The Panel for Wednesday 27 May 2020

3:50 PM.Robert Kelly tries to keep track of the new linguistics of the 21st century pandemic. Read more Audio

3:55 PM.Panellists Sue Bradford and Peter Dunne share what they've been thinking about. Read more Audio

4:10 PM.A survey on the impact of Covid-19 on New Zealanders' financial wellbeing found 40 percent were facing hardship.  Read more Audio

4:15 PM.National's new leader Todd Muller has indictated that the party will pledge pushing up the age of eligibility progressively from 65 to 67 starting in 2037.  Read more Audio

4:20 PM.The Panel discusses Todd Muller's first performance as National's new leader in Question Time.  Read more Audio

4:29 PM.Joy wrote a short poem about the tricks time has been playing on us during lockdown. Read more Audio

4:32 PM.On this day in 1977 - The Sex Pistols single 'God Save The Queen' was released in the UK. Read more Audio

4:35 PM.The Panel is joined by Dr Caroline Orchiston, from Otago University, to discuss New Zealand's level of quake preparedness. Read more Audio

4:42 PM.The government's recent announcement of a $490 weekly payment for workers whose jobs were lost due to Covid-19 has proved to be a contentious issue. Read more Audio

4:55 PM.An settling incident in the US prompts debate over whether the country is going backwards when it comes to race relations. Read more Audio