The Panel for Thursday 30 August 2018

12:00 PM.Today's panellists are the writer, speaker and broadcaster Verity Johnson, and the former MP and government minister Peter Dunne

3:46 PM.We find the answers to any queries you can think up. Audio

3:56 PM.We already know sitting in traffic is bad - not just frustrating, but not healthy for us, all that sitting, the stress . Audio

4:08 PM.We know what is happening with confederate statues in the American south. Now the friendliest man in Hamilton, so-called because people pose with him in a variety of situations, Captain John Charles… Read more Audio

4:14 PM.Abby Hartley lies gravely ill in a Balinese hospital, and her insurance company is refusing to help because her illness stemmed from a pre-existing condition. Southern Cross travel insurance chief… Read more Audio

4:25 PM.Two nights ago Te Puna Quarry Park had tens-of-thousands of dollars' worth of equipment stolen. Its founder Shirley Sparks, joins us to explain what's been taken, and the reaction of the staff and… Read more Audio

4:32 PM.A new study suggests that while women gain their licences slightly slower than men, they're superior drivers in almost every other metric. Audio

4:38 PM.What the Panelists Verity Johnson and Peter Dunne want to talk about. Audio

4:45 PM.Australia is likely to ban Chelsea Manning - we are likely to let her in. Why are we taking a different tack to this compared to our Antipodean neighbours? Audio

4:47 PM.It's NZ Fashion week, and this weekend some special guests will be gracing the catwalk - the volunteers, staff, doctors and nurses of Mercy Hospice, donning some of the hospice's second-hand store's… Read more Audio

4:53 PM.The Australian media have picked up the Pak 'n' Save' gaffe in Porirua, where Steinlager and Corona were being advertised on special under a banner proclaiming "Good Health Week. Audio