The Panel for Thursday 11 July 2019

3:50 PM.Zoe George reviews the cricket. Audio

3:55 PM.What the Panelists Irene Gardiner and Shane te Pou have been thinking about. Audio

4:05 PM.Suicide rate at 10-year high;Why doesn't the goverment spend the $5BN surplus?New approach to boost number women in leadership. Audio

4:10 PM.New Zealand had the highest number of suicides in 10 years in 2016. Ministry of Health figures show 553 people died by suicide in 2016 and young people aged 15-24 years had the highest rate of suicide… Read more Audio

4:15 PM.The government has a $5BN surplus, so why doesn't it spend it on infrastructure or welfare? Economist Tim Hazeldine explains why a surplus is a sacred cow that no-one seems to want to touch. Audio

4:20 PM.An Australian experimental economist, Lata Gangadharan, who was in New Zealand recently, is calling for an opt-out approach to leadership. She says rather than putting the onus on women to create… Read more Audio

4:33 PM.There's yet another Scream movie. It's Scream:Resurrection. What horror film frightened you the most? Audio

4:40 PM.There are concerns in the beach town of Orewa that mobility scooters are becoming a menance and taking over the footpaths. Forget about e-scooters, mobility scooters can go up to 49 kph and there are… Read more Audio

4:45 PM.Non-government organisations are struggling from a lack of social workers because they can't compete with government agencies on the salary front. At the end of last year, Oranga Tamariki social… Read more Audio

4:50 PM.An online petition to stop the replica of Captain James Cook ship the Endeavour coming to our shores for Tuia 250 has garnered nearly 2000 signatures. The re-enactment of Cook's journey is to mark the… Read more Audio

4:55 PM.Writer Angela Barnett wants people to stop commenting on others' looks on social media. Maybe keep your nastiness to yourself but, what's wrong with compliments? Audio