The Panel for Monday 10 December 2018

12:00 PM.Today's panellists are the journalist Alexia Russell, and writer and Aotearoa Science Director Damian Christie

3:45 PM.What are these curious worms on my deck? How do musicians play music they hate? And is Creative NZ going back on its word? Audio

3:51 PM.Two stories about people planning events and then being ridiculted for their over the top attitude. Audio

4:03 PM.The investigation into Grace Millane's death continues, with local and international media following every move. Her family is clearly devastated, and there's a lot of societal outrage, sadness, and… Read more Audio

4:05 PM.Researchers have been tracking an increase in narcissism in the young, in tandem with a decline in support for democracy. What the panellists Alexia Russell and Damian Christie want to talk about… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.The investigation into Grace Millane's death continues, with local and international media following every move. Her family is clearly devastated, and there's a lot of societal outrage, sadness, and… Read more Audio

4:12 PM.Aircraft engineers at the national carrier are still planning to strike on December 21st, the busiest flying day of the year. However Air New Zealand says those striking - maintenance engineers… Read more Audio

4:13 PM.Home detention for the young Northland man who punched a much older man, a grandfather and left him to die after a road rage incident Audio

4:15 PM.About 100,000 children live in poverty in New Zealand - and Children's Commissioner Judge Andrew Becroft wants to halve that number by 2028. Is that a realistic goal? Judge Becroft joins us to discuss

4:26 PM.Some vineyard owners are choosing to tear out the grapes in favour of apples, citing the continued corporatisation of winemaking in New Zealand and the prohibitively high price of releasing your own… Read more Audio

4:33 PM.Researchers have been tracking an increase in narcissism in the young, in tandem with a decline in support for democracy. Audio

4:37 PM.What the panellists Alexia Russell and Damian Christie want to talk about. Audio

4:41 PM.Stanmore Bay School in Auckland has been criticised for its Christmas nativity play. Audio

4:45 PM.John Fraser lives in the suburb of Fairfield in Dunedin, and he's decked out his house in the most Christmassy way imaginable for the festive season. Audio

4:50 PM.Guests at Jesse Paley-Atkins' Gentle Annie Seaside Campground awoke to a fabulous surprise on Saturday morning - $200-300 fastened to their vehicles! About $6,800 was dished out overall, but nobody… Read more Audio

4:56 PM.Comedian Kevin Hart has been fired from his Oscar-hosting role after homophobic tweets from the past resurfaced. Is it foolish for public figures to expect missteps from their past to go unnoticed? Audio