The Panel for Thursday 11 February 2021

3:46 PM.The shortlist is out for Best Original song at the next Academy Awards. Read more Audio

3:53 PM.What panellists Sally Wenley and Nick Leggett have been thinking. Read more Audio

4:08 PM.A rates hike of 14% to 17% could be on the table for Wellington ratepayers. Read more Audio

4:11 PM.New tenancy regulations that are expected to shake up the rental market come into effect today.  Read more Audio

4:18 PM.Bill McKay, who teaches at Auckland University's School of Architecture and Planning, shares his thoughts on the RMA shakeup. Read more Audio

4:25 PM.The Mayor of Hamilton, Paula Southgate, shares her thoughts on the new train service between Hamilton and Auckland. Read more Audio

4:33 PM.On this day in 2012, Whitney Houston was found dead in suite 434 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, submerged in the bathtub. Read more Audio

4:36 PM.Otago University research has found that - on average - New Zealand children are eating five unhealthy snacks a day.  Read more Audio

4:45 PM.Auckland University's Mark Barrow joins us to discuss the dramatic turnaround in the country's teacher shortage. Read more Audio

4:51 PM.Renee Hutchings is a commercial grower of Kiwano and joins us to tell us more about this mysterious fruit. Read more Audio