The Panel for Friday 3 May 2019

3:44 PM.Rest in peace actor Peter Mayhew, who died today at the age of 74. Peter Mayhew of course most famous for his role as Chewbacca, one of the GREAT movie sidekicks I'm sure we can all agree ? Audio

3:53 PM.What the Panelists Jo McCarroll and Rajorshi Chakraborti have been thinking about. Audio

4:03 PM.The Government is to scrap a benefit sanction that saw solo mothers penalised by up to $28 a week if they didn't name the father of their child. Removing the sanction will cost $113.4 million over… Read more Audio

4:08 PM.The Government is to scrap a benefit sanction that saw solo mothers penalised by up to $28 a week if they didn't name the father of their child. Removing the sanction will cost $113.4 million over… Read more Audio

4:14 PM.The Government has announced a $95 million dollar boost in spending on teacher training over the next 4 years. The teacher shortage has seen the Government bring in 354 teachers from overseas. Andrea… Read more Audio

4:14 PM.A spat has broken out between the Labour MP Willie Jackson and National's Paula Bennett. In Parliament, Mr Jackson pretty much said that Mrs Bennett isn't Māori enough. He said she doesn't know if… Read more Audio

4:25 PM.More business that sell out-of-date stock are springing up online and as bricks and mortar outlets. Love Food Hate Waste reports that New Zealanders throw away 157,389 tonnes of food every year. Are… Read more Audio

4:31 PM.Have you been hurt in a bike accident? Tell us about it. A trauma study in the New Zealand Medical Journal has found that bike accidents resulted in nearly 1000 people sent to hospital around the… Read more Audio

4:44 PM.Scrabble has accepted 2,862 new words. Youth culture slang phrases have been added in the first update since 2015. These include sharenting, blud and bae. Others such as incel, antivaxxer and fatberg… Read more Audio

4:51 PM.We're all being encouraged to take a leaf out of the Netherland's book, and niksen. Just do nothing. Audio

4:55 PM.Labour of Love is the name of a new app to help men appreciate the unsung work that their female partners do. It was the idea of a couple who were both busy with their careers and family duties, and… Read more Audio