3:45 PM.Does the Rugby Union pay to use stadiums? Are "around" and "about" interchangeable? And why is receipt paper so flimsy? Audio

3:53 PM.Have you ever been up or down an elevator in a really tall building and wondered what you would do if the cables snapped and you plummetted at high speed to the ground? Audio

4:08 PM.Massey University Students' Association president Ben Schimdt says the student body is disappointed at the decision to rescind an invitation to Don Brash to speak about his time as National leader. Audio

4:15 PM.Opinions are flying about the free speech issue like shrapnel - but acts that could be perceived as "hateful" - such as gay conversion therapy - have thus far avoided the free speech spotlight. Audio

4:22 PM.The Cancer Society says long review periods from Pharmac are creating a two-tiered health system when it comes to accessing some types of medicine. John Forman, who chaired the New Zealand… Read more Audio

4:32 PM.The thing about the song The Gambler is that he obviously never took his own advice, whereas the man he met on the train bound for nowhere did. A new study out of the University of Chicago Booth… Read more Audio

4:45 PM.Tesla's Elon Musk wants to buy the publicly-listed company back, saying public accountability and media scrutiny can hold back forward-thinking companies. Investment commentator Brian Gaynor joins us… Read more Audio

4:50 PM.The Alexandra Rural Community Patrol got less funding than it asked for from the local community board in the latest funding round, with some members questioning whether the patrol actually serves a… Read more Audio

4:55 PM.Moccona has changed its instant recipe and it's not to everyone's taste. Audio