The Panel for Thursday 3 September 2020

3:46 PM.Rob Kelly is in to discuss rice cooking, rice cookers and dish the dirt on washing the grains. Read more Audio

3:55 PM.'I've been thinking' with panellists Lavina Good and Nick Leggett. Read more Audio

4:10 PM.Some Auckland principals are calling for NCEA exams to be cancelled due to the major Covid-19-related disruptions this year.  Read more Audio

4:20 PM.Fewer Covid-19 patients die when given steroids, research published today shows.  Read more Audio

4:25 PM.Consumer NZ's head of testing, Paul Smith, has been testing the durability of vacuum cleaners and tells The Panel what he and his team discovered. Read more Audio

4:32 PM.On this day 10 years ago, Mike Edwards a founding member of Electric Light Orchestra was killed in a freak accident.  Read more Audio

4:35 PM.Retail NZ is warning that 10,000 businesses are at risk of failing in the next 12 months. Read more Audio

4:47 PM.A woman has been charged over a planned lockdown protest in Australia, after posting about the event on Facebook. Read more Audio

4:47 PM.Modernist architecture in Wellington is under the spotlight. Urban historian Ben Schrader shares his thoughts with The Panel. Read more Audio

4:52 PM.The Panel discusses some of the most iconic movie theme songs of all time. Read more Audio