The Panel for Tuesday 1 October 2019

12:00 PM.Wallace Chapman is joined by Ruwani Perera, journalist for the Hui, and Simon Pound, Ingrid Starnes co-founder, business podcaster and consultant.

3:46 PM.A scathing piece about the leafy green in the Atlantic has had a huge response, with many people sighing with relief that they no longer have to pretend to like the vegetable. Read more Audio

3:55 PM.What the Panellists Ruwani Perera and Simon Pound have been thinking about. Audio

4:03 PM.Max Rashbrooke, a researcher on economic inequality, wants limits brought in on what he calls the astronomically high executive pay levels in the public service. Finance Minister Grant Robertson has… Read more Audio

4:19 PM.Dismal Levels - that's how New Zealand's business confidence has been described. According to the the ANZ Business Outlook survey confidence fell 2 points. Read more Audio

4:25 PM.The University of Auckland will not remove white supremacists signs from campus. The University's vice-chancellor says it's quote "unfortunate" but won't condemn them, as it's free speech.  Read more Audio

4:32 PM.Would you like to see CEO pay capped, and to what level? Why? Audio

4:36 PM.The National Party's accused the Speaker, Trevor Mallard, of attempting censorship after his call for political attack ads using footage from Parliamentary TV to be withdrawn from social media.  Read more Audio

4:41 PM.NZ First has shot down a plan to make drug testing legal by this summer, because they say it could encourage drug use. Police Minister Stuart Nash said the move would save lives and hospitalisations.

4:50 PM.Oranga Tamariki workers have been physically and verbally attacked, and since the controversy over the removal of babies in OT care, they say the abuse has increased.  Read more Audio

4:54 PM.The classic sleepover - staying up all night with your mates, refusing to sleep, eating junk food and building forts. It's one of the best things about being a kid.  Read more Audio

4:57 PM.The humble typewriter is back, baby! I'm sure some may be arguing it never left...but it has of course fallen out of favour since the invent of the computer and all it's word-processing power.  Read more Audio