The Panel for Wednesday 16 December 2020

3:46 PM.The Panellists attempt to answer some of life's more minor problems. Read more Audio

3:55 PM.What panellists Catherine Robertson and Nick Leggett have been thinking about. Read more Audio

4:09 PM.More New Zealanders with a criminal conviction may get their slate wiped clean under a proposed transformation of the country's justice system.  Read more Audio

4:17 PM.A police operation between Northport and Auckland has found almost one in five trucks failed inspections.  Read more Audio

4:23 PM.The Hamilton City Council has got on board with the mindfulness phenomenon and is funding free sessions for the community. Read more Audio

4:32 PM.On this day in 1944, an airplane carrying bandleader Glenn Miller, 40, disappeared over the English Channel en route to Paris. Read more Audio

4:34 PM.We speak to EVANZ chair Mark Gosling, who's also the chief executive of the Trusts Arena, to find out how the events industry is coping. Read more Audio

4:43 PM.New Zealand's place in the world is increasingly threatened as the post-World War II international order collapses, according to new government briefings. Read more Audio

4:49 PM.More young people are opting for skateboards as a mode of transport, with fewer choosing to get their driver licence, a new study has found.  Read more Audio

4:56 PM.The Panel looks back at the best books of 2020. Read more Audio