The Panel for Friday 12 April 2019

3:46 PM.A van license plate says.. "Breeding the White Way." appropriate or not? Audio

3:55 PM.What the Panelists James Nokise and Claire Matthews have been thinking about. Audio

4:03 PM.A woman turned to Lifeline in desperation. First of all she texted them and got replies that the service was experiencing long wait times. She then called, and was on hold for 30 minutes. Eventually… Read more Audio

4:05 PM.What's your best or worst celebrity encounter? The SIS has warned that some overseas powers want to influence New Zealand politics through donations. The SIS Director Rebecca Kitteridge laid out the… Read more Audio

4:09 PM.A woman turned to Lifeline in desperation. First of all she texted them and got replies that the service was experiencing long wait times. She then called, and was on hold for 30 minutes. Eventually… Read more Audio

4:19 PM.Australian hacker and Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has outstayed his welcome at Eucador's Embassy in London where he's been holed-up since 2012. He's appeared in court, charged with conspiring… Read more Audio

4:19 PM.A new report shows the incomes of the middle class in the OECD are stagnating. The ultra-rich are getting more and the report says there will be political consequences because of this. Economics… Read more Audio

4:33 PM.What's your best or worst celebrity Encounter? Audio

4:37 PM.The SIS has warned that some overseas powers want to influence New Zealand politics through donations. The SIS Director Rebecca Kitteridge laid out the case to the Justice Select committee also saying… Read more Audio

4:45 PM.It looks fairly certain that Wallabies rugby star Israel Folau will have his contract ended. He's been widely criticised for condemning drunks, homosexuals, adulterers and others to hell. Lawyer… Read more Audio

4:53 PM.Some plane passengers are too laid back for the tastes of others. One of the top annoying things about air travel, according to one report, is the passenger infront of you reclining back in their… Read more Audio

4:57 PM.Tourism Australia advertised for two people to join them "as the stars of a fun photo and video shoot through Canberra." Trouble is, they weren't paying. In money anyway. For your 10 hours of "fun"… Read more Audio

5:00 PM.Communications professional Cindy Mitchener is in the RNZ Auckland studio along with media sports commentator Mike Rehu.