The Panel for Monday 16 December 2019

3:50 PM.Ali talks up eco-disaster movies. Audio

3:55 PM.What the panellists Mamari Stephens and Ben Thomas have been thinking about. Audio

4:05 PM.Whakaari / White Island update; Kids pension: how would it work; Call for better pay for community midwives; A decade of disruption in TV. Audio

4:10 PM.Police are continuing to look for the two remaining missing people from the Whakaari / White Island eruption. 16 people are confirmed to have died from last Monday's eruption while 26 remain in… Read more Audio

4:13 PM.A Pension for kids is being floated as one way to address child poverty in New Zealand, following a report last week showing more than 1 in 10 children here are living in material hardship. Read more Audio

4:15 PM.A petition calling for better pay and funding for community midwives has got more than 11,000 signatures in just five days. Read more Audio

4:27 PM.Anti-heroes, binge viewing, the fall of reality TV - the last decade has seen a revolution in television. The BBC looks at the incredible change over the last ten years.  Read more Audio

4:33 PM.Documentary films and series have entered a golden age, some say. What's a good example? Audio

4:35 PM.Scotland "cannot be imprisoned in the UK". That's the assertion of SNP leader and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.  Read more Audio

4:40 PM.Communications Minister Kris Faafoi says spare capacity in the 3.5GHz band will be offered to mobile network operators and Māori by the middle of next year. Read more Audio

4:55 PM.National's transport spokesperson Chris Bishop wants to make it mandatory for cyclists to use dedicated lanes if they are there. This is a part of a suite of transport ideas National announced today.