The Panel for Thursday 30 May 2019

12:00 PM.Wallace Chapman is joined by Cindy Mitchener, former TV executive who now runs a recruitment company, and Bernard Hickey, economic journalist and managing editor of Newsroom Pro.  Read more

3:45 PM.An introduction to our panellist and the topics for the day plus our panelists share their thoughts on something they've been thinking about. Read more Audio

4:05 PM.Analysis of the Wellbeing budget; New Auckland transport lobby group. Audio

4:06 PM.Question of the Day for 30th May; Is the Rainbow Tick pinkwashing? Budget smugglers; Hawke's Bay ratepayers to pay for coastal defences; The return of David Seymour to DWTS. Audio

4:10 PM.The Government has released its Wellbeing Budget. The panellists are joined by Economics Professor Tim Hazledine of Auckland University and Moira Lawyer, Chief Executive of the Methodist mission run… Read more Audio

4:20 PM.A new lobby group with high profile members has launched an attack on Auckland Transport.  Read more Audio

4:35 PM.It's New Zealand Music Month, so our question of the day is: What are three NZ albums you listen to regularly? Read more Audio

4:40 PM.Companies are paying thousands for a Rainbow Tick to show their workplaces are safe for LGBTQI people. But does the certification really do what it purports to?  Read more Audio

4:50 PM.The government's first wellbeing budget has been overshadowed by hacking claims. Labour and Treasury claimed the budget information has been hacked.  Read more Audio

4:52 PM.There is a plan to make Napier and Hastings ratepayers pay $30 a year to protect land from sea level rise. They are the first in New Zealand to face this sort of cost.  Read more Audio

4:55 PM.David Seymour is returning to Dancing with the Stars for trios week. Will he twerk once again? Read more Audio